Want to keep your "in a relationship" or "married" status on Facebook? You might want to log off Facebook.

 

One in seven people said they'd considered divorce because of their spouses' questionable activity on Facebook, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter or What’sApp, a recent survey of 2,000 married Brits found.

 

Almost a quarter of those polled by the firm Slater and Gordon said they had at least one argument a week related to social media use, with 17 percent admitting they fought about it every day...

 

Meanwhile, back here in the states, divorce attorneys agree that social media has increasingly played a part in marriage breakdowns. In 2010, 81 percent of divorce attorneys surveyed by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers said they'd seen an increase in the number of cases using social networking evidence in the five years prior.

 

Stay Off Social Media (Or Risk Divorce), New Survey Says

Honestly, I would have expected the percentage to be a little higher than 17%.

 

What are your thoughts about this study?

Glad I'm single. I can get scandalous on social media any time I want. :lol2:

Neither my wife or I have Facebook, so I think we're good.

 

I have Twitter, she doesn't.

Neither my wife or I have Facebook, so I think we're good.

 

I have Twitter, she doesn't.

 

Snapchat and Facebook are the ones you have to be careful with. If your wife ever gets a Snapchat, start saving money in a secret location and plan for the future.

I've definitely seen it be a problem.

 

My favorite was a woman who posted photos on Facebook of her and her new guy THE NEXT DAY after she moved out of her husband's house with some captions that let you know they'd been together for a while. That was not a good day.

Social media is not the cause of marital discord. It only exposes the weaknesses that are already there.

Social media is not the cause of marital discord. It only exposes the weaknesses that are already there.

 

Boom!!! There it is!!!

Social media is not the cause of marital discord. It only exposes the weaknesses that are already there.

 

Nice

I've been on record here before about how much I despise Facebook, and some of that was because of the ridiculous impact I'd seen it have on friends and significant others. So this comes as no surprise and yes, I expected it to be higher. I'd suspect it plays a big part in breaking up those who are not yet married at a much higher rate.

I sent a lady out of the office yesterday because she couldn't put her phone down logged on to facebook. I told her she could update her status to "still in pain". She rescheduled.

Social media is not the cause of marital discord. It only exposes the weaknesses that are already there.

 

Says you....

Says you....

 

Agree 100% with LAWildcat!

 

I laugh at the ignorant comments about how FB has a lot of drama, NO! It's not FB, it's some of your friends. Drop the friends who are all about drama, and not just from FB, but from your life.

 

As far as the thread topic, it's the same thing, some are exposed for who/what they are on FB. No one is going to stop doing questionable things in their lives just because they stop using FB. OR, the issue is that the spouse who is questioning the FB activity is one who creates FB drama, and are insecure anyway.

Social media is not the cause of marital discord. It only exposes the weaknesses that are already there.

 

Says you....

 

Well, I thought that was a statement everyone would agree with.....There's one in every crowd though I guess.