Anonymous wrote:My first thought is always, “why are you talking to your spouse through social media? Isn’t he sitting right next to you?” It’s weird that you need to share your private relationship thoughts with everyone you know.
That's the one that always gets me. I also find the gushing third person posts to be annoying to me personally, but I do think some people are just very demonstrative about their feelings (or potentially overcompensating for issues at home). But I can't think of a single valid reason to post messages to each other publicly on Facebook, other than to try and impress people with how cute you're being I guess? It's weird. People also do this with friendships and I think it's weird, too. When I need to get my spouse or a friend a message (or share something funny, or make plans, or whatever), I text or call. But then, I don't really know what Facebook is for beyond serving as a directory of people from high school/college/old jobs so you don't totally lose touch. Everything else is weird to me, or seems like it could be done better in another way.