Facebook has been the tell-all for relationships for years, as well as?an avenue for total relationship meltdown. Now, after a study by Cornell University, it is shown that Facebook, not only shows the world our heartbreaking break-ups, but it predicts them even before we change that little status bar to ?single.?
After looking at over a million Facebook pages, comparing groups of friends, interactions, and circles, Cornell University has come to the conclusion that the more friends you have in common, the less likely you are to survive in your relationship. Those couples with separate friends, and seemingly more individual ties throughout Facebook can breathe easy knowing Cornell University thinks that you are on the road to relationship success.
The students behind this study relied on dispersion, the way friends are linked together, in order to come to this conclusion. The Facebook pages were chosen at random and the team studied connections between relatives, friends, spouses, co-workers, and distant acquaintances.
The thought that when I was once sitting alone with my tub of ice cream, wondering where my boyfriend?was because he?wasn’t texting back, Facebook was already preparing for the inevitable, seems pretty creepy. Though, there seems to be some validity behind this, seeing that those that are co-dependent often complain of tougher love life drama.
However, don’t pack up your letter jackets and ticket stubs just yet, this study has yet to be published and should not lead you to friending as many people possible in order to widen your ?friend? count. We all know the real test to a relationship is whether he posts that kissy face picture of you two from Valentine’s Day as his profile pic.
