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Is Being "Facebook Official" Important?

Social media is now dictating how happy you are together.

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Is Being "Facebook Official" Important?

Today, dating can be difficult. With the pressure of social media, relationships are constantly being put under a microscope to be examined by the public and judged by your peers. But what happens if there is no "In a relationship" status on your Facebook page? What happens if you post pictures of you and your friends before you post a picture of your "other half".

Your relationship is kept private. That is what happens. People have many different opinions as to whether or not you share your love and joy to the world. Some couples feel that by putting it on Facebook it shows a sign of commitment to one another. It shows that you are willing to tell the world that you are with someone, and therefore it leaves no room for games.

Others feel that it is unnecessary to share everything on social media. That by showing everything, it becomes a reality show for your followers. One month you are together, the next you aren't. One week you are posting pictures together constantly, but the next there is only one, which means there has to be trouble in paradise. Or so social media makes it seem.

Then there are your peers who make you feel pressured to post about your love life everywhere for everyone to see. They want to see your cute "I love you" pictures and flirty tweets. They ask if you're "Facebook official" and if you say no then suddenly the seriousness of your relationship is questioned.

Who even came up with the term "Facebook official" and since when do you need social media to be dating someone? Who cares, and what does it matter? It doesn't in my opinion. If you and your partner are perfectly content with each other, why do you have to announce it like a magazine spread?

Private, important, and loving discussions about how serious you are about each other should stay private, important, and loving. What matters in the long run is how you feel, not how others view you as a couple. You could post the most amazing "relationship goals" picture (which is total b.s.), but still not be happy. Happiness within a relationship comes from the amount of work and care each brings to it. Small ways of saying "I love you" go further than a WCW. And commitment comes from trust and love for one another, not a status update.

Social media does not dictate how you feel about each other, and your relationship is not Keeping Up With The Kardashians, local style.

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