did you see what they said about face book on tv today

This is my first time hearing something like this but I'm actually not surprised. I mean, I've heard of people losing their job because of their facebook account and even some criminal getting arrested because he updated his status and a few others. But this situation is crazy. To break off a relationship to go back with an ex just from talking and communicating through facebook is crazy. You're not even talking face to face, how can you be sure that you want to start something with this person again? And to break off their solid relationships over it too? All I can say is that the person has no one else to blame but themselves if things don't work out.

This is interesting. So, did the report sounds like facebook is the reason why people are breaking up? Although they might not bluntly say that, it seems headed to that. If that's the case, I will have to disagree. In my opinion, if there are no problems in the current relationship/marriage, then there's no reason that they would break up. Facebook was merely a medium used. So as bars, chat rooms, message boards, etc... Regardless if the person who broke up with his/her wife/husband used facebook or not, or was able to contact his/her ex, if there's a problem with his/her current relationship/marriage, they would still break up. Even without using facebook as there are lots of medium to be used to meet people.

Facebook is not breaking up the marriage the people are. It might be that those old flames would have reappeared later in life anyway. I truly believe that people who are truly in love with their spouse would not let a social site like that destroy their relationship. It seems that in those situations the relationship was in trouble anyway.

Hi, kristinad. No. I have not heard about this being said. I have heard about the privacy issues of facebook though. I know that my ex boyfriend may still have feelings for me. He decided to marry a woman that was of another race, but I know deep down he still wants and loves me. He is just faking his relationship with her.. He does not want to leave her because he knows that she will be very mad at him. She may even try to hurt him. But I am not going back with him.. When we was together we had some good moments. On the other hand, he was selfish, mean and he fronted in front of his friends. He was more into his friends when we were together. He was also stingy. I gave him things more than he would give me.. I was always the giver in the relationship.. So, from all of this, I don't think that I could ever be back with him. He can stay with his wife. It is obvious that he could not love me enough to be with me right now. So, in my eyes it was not meant to be. I will settle for my husband who is not afraid to tell me that he loves me. He is not ashamed of showing his affection for me in front of others. And he tells me that he loves me all of the time. I think that I would rather stick with someone that can give me all of the love that I can possibly have.

Facebook started off as a way of contacting friends and family members you haven’t seen in awhile. Nine times out of ten, I’m getting friend requests from total strangers and and they seem to be mostly married men. I have on my status that I am married and yet I get in-box messages from men that seem to think that Facebook is some sort of dating service. My husband also has a facebook and we have never had any problems over Facebook. Allowing a social network is not worth ending a relationship over and I think that people need to be more careful about what they are doing while they are online.

It true...i and my bf also we meet in facebook chat. It was last years winter break. I was in holidays. I was feeling as i have got no thing to do. So i just sign up in to facebook just to pass my boring time. But i never knew that i am going to fall in love with a person who i don't know at all. I never knew that i am going to come in this situation. I was in love with him and love him so much. Thank you facebook.

With the birth of internet, relationships have become fragile like walking on eggshells. Social networking like facebook is one culprit that has create a lot of misunderstandings among married couples and patching up long lost lovers. It is so easy to rekindle memories of love affairs just by a press of the button these days. The future generation of marriages and relationships will face greater challenges to combat the degrading value of marriages due to unlimited options of dating onlines. Maybe getting back to old flames is a wish come true for some people who still harbor the strong feelings of love which at that material time did not end up in the altar. What ever reasons there might be for falling in and out of love, I only hope the internet do not break many hearts.

I totally agree! Also there must be a reason people are even looking for old loved ones on facebook. If you are looking, then there is something wrong with your relationship. People dont realize relationships like anything else, require work on both ends. It takes time to really get to know someone and learn to communicate and respect each others needs and wants. Facebook is not the cause of the breakup, its just an excuse for people. We live in a world of convenience and why should relationships be any different. Everyone wants the easy way out.

Facebook I thin is not liable or at fault here. Its always the people involved. Hehehe.

I believe its not facebook's fault at all. it totally depends on the person. if you truly love your partner or spouse, there shouldnt be a thing in this world to change that. if they are confident and secure enough about their feelings, then no need to be bothered with these old friends/ lovers. i am sure that marriage or relationships which end on break ups because of emergence of such old lovers, aren't that strong, sad to say.

Facebook didn't provide that facility to break-up relations. You see, it depends on how we use a facility, doesn't depend on the service provider. If I am interested in own life, and I am not into 'what happened in the past', then I wouldn't give a flying one about who is there related to my past on FACEBOOK. I'll not be even bothered to add that person if I am happy with my current life. But, in case I was a womanizer, I'll be freaking around not only on Facebook, I'll be doing that crap everywhere in real life.

hi kristinad!!! this is the first time i've heard about it. but i think or just for me. this is not the facebook's fault. facebook may be the way so they could have communication again but the betrayal is all the person's involve. if you really love your partner you could not break up with him/her because of an old love there maybe other reasons why. and just like you said there is a reason why you break up wit him/her. so why go back and be hurt again.. happy day everyone!!!

Having back those sweet little memories with your ex-lover is not possible. Even without Facebook it reallt happens. They are just all human and they don't mean to fall in-love to each other again. If thats their Destiny so why blaming Facebook? Blame their Destiny instead...

such a foolishness....if you really love your partner you wont mind even if you meet with your ex again.....i think there is a reason why you broke up with your ex so why go back with him if you know his capacity of loving you compared to your new partner....unless you see that your old bf/gf is better than ur new love in terms of loving you....

Oh that is ridiculous!! but that all depends upon the person. If maybe he is not happy with his present relationship, that might be possible. Well, it they are not married yet, it is not a big problem, but they are, that is a big mess.

well, people are really weird and irrational sometimes.. I guess they just think that Love maybe sweeter the second time around.. I think this really depends on the person, and I shouldn't blame facebook for this.. I mean, we have cellphones long before facebook, so if they really want to communicate again, they have plenty of ways to do so...

Facebook actually started as a college network. You had to have a college email address to join. I loved it back then, now its just too much. Its myspace part 2. I see too many children on it. My parents and grandparents have one but its not the same. They do contact old friends. I agree with you with the whole you broke up for a reason thing. Though maybe these people were just looking for an excuse to leave their marriages.

I suppose that at the other end of this story the person broke up with his/her spouse using Facebook as well. Well, it's the new new thing about relationships--communication. Old flames finally start communicating after all those years. It's both romantic and stupid. Anyway, I think the issue here is not really about Facebook. Many grow up suppressing their feelings when they were young and when they finally mature, the romantic notions of the past spur them to alter their present conditions. There is only one problem. The reality of the present is very different from the reality of the past. Conditions today cannot be interpolated readily into the timeline somewhere in the past. It's not a time travel story where our younger self is just given a nudge in the right direction. Here, the older self is in the thick of things and making important decisions.

I also heard about marriages breaking up because of facebook. I can understand how this can happen. It is easy to get close to the people that you are in contact with on facebook. Hubby and I are both on there on each others accounts. I too have had men say they saw my profile and like what they saw and women for that matter. I am happily married so I just delete them and block them.

i agree with you about the "i feel like you broke up with that person for a reson so why should you brake up your marriage to go back to you old boyfriend/girlfriend?" it's messed up