So, lately everyone has been showing their love for each other on the World Wide Web and quite frankly, I'm a little disturbed by the amount of attention these posts receive. . .
Since when did a WCW and MCM or a hashtag "goals" determine what love is? Like did I miss this train?
Dear anyone and everyone,
having your boyfriend or girlfriend or high school crush or best friend post something about how much they love you means absolutely nothing. No amount of favorites or likes you get on a picture dedicated to a significant other justifies a shallow relationship. Goals of big booties or chiseled abs, owning expensive vehicles (we all know is nowhere in your future, at least not nearly, sorry,) gigantic diamond rings or a girl who is constantly lifting weights and before you know it, the muscles on her fingers will be bigger than your... well, you picture.
If you're concerned because the paragraph your bf posted on a picture of you on IG isn't enough, you've got real security issues. The same goes for you dudes out there! Thinking that there must be constant interaction over social media is just silly and unappealing and honestly, childish.
This new age of technology and social media like Twitter or Instagram or yes, even the old Facebook gives people reason to believe that if your relationship status isn't "taken" or if you're not tweeting about them every single minute, your practically broken up! I'm tired of hearing about how so and so's relationship is doomed because he/she never posts about the other. Or assuming there is a feud between two friends because of a darn status update. I thought we left this kind of behavior back on our top 8 for MySpace.
Jealous? Bitter? No, just over it. I want to see passion, respect, sincerity in everyone's relationship. Even with the many battles one may come with, if you're still in it, work to make it better from the inside out. The WWW does not need to see how "happy" you two are together; the WWW needs to know absolutely nothing! Give each other some respect and instead of posting about how much you love each other, show it (and I don't mean on the internet.)
Guilty as charged, I too have posted, tweeted, shared photos of boyfriends and best girl friends...And I'm not saying completely stop. Just work toward a bigger goal than a hundred likes; before posting about how much you love somebody for all the world to know, make sure they know it, too.
Live Laugh and Love on Social Media, just don't make it to be what defines you or anyone else for that matter.
All aboard the choo choo train, next stop: real love, not hashtags!
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