I wonder what the real stats will be, i.e. how many times FB is mentioned in divorce cases, when a generation truly has grown up with Facebook for more than the several years it has been available to the masses.
Makes you wonder if it's just the technology that's changed and not the various age-old underlying reasons for divorce. One could argue that call-waiting made cheating easier because you could take two calls instead of one... or webcams let you see your audience too instead of just hearing them....and so on. I guess what's fascinating to me is on what grounds Facebook is named as a catalyst in breaking up a marriage. Couples can break up over all sorts of technology/web-based matters--porn, MySpace, Scrabulous banter, Facebook- but isn't it, in and of itself, a false intimacy to a certain extent, even that first crush who accepts your friendship from middle school? Interesting to know what the 'betrayals' are here.
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One In Five Divorce Petitions Mention Facebook?
I wonder what the real stats will be, i.e. how many times FB is mentioned in divorce cases, when a generation truly has grown up with Facebook for more than the several years it has been available to the masses.
Makes you wonder if it's just the technology that's changed and not the various age-old underlying reasons for divorce. One could argue that call-waiting made cheating easier because you could take two calls instead of one... or webcams let you see your audience too instead of just hearing them....and so on. I guess what's fascinating to me is on what grounds Facebook is named as a catalyst in breaking up a marriage. Couples can break up over all sorts of technology/web-based matters--porn, MySpace, Scrabulous banter, Facebook- but isn't it, in and of itself, a false intimacy to a certain extent, even that first crush who accepts your friendship from middle school? Interesting to know what the 'betrayals' are here.