1) Facebook has changed how people develop romantic relationships in the initial stages by allowing them to "Facebook stalk" potential dates and learn more about them online rather than having to directly express interest. 2) Being "Facebook official" by changing one's relationship status is now a relationship milestone, but it also means sharing private relationship details publicly online. 3) Facebook can negatively impact relationships and breakups by preventing clean breaks due to continued online contact with exes, as well as creating pressure to stay together from friends and family who see the relationship status online.

1. A NEW KIND OF
CUPID
By: Tatiana Isaza
How Facebook Guides Relationships
Image: laihiu (Flickr)

2. Mark Zuckerberg has assumed a variety of roles in our
culture;
he can now add the title of computer-age Cupid
Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce you FBO: Facebook Official Image: mekimz (deviantART)

3. at least in the initial stages of getting to know
Facebook
is a positive factor for young people
in the dating pool–
potential partner
Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You Fbo:
Facebook Official Image: m.flikie.com

4. Facebook users
can avoid the
tension of having
to directly express
relational interest
in the first meeting
by asking for a
phone number,
Rather, they can
retreat to the
nearest computer
or smart phone
and look the
person up on
Facebook
Image: Lapideo (Flickr)
Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You FBO:
Facebook Official

5. “The idea of „Facebook stalking‟ a
prospective date isn‟t new”
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating (And
Breaking Up Too)
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(Flickr)

6. Part of me wanted us to be Facebook
friends, because somehow in my mind
that meant we were SOLIDIFYING
something
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Source: Kelly, Mixing Dating and
Facebook: Is it Smart?

7. Participants almost universally cited
Facebook as their primary tool
for interaction early in the
experimenting stage of romantic
relationship development.”
Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You

8. Goodbye
butterflies
and
excitement, I
already
know
everything
about you
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined
Dating (And Breaking Up Too) Image: exoart (deviantArt)

9. Can I admit to knowing things you‟ve done
(BASED ON YOUR PICS)
BEFORE we go on dates?”
Image: Destructive Compliments (Flickr)
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating (And
Breaking Up Too)

10. DECIDING TO GO FBO
MEANS LAYING YOUR
EMOTIONAL CARDS ON
THE TABLE FACE UP
Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce
You FBO: Facebook Official
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11. This status is a new MILESTONE
for couples
Image: Amy Florence Pickup (Flickr)
Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You
FBO: Facebook Official

12. How well we negotiate electronic
communication in our personal relationships
can
make or break them
Image: MarioMancuso (Flickr)
Source: Elizabeth Bernstein, He Texts She
Tweets- Are They E-Compatible

13. Why hire an engraver
when a couple of clicks
will do?
Image: MinSource: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You Facebook Official

14. If you don't include social
media behavior in a
PRENUP (which Meyers
„highly recommends‟),
at least sit down and
consider specific areas of
concern
Image: Sarah ParrottSource: Bill Bradley, Is Facebook Ruining Your Relationship?

15. One‟s relationship can end up
being “SHAPED by its actual
and perceived audience”
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Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You
FBO: Facebook Official

16. Before
Facebook,
ending a
relationship
actually
meant the
end of
communication
Image: tantrum dan (Flickr)Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook
Ruined Dating (And Breaking Up Too)

17. Facebook really is altering, or at least reflecting,
new relationship patterns, even how people break up. Or
more accurately, don‟t break up
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Source: Allison, McCann, How Facebook
Ruined Dating (And Breaking Up Too)

18. when they have their partner
People
feel more PRESSURE from friends and family
to stay together
and
RELATIONSHIP STATUS
In PROFILE PICTURE
Image: Charm2010 (Flickr)
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined
Dating (And Breaking Up Too)

19. Those that displayed their significant other in their
profile picture and were listed as “in a relationship”
were more likely to stay together
and less likely to have cheated when she checked
back with them six months later
Image: thezartorialist.com (Flickr)
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined
Dating (And Breaking Up Too)

20. Over one third of DIVORCE filings in 2011
contained the word "Facebook”
Image: nicole.pierce.photography ♥ (Flickr)
Source: Bill Bradley, Is Facebook
Ruining Your Relationship

21. Once you finally manage to
sever offline ties, there‟s really
no way to avoid virtual run-ins
with your ex unless you‟re off
of Facebook entirely.
Image: StefanosP (Flickr)
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined
Dating (And Breaking Up Too)

22. Facebook
gives them
automatic
window into an
ex‟s
relationship
Source: ScienceDaily,Facebook and
Romantic Relationships
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paulocoelhoblog.com

23. Facebook friends with an ex delayed
emotional recovery and led to greater distress
over the breakup,
negative feelings, sexual desire and longing for
the EX-PARTNER
Image: engintepe (Flickr)
Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook
Ruined Dating (And Breaking Up Too)