Take AwayMaintaining a happy and trusting relationship is the keys to a healthy relationship is to have well-established trust as well as having your own sources of privacy. (Elphinston et al. 2011) states that the amount of Facebook intrusion and lurking on your significant others Facebook can lead to dissatisfaction in your relationship. To maintain happiness in your relationships you need too maintain healthy trust and boundaries that you don’t create dissatisfaction in your relationship that isn’t there because of lurking on social media and possibly looking at things that can easily be misinterpreted negatively.
Many couples today must learn how to navigate the waters of having a healthy and happy relationship even with the temptation and possibilities that social media websites bring to the table. Some advice for couples today trying to navigate the waters of including their partners in their online presence while maintaining their own identities. If you are happy with your partner and want to share something don't be afraid of what others think. Also, learn to have trust in your relationship and try your hardest not to "lurk" or intrude on your partners social media because it can lead to mistrust and dissatisfied feelings when they don't need to be there at all. |
ResearchWhen a couple first comes together for the first time they go through a transitioning period to the point where they have to learn how to intertwine there lives to accommodate each individual. The information and things that are posted on your Facebook and other social networking sites are a platform that can enable couples to showcase the best parts of their relationships and get feedback from others. However, there can be some couples that take this to such an extreme that can over post and over share information about there relationship, which leads to the question are they really happy or are they just putting on a façade trying to hide their problems. Saslow et al. 2012 looked at this question about whether Facebook images accurately portray relationship satisfaction. In this study the results mainly found that it is true that the happier and closer that couples felt with each other the more likely they were to post happy pictures of themselves with their significant others. In other words this study shows that the happier and secure a couple is the more likely they are to want to post about it for the world to see. By posting it the couples feel happy not only within their relationships but in some ways get some satisfaction in knowing that other people are looking at their relationships too and acknowledging their happiness as well. Since a lot of stock is put into what is on a person’s online profile you get your first glance into a person when you see their profile picture. As this study shows that when a person is satisfied and happy within their relationship they are more likely to showcase their partner in their profile picture. When couples are happy they not only want to feel it within themselves and their relationship but also want other people to see it as well.
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This video explains in detail how individuals must monitor what they post on social media, how much they use it, and its importance in their relationship to maintain a happy and healthy relationship.