The things you should avoid posting or sharing on social media at all costs, which can damage your love life or negatively affect relationships.
It’s no secret that social media plays a pretty big role in most modern relationships allowing us to stay connected, get to know each other, and share memories or good times together openly for others to see and enjoy.
For the most part, using social media as a couple or while you are in a relationship can have its benefits. It allows you to easily stay up to date with friends and offers an avenue to get a glimpse outside of your relationship bubble or the whirlwind romance you may find yourself in.
While this is often true of many couples and people relationships that actively use social media, there are however some risks that can come with using social media while in a relationship together.
Some things just shouldn’t be shared online, or should simply be kept private between you and your partner.
While it might seem like a good idea to share some things to get an outside perspective, there are still a few things you should probably never post onto social media about your relationship or your partner.
1. Don’t Post Harsh Jokes About Your Partner.
While it might seem pretty funny at the time or be something of an inside joke between you and your partner. It’s one thing to make them the butt of a joke offline, but posting this onto social media is not without its consequences.
Posting harsh jokes about your partner or your relationship together on social media could be viewed as a kind of public humiliation. Which may often not be understood or taken out of context by many of the people you may find in your friend’s list.
There is no way for them to really gauge if you really are in fact, joking – or if there is some serious intent behind your words and actions. Harsh jokes can sometimes hurt in person, let alone when they get viewed by a larger audience.
2. Don’t Post Publicly About Ongoing Arguments.
It’s probably a good idea if you happen to be arguing with your partner to never allow this to spill over onto social media. It’s never really a great idea to air out your dirty laundry in public.
It’s completely natural to feel angry during an argument or seriously need to vent your frustrations to someone you think will understand.
However, sending this as a social media status will likely cause more problems than it solves.
It will give all your friends, family, and followers an opportunity to pile on the problem which can often make it much, much worse. Your quarrel is with your partner and should only ever be resolved with them directly.
3. Don’t Post About Your Bedroom Activities.
The fact is, while you and your partner’s bedroom activities might something you want to shout to the rooftops about. On social media, you’d be surprised to know the number of people who are put off seeing or hearing about your sexual adventures together.
Some things seriously just need to stay within the bedroom. These moments are between you and your partner and shouldn’t be shared somewhere that is public, or heaven forbid somewhere that your family and relatives can see it.
4. Don’t Post Risque Pictures Meant For Your Partners Eyes Only.
This can probably go without saying, but you’d be surprised by the number of people who actually do this on social media.
Put simply, never post any images or pictures that are meant for your partner’s eyes only. Risque images of you in sexy lingerie or revealing images that should be kept private will all be on the list of things you should probably never post.
Sure, you might look amazing in the photos, but with employers now checking social media accounts and more creeps and perverts on the internet than ever. It’s probably best to keep any naughty images firmly for your partner’s eyes only.
5. Don’t Post Seeking Validation Of Your Relationship Together.
Another thing you should never post onto social media would be status updates or images that seek validation of your relationship or your chosen partner.
Posting pictures with the caption “We look super cute here, don’t we?” or status updates about the countless wonderful things your partner does for you each day will frequently be top of the list for “Things people don’t want to witness on social media”.
Not because they are heartless or don’t in fact have an opinion, but because it’s just not something people like to see their social media feeds flooded with. Especially your single friends and followers who are still looking for love.
Of course, your pictures might be cute or your partner may have done some really sweet things for you. However, you and only you can validate how it all truly feels.
Strangers on the internet or people not part of your relationship bubble will only ever view it out of context. Besides, there would be nothing worse than hearing negative feedback about your relationship if you went looking for it.
6. Don’t Post Grievances About Your Partners Family.
Sure, you and your partner’s family may not always get along or see eye to eye. However, posting publically about any issues you may have with them or making passive-aggressive status updates will only cause more problems down the road.
These status updates or comments might make you feel better at the time, but they will often sit around long enough for your partner’s family to view and see them, along with all your other friends and followers.
They will also be fully visible to your partner and it puts them in a very difficult position where they might need to take sides or watch as you and their family battle it out in the comments or over social media.
Just try not to do it as hard as it may be. Think about what is happening from your partner’s point of view. Do they really want to see you and their family battling it out over social media? Also, do you really want any issues with their family sewing a seed of doubt in their mind about you and the relationship?
7. Don’t Post In Agreement To People Bashing Your Partner.
Relationships are built on trust, understanding, and the belief that you will stand with them and have their back through thick and thin.
If you ever feel someone has some valid reasons or points to make against your partner on social media. Whether this is about their recent behavior or actions. It’s probably a good idea never to make comments or agree with any of this kind of thing publically.
When someone has bad things to say about your partner, or you yourself feel they could have behaved or dealt with things a little differently. It’s always best to talk it over directly with them. Rather than them seeing you posting in agreement with others online and taking away their voice on that matter.
This kind of public negativity aimed directly towards your partner is not something that can be easily forgotten by them. Especially if it’s coming from the person they love the most. Worse still, these kinds of events or actions from you revolving around public ridicule can often come back to haunt you when arguments arise.
