Facebook Dating Status Says: “It’s Complicated”

30 Dec

I love Facebook and admit I spend a lot of time on there.  It’s a personal space for me to talk with my friends and family. I’ve been noticing a lot of people have the “It’s Complicated” Facebook dating status.  It got me thinking; why does a relationship have to be complicated? Better yet, why in the world do you want to be in a relationship that is complicated? When I see/hear it’s complicated I immediately think that individual is in some BS type of situation they clearly don’t need to be in or it wouldn’t be complicated. What kind of BS situation am I referring to? Well, let’s see. I think the one of the following:

  1. Someone is involved with an individual that is married.
  2. Your dating someone who isn’t quite ready for a commitment, but you are and you’re your hanging on hoping they’ll change their mind.
  3. You got cheated on (or you did the cheating) and now you’re relationship is on shaky ground.

Why do we hang on to these complicated relationships? Are we waiting for a love fairy to come down and magically uncomplicate the situation for us?

Since we are embarking on a new year, I propose all of you with these “It’s Complicated” Facebook dating status’; take a real hard look into what’s making your situation complicated and determine if this is a situation that is truly good for you and if it’s not; have enough balls to end it and move on.

I don’t know about you, but it’s my goal to live a life that is as uncomplicated as possible. Who needs the added drama? I certainly don’t. Do you?

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  • I ran across this video and thought you might enjoy this take on this topic:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLLFdV6kG8&feat...
  • Ha! I always read, "It's complicated" as meaning someone was on the brink between dating and being in a relationship but they hadn't had "the talk" about it yet. Never occurred to me there could be a negative angle.
  • Thanks for commenting Maco. Ya know, your reason behind your it's complicated status is a pretty normal one for many people, but I think majority of people with that status are just in some mess. I'm solely basing that on the type of update they post in reagrds to relationship issues.
  • For me, "It's Complicated" means "we're in an extremely long-distance relationship, and we can't resolve our geographical incompatibilities yet, but when we do, we'll be in a serious relationship."
  • I am sick of unnecessary drama too. I strive to keep it simple but it's challenging the older we get, no?
  • Hey Deanna, thanks for commenting. I'm not sure; maybe it is more challenging. If you're older and single I guess it's no walk in the park. When you're older and looking for a relationship, you're tapping into a pool of divorced people and sometimes that's ok, but sometimes that comes with a ton of baggage. I'd like to do a survey on this; I'm curious.
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