Is this a relationship or just a status update...

I have been married for 18 years.  In basic terms this means I am in a relationship.  


My mum has been married for 46 years.  She is in a relationship.  

Now my daughter has been going out with her boyfriend for 1 week and according to her Facebook SHE is in a relationship.  

WHAAAT!  

Ok, now this is hilarious...

There are six relationship categories Facebook users can choose from: single, in a relationship, engaged, married, it's complicated, and in an open relationship.

Well, I certainly don't wanna see any mention of an open relationship on her page - however there does seem to be no relevant category for 'just hanging together and getting the occasional hickie'.

Whatever happened to terms like ....'got with', 'going round with', 'hooked up'.....  Nope, we know go straight to the relationship.  

Remember back in high school when we wrote little notes to our crush and threw it at them in the science lab while we made water boil....now that was romantic...nothing says love like a smeared, piece of paper ripped out of your maths book with 'Wanna go out with me?' written on it.  It worked occasionally however I think it was just because there was a chance of touching my boobs more than wanting a RELATIONSHIP!

Times have certainly changed - now instead of the soggy paper bomb - now the guy just finds out through a girls facebook status change.  Now, that is complicated!

Oh bring back those days.......


Ok, gotta go and change my status to 'Married but still have to put out the garbage bin myself'.....

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