This is why it’s highly advisable to always talk things through with your partner. Get their side of the story to help you better understand the situation and also share your view or opinion.
8. Don’t Post About Extravagant Gifts You Received From Your Partner.
When your partner surprises you with extravagant gifts or luxurious presents. A lot of thought and time has usually gone into selecting this perfect gift for you.
Not only that, but your partner has also invested a lot of emotional value into buying and picking out this perfect gift for you. They are waiting to see your smile and the reaction when they unveil this gift to you. That’s what matters most to them.
However, if all you are interested in doing is flaunting this expensive gift and taking pictures for social media likes or reactions. Then this could come across as a tad materialistic or lessen much of the emotional value your partner has invested in buying you this wonderful gift.
They are just looking for you to be in the moment with them. They don’t really care what others think or say about the gifts they have bought you. They just want to see you happy and see that the extravagant gift is something you really, really love!
9. Don’t Post Passive-Aggressive Messages About Your Partner.
If your relationship is going through turmoil, then its never a good idea to post passive-aggressive status updates and comments aimed at your partner to social media.
Sure, you might be hurting, upset, or seriously angry – but there is no reason to bring any of these issues to a public setting unless you seriously are looking for help from friends and family.
It’s always best to tackle these things head-on with your partner. Talk things out with them, get to the bottom of what is going on, and leave social media platforms out of it.
10. Don’t Post Every Intimate Detail About Your Relationship Together.
Some things should simply remain unsaid when it comes to sharing the details or intimacies of your relationship together over social media.
It’s one thing to catalog and post images or updates about the things you have been up to or times you have gone on date nights or romantic getaways. However, oversharing certain details about your relationship can lead you to finding yourself in hot water.
There may be some things your partner doesn’t want you to share online, or moments that they only want to remain between you and them. In any case, its sometimes best to leave your friends and followers guessing, so that your relationship as a hole is not constantly exposed to the wider world.
11. Don’t Post Unflattering Pictures Of Your Partner.
Unless you have their strict permission, its probably not a good idea to post or tag your partner in pictures of them that are seriously unflattering.
You would be surprised to know just how many couples argue or have spats about bad pictures or images that they don’t like appearing on social media.
In a world where their social media image is everything for some people. It’s can be fully understandable to see why your partner wouldn’t want bad photos or candid pictures taken of them at unflattering angles appearing online.
Of course, you don’t have to check every picture with them first before you post – but just use your judgment. Consider how these pictures might make them look to others, or if in fact, they don’t really care too much about their online image.
12. Don’t Post Cheesy Or Tacky Romantic Messages.
There is the right time, and the right place to share romantic messages or love letters with your partner – and very often this is not on social media.
It’s no secret. You are in love. But there’s not really any need to publically display or showcase these kinds of love messages in your timeline for the whole world to see.
It’s often considered far more classy and heartfelt to be discreet and considered when expressing these messages of love with your partner.
Notes on the fridge or cute, loving, personalized text messages sent directly to them will often hold a lot more meaning.
13. Don’t Post Intimate Kissing Pictures.
Believe us when we say, while you may think pictures of you kissing your partner or locking-lips might get the same reactions in the comments that you yourself feel about them at the time.
In reality, this could not be further from the truth. The fact is your social media friends or followers that happen to be unlucky in love will quite frequently begrudge seeing pictures like this.
You are simply giving them more ammunition to be resentful or jealous of the relationship you have with your partner. Intimate pictures or pictures of you kissing should be firmly placed on the list of no-go images to post.
14. Don’t Post Looking For Flirty Replies And Attention.
Now it’s one thing to post images of yourself looking great or status updates designed to get eyeballs and replies.
However, if you are simply posting to get flirty attention from the opposite sex. Then this is defiantly not a good idea if you are already in a loving relationship.
Unless you want countless arguments with your partner about “Who said what” or accusations of cheating and infidelity being flung your way. It’s highly advisable not to post images or messages that provoke flirty behavior.
You are simply sending all the wrong signals. You will put your partner in a position of uncertainty about your relationship which makes them wonder why you are displaying this kind of behavior – and you’re also sending all the wrong signals to your social media friends or followers who now potentially think your single or experiencing relationship woes.
15. Don’t Post About Your Ex-Partner.
Just never ever, ever post about your ex-partner on social media. Its a seriously big no-no.
Unless you are still on good terms with your ex or are still actively friends while being in your new relationship with your new partner. It’s defiantly not a good idea to bring up your ex in conversation, or post pictures and updates on your timeline about them or your past relationship.
Talking about your ex on social media or anywhere publicly for that matter simply makes it look like you have not gotten over them. Even if you do still have some hangups about your past relationship, it’s still definitely not a good idea to post about it.
Sure, it may be one of those things that can often come up in conversation with friends or family or even your current partner. But its never a good idea to talk about them in a place both your ex and your current partner can publicly see it or mull over what it all truly means.