An Open Letter To The Lovers Of This Generation Goes Viral

An Open Letter To The Lovers Of This Generation

As can be observed, nowadays, our Facebook are now almost full of lovers posting some of their life’s updates and events. Sweet words, romantic photos, relationship goals, love statuses, and so on so forth… even arguments, hatreds and much more.

Well, it seems like every moment of our life, we post it on our Facebook. We tell the world what is happening to us, we let the world know to see what is going on in our lives. And we cannot deny the fact that most of us really do these things, especially lovers.

A post from the Facebook page, Inspiring Stuff has gone viral about an open letter to the lovers of this generation. And from the very moment when it was posted yesterday, June 13, 2016, until now, the post already garnered more than 24 thousand reactions, and more than 15 thousand shares.

Open Letter to the lovers of this generation

The letter reads:

Let me just say it outright – the more a couple posts online about their relationship, the higher the chance that relationship will eventually fail.

While we may be tempted to make every detail of our lives up for public consumption, kids, I can not stress this enough – do not air your dirty laundry online. Yes, we see you and your beau fighting on your not-so-subtle status update. Yes, we read your conversation in the comments section of your best friends’ photo wherein your comments have nothing to do with your best friend or what they posted, and are more similar to the script of The Notebook.

No, we do not need to see ten selfies of you and your partner doing some mundane thing every. other. freaking. day. And I definitely do not need to frequently see you sucking each other’s face. You might think you’re allowing the world to see how deliriously #blessed #relationshipgoals you both are, but trust me when I say you and your relationship needs to grow up.

It’s cool to show-off sometimes. We all have bragging rights, especially when we’re enjoying a fantastic time with our amazing partner. But save some of those selfies and videos on your phone or laptop so you have photos of your lover no one else can see. Save some of those ’I love you’s’ to say during random, quiet moments in the day. Save the fights for a heart-to-heart conversation where you can both learn and grow from each other. Save some of those emotional, tear-jerking posts to write in a classic love letter (and if your partner DOES write you letters, you don’t always need to take a photo captioning exactly what they wrote).

Would you fully appreciate reading a novel if you knew the juiciest details of the plot? The identity of the murderer? Don’t you get super pissed when someone spoils your favorite TV show?

This logic also goes for couples who engage in excessive online posting, or what I’d like to call F-LSS – Facebook Love Story Syndrome.

Your love story doesn’t need to be told in explicit detail, especially its negative sides, in order to be fully appreciated. Unless you’re Kardashians earning big bucks over the drama you make, it does your relationship no good for us to know whenever you’re doing bad or great, even if the great part includes a grand gesture with 50 balloons and chocolates after you’ve made-up-or-break-up for the second time this month.

The over-publication of romantic affairs borders on toxic behavior. Your relationship is not a joke and it should not be a source of entertainment for the people in your Friends List, unless you let it.

Learn to balance pride and privacy.

Otherwise, your audience will be waiting with their bowl of popcorns ready.

(c) Sade Andrea Zabala”

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