5 Reasons You Should Keep Your Relationship Private

If you look at enough memes, you know the saying “keep your love life, income, and your next move private.” However, it seems like nobody on social media really heeds this advice. I see insta-couples everywhere on my newsfeed and friends going from “in a relationship” to “single” in a matter of weeks on Facebook. And though social media has a funny way of making us more insecure about our relationships, it can actually hurt us more to have our relationships out in the open for everyone to see. Here’s why you should keep your relationship private.

1 IT HOLDS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO A SET STANDARD.

When people see you happy, they assume that as a couple, you’re always happy together, and anytime you don’t seem that way in person, people are quick to think that there’s trouble in paradise. While that may be true, it’s nobody’s business how you’re doing with your partner.

2 MISERY REALLY DOES LOVE COMPANY.

It always seems like as soon as your relationship goes extremely public, suddenly, your ex hasn’t forgotten your number after all, and your friends are dying to get to know him. People you aren’t even real friends want to know how you’re doing, and one post without your other half is an automatic sign that something’s wrong, right?

3 YOU’RE NEVER REALLY ALONE.

On a date, at the house, in school — anytime you post something together it places the two of you in the public sphere, and it’s like PDA to the actual max.

4 ARE YOU REALLY IN THE MOMENT?

Anytime you post pictures — whether you’re single or in a relationship — it usually implies that in that one moment, you were happy and enjoying yourself. If you absolutely have to elude your friends and strangers who stalk you to the fact that you had a good time at the concert, how can you truly enjoy it?

5 YOU COULD BE LETTING THE WRONG PEOPLE IN.

Like I said, exes and haters feed off of your insta-relationship, snaps and Facebook posts and this invites stalking, gossiping and slandering, which is something no relationship deserves to go through.

The next time you absolutely have to take a picture of you and your honey at the park and post it on you social media platform of choice, think about what keeping that moment between just the two of you could do as opposed to sharing it with the entire world.