Awkward – Tweaking your FB “Relationship Status”
For those of you in the know, I’ve been single again since the beginning of February. At the time, I wondered how I should go about adjusting my “In a Relationship” status on my Facebook profile. It didn’t seem right to keep it that way so I did a careful quiet removal of that field from my profile (plus removing the generated news feed item). The last thing I wanted was 20 people posting on my wall asking why I am single again.
The fact is – any breakup is awkward. Your friends ask you “how is so-and-so doing” or “how come so-and-so isn’t here today” and my nervous eyes pretty much gives myself away even as I am giving a dodgy reply. After a couple of weeks, the awkwardness wears off and it’s much easier to fess up.
In my recent soul-searchings, I came across this:
One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. It comes when it pleases, and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure.
Of all the places to read about love, it’s from a book about making money (Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich). I am amused immensely by the irony of it and most certainly I am uplifted at having read this.
So how am I holding up? I’m doing well, keeping busy. Who knows, I just might put up my “Relationship Status” again on my profile; but it’s gotta be just “Looking for: Friendship” for the next while.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
What if you could recapture your ex lovers mind, heart and soul?…Wipe the slate clean? Turn back time? Even if you feel right now that your situation is too far gone…too screwed up …or just plain too darn complicated?
You already know how hard it is to just even wake up and roll out of bed in the morning. You leave your radio off on your way to work because every song is a painful reminder of him. You can’t even bear to eat at the same restaurants you took her to. And if that isn’t bad enough, you have to cope with the loss of friends and family that are on “their side”.
Did you know that most relationships can be salvaged? You may find it difficult to believe that almost every break up for whatever reason…infidelity, plain old lost passion, loss of interest, a stolen heart and worse.
I have a blog that has more information on some of what I’ve been writing about on relationships. If you feel like checking it out, you can find it here: http://winningyouback.blogspot.com It’s entitled “The Magic of Making Up – 10 Tips to a Happy Relationship.”
I hope you read my blog, it can improve on and possibly save your relationship.
By: Laura
November 18th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
excellent post Alfred! I remember me having not noticed about your “new status” asked you the same qstn “how’s your rel going?” shit! btw, for this very same reason I have never posted my rel status in my profile and never will