5 Ways How Facebook Can Harm Your Marriage

Facebook is the success story of our ages. The social networking site has travelled from being a mere social networking platform to a global congregation to around 600 million members. In a way, it’s truly connecting people.

However, very few understand that it’s a two edged sword. If the social umbrella can bring us together, then it can tear us apart as well. As per a survey conducted by the American Academy of matrimonial lawyers, every four out of five attorneys report divorce cases on the basis of written evidence found on Facebook. Hence, though the social platform offers certain benefits, it also creates higher risks of relationship damage than anything else. Let’s check out how they do the damage.

Don't let them get the wrong picture
A picture is worth a thousand words. Right from your cosy twosome pictures to some deliberately tampered pics where you are tagged in, can ruin your image, break your relationship and send you in a toss much before you have time for explanation. So don’t go about uploading silly, dubious pictures on your page or risk being tagged. Try and untag yourself from any such pictures ASAP.

Updates must not let you down 
Sometimes a wrong status update or rather not updating your timeline can cause you more trouble than you can imagine. Hence, if committed or married don’t quote yourself as single. This can land you in a lot of trouble. Don’t befriend people who can post inappropriate updates or comments on your timeline. This can ruin your marriage.

Wrong comments
Nothing can be more disgraceful than a wrong comment about you, your situation or worse, your relationship. One wrong comment about you and some random person can be circulated into a rumour and further postings on your timeline can catch the attention of your partner. This may ruin your relationship and erode the trust between you and your partner

Don't let the door open - Log Out
Nothing can be worse than staying logged in, even while you are away from your laptop. This might just give some smart one the chance to use your timeline and make indecent posts on your behalf. Indecent pictures, comments and abusive language can also make it worse for your image and married life.

Mind Your language
Anger can wreak havoc not just on you, but on other people as well. Sometimes people become highly reactive and start using abusive and unacceptable language. Very few people realize the importance of being socially and morally responsible while using Facebook. Hence, if you make a comment using abusive language, it will not just bar you from the platform, this can break your relationship and end your marital journey too.

It is very important to not quote anything in written. This is not only true about hard copy or e-mails, but also on social media and networking sites like Facebook or Twitter.

Remember, changing statuses might be easy on Facebook but it is not so in real life. Take care, your Facebook status may not reveal the truth, but you will know in your heart what took away your committed status back to single.