eLationships: Breaking up is hard

September 11, 2007 1:57 PM | Written by Marcy Jarreau

I am not in the minority when I let you know that I stalk guys I am romantically interested in on the Internet. It's a pretty common practice, and most people will admit to it.

I Google them, I seek them out on facebook and myspace, and once I find them I stalk all of their friends or associates and especially their exes...if I can figure out who they are.

If someone is IN a relationship it's pretty easy to figure it out. Their significant other is probably number 1 in the top friends on myspace, facebook will even link to the mates profile. If they blog then chances are so does their honey and you can find this on the blogroll. I mean you aren't in a relationship with someone if you don't have a hyperlink to prove it.

So what happens when things turn sour, feelings fade, and your status is suddenly listed as single at 1:24pm? Do you delete your friendship, and every post about or from the ex, then unlink them from your life?

I am currently stalking someone who has an ex link. I am not sure what it means. It could mean it was amicable split; they have remained friends, and still care about one another's lives. But more realistically they just don't want to seem petty to all their mutual friends.

And then there are the nasty break ups. These are more fun to witness. It's when people write nasty things about one another and explain in great detail what the other person did to ruin their life and why you should un-friend them!

I have never had an online break up so I am not sure how I would handle it. But I am more than interested to hear your horror stories. Please, share details that are awkwardly intimate with me/the rest of the Internet.

 

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