Written by Tye Jiles
Over the years social media has become a huge staple in people’s lives but it has also become a huge problem with couples. I have seen more and more couples breaking up over social media inappropriateness. The more men are having access to the distasteful women parading their naked bodies, the more they are tempted. It is easier to tell them not to look but it is not realistic. It is important to discuss with your spouse what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. If the sites are for business reasons then there should not be an issue with who they interact with as they don’t have a personal connection. It is stepping over the boundaries when a spouse is interacting with someone on their personal page that would be warranted disrespectful to their partner. So what should your boundaries be?
- Married and single friends. When it comes to men, some women do not care if he is married and they are not ashamed about it. Unless you know them personally as husband and wife, single women should not be conversing or interacting with your spouse. This doesn’t mean you have to be stalking their page but it does mean that you should have the trust between you two that there should not ever be anything that you have to question.
- Commenting. If a woman or a man is in a bathing suit or is exposed there is no way that you or your spouse should be commenting “Hey there sexy!” or “You are so hot”, these types of statements should be reserved for your spouse only. If you don’t respect your marriage then you should not be participating in a social arena that you can’t trust yourself to be decent.
- Airing Your Laundry. Social media is not a platform to air all your personal business about what is going on in your marriage. When you have gotten over what initially upset you, you still put that drama out in the atmosphere and now people view your spouse in a negative light, instead of respecting them for the person they are when you are not mad at them. Couples have disagreements but they should stay between you and your spouse, there is no way someone else should able to weigh on your relationship via social media. Remember negativity spreads faster than positivity.
Your boundaries should be clear, anyone who doesn’t respect your marriage should not be a part of your social media experience. Unfriend, unfollow, delete! It should never cause an argument about who is sending personal messages, who is thinking they have the authority to come in and say what they want to you or your spouse, and people that are now exes should not be able to in anyway put there two sense in about you or your marriage. Things can be amicable if you remember that in order for others to respect your marriage; you first have to set the standard for it to be respected.
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