Why I’m Private About My Relationship On Social Media

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“You almost never post anything about you and your boyfriend” is something people say to me a lot. I also hear, “I didn’t even realize you were in a relationship! I couldn’t tell from your Facebook page.” People are shocked that I don’t post seflies with my boo—like those creepily intimate ones many couples post in bed together or making out—but it really just doesn’t suit my personality to do that. I do, for the record, have photos of us up, but he doesn’t make it into most of my posts, and my photo albums are not just littered with lovey-dovey pictures. I have my family, my pet, my hobbies, my work, and so much more. I do feel pretty strongly about people keeping it cool on social media in terms of relationship-related posts. I see a lot of couples abuse social media with their couple posts and I’ve made it a point not to be one of them. Here are reasons I’m private about my relationship on social media.

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I’m very busy

First of all, I don’t post on social media much in general. I’m too busy to do so. And, I feel that unless you need to post for business reasons—like your social media pages drive traffic to your company—there’s no reason anybody needs to see everybody else’s meals they eat and pretty flowers they see every day.