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I have a friend that him and his girlfriend on social are constantly posting about how much in love they are with each other. I have seen other people who do this as well. I find it quite annoying but at the same time I am curious as to why they do it? And I am not talking about people who do it once in a while. I am talking about people who do it week in and week out and the posts are so over the top.
Why is it necessary that everyone knows that you are sooooo in love? I sometimes find these people some of the relationships that are the most volatile. The one friend I mentioned above his girlfriend actually once threw something at his face in anger and it cut his face. Other times his girlfriend has gotten so drunk that they get into insane fights. She actually blacks out drunk quite a bit and goes after him when she is drunk too.
The interesting thing is I have noticed the most stable relationships that I know of, never post stuff like that. They post about their lives, but they aren't trying to showcase their relationships, only on special occasions like birthday or anniversary or a holiday (like mother's/father's day).
I sometimes ask myself are they trying to convince everyone else or themselves that they have such a "great" relationship?
While this thread might sound more like me just complaining, I am really curious as to the psychological reasons that people feel the need to do this?
Fiance' & I have talked about this from time to time. In our opinion, it's a combo of:
- attention-starvers
- a facade to appear happy, but really not with each other
- a level of narcissism
If it was up to me, I wish FB would shut down for a FULL month at the least or heck, a whole year to know that many of these kinds of people will squirm in a frenzy because they won't have a way to show off to anyone anymore & get the accolades anymore. Oh boo-hoo!
Years ago I tried to get into social media but it's soooooo much work. Especially if you're not exceptionally photogenic. The perfect shot, the cute description with the subtle humble-brag/jab aimed at your family, friends and frenemies.
Yuck - I really hate everything about it. I do pics and videos to document my life for MYSELF, not for others to see and judge.
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