{"id":65002,"date":"2014-11-14T07:19:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T07:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65002"},"modified":"2014-11-14T07:19:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T07:19:14","slug":"real-reason-facebook-causes-one-third-divorces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=65002","title":{"rendered":"The real reason Facebook causes one-third of divorces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dek\">33% of divorced couples cite Facebook as a reason for their split.<\/div>\n<p>Ah, Facebook. The social networking site that&#8217;s fast becoming not just a thorn in our backsides, but the bane of our existences.<\/p>\n<p>If Facebook isn&#8217;t selling your private information to companies these days, then it&#8217;s breaking up happy marriages.<\/p>\n<p>What was once a tool for sharing party pics and finding long-lost friends is now the reason behind many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/breakups-and-divorce\">divorces<\/a> \u2014 and we&#8217;re not even going to mention its part in the online stalking of ex-boyfriends, or even current ones for that matter.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.divorce-online.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A U.K. divorce site<\/a>\u00a0found that even in Dec. 2009,<strong> 20 percent<\/strong> of &#8220;behavior petitions&#8221; (which is British lingo for &#8220;reasons to file for divorce&#8221;) contained the word &#8220;Facebook&#8221; in them, meaning that the site was in some way to blame for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/marriage\">marriage<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s dissolution. Just a couple of years later, that percentage jumped to <strong>33 percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ym_1003415940242979181\" class=\"ym\">Not surprisingly, the number-one reason why Facebook was at fault in these cases was due to &#8220;inappropriate messages to members of the opposite <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/sex\">sex<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"ym\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ym\">It seems that people have yet to learn to make sexual and flirty comments through personal email as opposed to a Facebook wall for all the world (and significant others) to see.<\/div>\n<p>In cases where the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/couples\">couples<\/a><\/strong> had separated, but had yet to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/experts\/dr-karen-finn\/dont-let-these-divorce-statistics-dictate-your-divorce-recovery\">divorce<\/a>, the once happily <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/married-lovestage\">married<\/a><\/strong>folks were turning to Facebook to post nasty comments about each other. Well, if you can&#8217;t shout how much you hate somebody from the rooftops, you might as well post it on their wall.<\/p>\n<p>The third reason for Facebook being mentioned in these behavior petitions was because of Facebook friends, or rather &#8220;friends,&#8221; who took it upon themselves to rat out spouses who may have been getting a little too friendly on the social media site.<\/p>\n<p>You know, because if you&#8217;re married to Bobby and he&#8217;s friends with Sally, but you&#8217;re not friends with Sally, but you&#8217;re all friends with Lily, then Lily is going to be privy to posts and statuses that you are not \u2014 that&#8217;s why Lily is going to fill you in. Lily is a nice a friend.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 5,000 petitions, only 20 cited Twitter as a reason for marital bliss disaster.<\/p>\n<p>One can&#8217;t help but wonder exactly what the IQ might be of someone who is either publicly cheating or publicly disparaging their significant other.<\/p>\n<p>Neither choice is very sane or discreet, and in the end, the partner using Facebook as if it were a weapon or a meat market is the one who looks like a jackass.<\/p>\n<p>But common sense can&#8217;t be everyone&#8217;s strong suit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Yourtango.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>33% of divorced couples cite Facebook as a reason for their split. Ah, Facebook. The social networking site that&#8217;s fast becoming not just a thorn in our backsides, but the bane of our existences. If Facebook isn&#8217;t selling your private information to companies these days, then it&#8217;s breaking up happy marriages. 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