Is social media more harmful or beneficial to relationships? 🧐

Honestly I’m on the fence . Cause social media can create tension but depending on your relationship you wouldn’t have to worry abt that

I think it depends on the individuals/couple. I couldn’t care less what my partner is up to, neither does he care what I do or who I talk to. I can absolutely see why it would cause issues in some relationships though

I think overall it’s probably more harmful for most couples regardless of boundaries, I mean think about it, 100 years ago a man would only see like 5 baddies in his whole life 💀 now men got visual access to an unlimited amount and women are getting DMs all the time, it has both men and women thinking they have all these options and the grass could always be greener despite how good they already have it

There's no issue with it in my relationship but I wouldn't say it's beneficial. It's just irrelevant!

My husband and I are not friends on Facebook but we send each other memes and TikTok’s all the time.

I see no benefit. The negative for me is the use of technology instead of being present, not the social media itself.

We have a snap streak w me and my hubby 😂 I’m out, w myself or the baby, I’ll send him a snap to keep the streak but also to show who I’m with where I am, that I’m coming home etc. he sends me soppy IG reels as well lol, I send him funny ones. He’s never on SM he watches YT all day, all his FB friends are friends from high school or coworkers and people he knows he doesn’t accept random friends. It’s been beneficial for us keeping the spark, no boundaries have been crossed by either of us. He doesn’t and never has had interest in online girls, if he wants to see booty he’s got mine on his phone 🙈 the issues arise when boundaries are clearly made and the other person refuses to adhere to that.

I agree—it really depends on how it’s used. Social media can strengthen relationships when there’s trust and healthy boundaries, but it can also create unnecessary drama if misused. Open communication is definitely key!

i think no matter the couple social media is detrimental more times than not. there are definitely ways to balance the use and to use it in positive ways but i think most people struggle with that. i also think it has more of a negative impact on society and humankind as a whole.

I don’t think our brains are meant to be judged by or comparing ourselves to dozens of people at a time lol but it is pretty incredible that we can create connections with people anywhere on earth near instantaneously

My partner doesn't have any as he was spending too much time on it, so he basically deleted it all and hated people from his past finding him. I just have social media for family near and far, and a couple of friends who still use it (my social media is Facebook, and I follow like 3 people on instagram all private or course). So beneficial in a way to see what friends and family are up to in don't see anything else so not sure where the downside is but I don't follow unknown people/celebrities/those people who are famous because they post something i don't get that.

If you're secure in your relationship, nothing should affect it.

I imagine this dependent on the relationship and people in the relationship 🙂

@Jodie yes I agree, social media has never been an issue for me as I wouldn’t be with someone I didn’t trust anyway