Relationship status on facebook?

Just curious as to which signs do and which don't or if there is a correlation....do you post your relationship status on facebook or prefer to keep it off the public airwaves?

3rd - facebook nor anything else.

Innnnteresting fishy ladies... innnteresting...

Yeah, I was going to add... when I did have it - my page was the most pathetic thing ever. I never posted anything. No photos, no comments, no likes.

I definitely think it's a combination of privacy and can't be botheredness. Not one or the other. Both.

After Libra and I became exclusive AND started living together, I sent the request to have the status put up. He thought he was being funny by ignoring it for a few days, waiting for me to say something about it. Then he (over)acted all put out and exasperated about "women and their need to make this shit public".. Oh reaaaally? Duly noted and filed away in my little Pisces mind vault of seemingly unimportant details.

When we broke up a year later, I'm the one that stripped the status out and quietly deleted it from the news feed.. I'm not one for public drama, period. When we (officially) got back together a few months later.. nothing. I sent no request. To this very day, I'm STILL listed as "Single" -- HE will send the request himself, without prompting from me, or I'll stay Single forever.

There was that "Crazy texting from a one night stand chick" that was going around awhile back, the whole http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/this-is-what-crazy-looks-like-via-text-messaging>JJ and Kevin saga. He was sent a link for it, looked at it and listened to it (it was narrated aloud by some comedian guy), and turned to me at the Facebook part and said, "Hey, baby.. I'm surprised YOU haven't mentioned our Facebook status.. why is that?" I shrugged aand said, "Not important to me what the FB world thinks. Our friends and family know we've been together for years. And isn't flirting is easier with your status as single? You would know." End of subject.. but a couple weeks later, I saw that his "Single" status was no longer displayed publicly. It was hidden, NO status. Whatever.

A couple weeks ago he saw one of those joke photos a mutual friend posted.. something about "We've been dating a week, why is your FB status still Single, huh? huh?".. and he again said, "You still haven't said anything about OUR status. You trying to hide it? You ashamed of me?" I shot back, "Well, everyone knows it's been almost four years, not like it's a secret. Everyone who needs to know.. already knows."

Yes, we were both laughing and joke-y.. but there was a glimmer of truth (and insecurity) in there too.. he's wondering WHY I don't care about the status, and why I'm still publicly Single. Cuz then he said, "But you're still listed as Single." And I shrugged (AGAIN!) and said, "And until YOU decide you want to request that to be changed, it'll STAY that way. Cuz I don't really care either way what it says we are on Facebook."

And I really don't.

Side note: Every so often, he'll post a random "I really love you baby" or "Can't wait to get home and hold you in my arms" something or other on my Wall. I'm not on FB much and rarely update anything, so his post stays right there and visible for a long, long time. Which is probably his whole intention right there. LOL cute.

Cannot be bothered to update it, barely ever use facebook to begin with.
I just browse it from time to time but hardly post anything myself.

I find the whole relationship status 'update' pathetic.
Changing it to couple, then to single or whatnot.. has people always go 'oh what happened, I'm sorry, yay, bla bla'
Pathetic and so not needed for me.

Me and that one other person know, that's the only two that matter.
I'll personally inform my friends.

Posted by cheekyfaerie
I think there should be a "fully prepared to die alone" option.

Lol!!

I never knew FB had relationship status option, LMFAO. Besides why would people pay attention to statusses? People prolly are doing it to avoid the complications or too many questions, people bothering them etc. It means nothing to me ^^

In the past I've only changed my status once to. "IAR" to "Single" and the flood od questions that came after was ridiculous..never again. Technically, ur single until married, so, I'm Leaving it on "Single" until someone is man enough to change it to "Married."

Posted by TAURUSbelle
In the past I've only changed my status once to. "IAR" to "Single" and the flood od questions that came after was ridiculous..never again. Technically, ur single until married, so, I'm Leaving it on "Single" until someone is man enough to change it to "Married."

See this is the thing I hate. You have so many people in facebook after a while and you're not close enough to even think about sharing everything with them. The stupid questions that follow are a big turn off so why change it?
I had a friend go from single to dating, few months later back to single + the flood of questions, then a little later again to relationship.

Can you imagine tagging their name in there so everyone can gasp over WHO IT IS? 😄