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    limber: It totally bemuses me that people actually enjoy Facebook. Unless I'm there for a specific reason (wedding photos, a baby being born, video from a va... more »
    carinamarie: Facebook is ruining my relationships because I wouldn't know how ignorant/self-righteous/drunk/judgemental my friends are if it weren't for their frig... more »
    Le Kangourou de Kataroo: A lot of my friends think it's strange, but boyf and I aren't even friends on Facebook. And when I deleted my blog I didn't give him the new URL, and ... more »
    robyngraves: Facebook IS like a cocktail party- one where you have all your friends, family, and coworkers jammed in the same room close enough where they can hear... more »
    buymecandy: People need to understand that what they put up on FB or MS or anywhere else on the interwebs is going to be accessible by others. That's what the pro... more »
    Never_Nude: I am an attorney who deals with custody issues in my practice. More than once I've shown the other side Facebook or MySpace pages full of damning info... more »
    itsonreserve: We my boyfriend won't join Farmville and be my neighbor, despite the fact that I'm one neighbor away from a blue ribbon. The strain on our relationsh... more »
    Scout: Intervention ! Intervention ! INTERVENTION!! more »
    AndPreciousLittleofThat: My takeaway? The digital grass is just that much more vibrant on the other side. Facebook is the Photoshopping you do to your own life, in my experi... more »
    LAmonkeygirl: Had Facebook and Twitter been around when I was in junior high and high school, I would have been a prime candidate for a nervous collapse. more »
    echoparkgal: As a professional due diligence researcher for attorneys, I will tell you that Facebook (and Twitter) is ruining not only personal relationships, but ... more »
    Scout: actually it is everyone's boring status updates that are ruining my relationship with them. more »
    bluebears: Just don't change your relationship status to "weirdsies" more »
    monkeydance: My friend keeps an eye on her bf via facebook. She doesn't like the girls in his life that are just friends. They fight all the time about this. Will ... more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: My dad left his second wife after reconnecting with a friend from high school via Facebook. Apparently, they had dated for 2 weeks in the 9th grade a... more »
    doit2julia: My most recent bf & I reconnected via facebook after 7 years. (I think there'a previous Jez article that terms this phenom "retrosexuality.") Six mont... more »
    shorty63136: I don't think it ends your relationship - I think it makes it easier for people to get caught doing the dirt they're already doing. And in the cases a... more »
    Leiakat: I 'divorced' my husband (drop our relationship status) on FB once when I was really pissed at him. More because he had gone into quite mode than anyt... more »
    kithkin: Poor Emma Brady. Her ex-husband should have known that the same rules for text messaging and facebook apply. more »
    MegiEr: I can kind of believe it...I read a lot of advice columnists and I feel like there are a lot of "I recently found my high school sweetheart on faceboo... more »
  • #lefacebookdivorce

    How Facebook Is Ruining Lives, One Relationship At A Time

    Facebook is the self-control killer, as many of us already know. But will it end your relationship? Some UK-based law firms believe the popular social networking site plays an increasing role in petitions for divorce. More »
  • #kissing

    Kissin' Cousins

    U.S.: One kiss. France: Two. Netherlands: 3. In today's "Freakonomics," Daniel Hamermesh asks, who makes the kissing rules? Who changes them? How do we learn them? And we'd better! [New York Times]