When should you change your Facebook relationship status?
MODERN dating in the digital instant age.
Young people today face some tricky decision making thanks to the ubiquity of online social networking sites, making going out with someone a process fraught with even more uncertainty.
For example: At what point do you update your Facebook relationship status? Too soon might seem presumptuous and needy - wait too long and you seem disinterested.
In order to gain insight into this, I interviewed a young colleague who, as Jane Austen, might put it, is 'out' in society (although as a journalist he's not in possession of a good fortune).
His basic take was that he wouldn't change it from 'single' until he absolutely had to - and commented that it was considered 'bad form' for the man to change his first: "Always let the bird do it".
Of course, as I pointed out, there is a risk of being accused of not taking it too seriously if your Facebook page proudly pronounces 'single' while you're engaged in trying to show your commitment to the modern day Eliza Bennett.
The individual in question also features prominently in pictures on that site, a significant quantity seemingly 'chatting up' 'fit birds' in hostelries (Austen fans might understand this crude process thus: "Trying to secure the next dance with an eligible gentlewoman at the ball at Netherfield").
He's proud of those pictures, for some reason, including a particular one 'motorboating' a lucky lady (look it up), again while enjoying an evening in a local hostelry (would even Mr Wickham stoop so low?).
At what point should the modern dater 'untag' himself from such pictures, thereby making it unlikely that his 'beau' should have her eyes affronted by such sights.
According to the young gentleman in question he's more worried about his parents finding the pics of him smoking.
So there you have it - modern day Mr Darcys should basically stick their heads in the sand and hope any girl they go out with doesn't use Facebook. Who says men aren't romantic these days?
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Ben Hurst
Despite what's been said elsewhere on this website, this is defenitely the best one yet!
This colleague of yours has got the right attitude.
Although personally, I'd never change my relationship status even after a girlfriend had altered hers.
I do love to motorboat.