January 24, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
We have endeavored to embrace the different channels of self-expression, marketing, networking, art making and what not the 21st century is offering us. Many of the inventions has been quiet wonderful; I am crippled without an internet connection these days. I can hardly think back on the pre-internet era or a pre-blackberry day.
Yet, recently I found myself in a situation that I find to be slightly absurd, that none of us would have even thought of being possible or actually mattered 3-4 years ago. Yet in this moment in time, I find myself to give this question some serious thought.
When do you change your relationship status on Facebook? When you are no longer in a relationship, when is it ok to change your status to single? Once you do change your status, all of your friends and mutual friend of you and your ex will pepper your wall with sympathy, questions and comments…in a click of a button, everyone who you are connected to will know what is happening.
Is the ending of a relationship not 100% real until you officially change your status on Facebook? Has our status become the final lynch-pin, the metaphorical ink that dries on our divorce document? Or are we simply offering up too much information for anyone and everyone who is curious enough to know?
This is when I came across this article, “British man killed wife over ‘single’ Facebook status”. Ok… so maybe we all need to think twice before we make our next posting on Facebook…
Do you think Samuel Beckett is laughing in his grave?
