When we first wake up, we check it.
We’re afraid we missed something while we slept.
When we’re waiting in line for coffee, we check it.
We’re afraid of making eye contact with the person next to us.
When we’re sitting in class, we check it.
We’re afraid of giving our full, undivided attention to something actually relevant to our career.
When we are getting ready to go out, we check it.
We’re afraid of being rejected by the person we like.
We live in a culture that bases our self worth on the likes we get on Instagram, or the favorites we get on our tweets.
Instead of going out on a date and getting flowers, you get a picture posted of you on Instagram with #womancrushwednesday or #mancrushmonday in the caption.
With the rise of social media and our dependency on social media platforms, the dating pool has gone shallow.
People used to date, now all they do is talk.
Now, it’s totally normal to be romantic with someone and have no desire to date them.
It’s expected for a girl to post a photo of herself on social media, half naked.
Instead of talking at the dinner table, we text each other.
Now, it’s being ‘whipped’ if you care about your significant other and actually do things to help them.
People used to date, now all they do is talk.
If you’re not official on Instagram, you’re not really together.
If you don’t get at least a hundred likes on a photo on Instagram, your friends don’t really like you.
If your crush doesn’t comment on your newest photo, it means he doesn’t like you.
People used to date, now all they do is talk.
If a girl actually wants to date someone and not just ‘talk’, they’re labeled as crazy.
If a girl isn’t okay with being his girl on the side, she’s crazy.
If a girl wants an actual commitment from someone, they’re labeled as high maintenance.
And maybe that’s what’s wrong with us as a whole.
We let social media take over our lives, and now, girls and boys are left in "relationships" (if you even consider talking a relationship) with less than half the commitment they deserve, less than half the attention they should be getting from their partner, and less than half of the self confidence a normal teen should have because now we have social media to dictate if we’re really attractive or not.
