jabeen wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Yes, this was in the papers last week, very shocking incident. I feel that the problem is not just overusage of social media, but failure to connect with each other on a personal level. Education and financial freedom in case of many young couples lead them to be more independent from each other and they feel that when a partner wants to connect with you on different aspects, it is the intrusion of privacy. This restriction is not extended towards friends, close or otherwise, and on social media. Really funny and contradicting.,
Well said. If people take out time to stay connected with the people they meet on their daily life, social media would not be such a bad tool. But the problem is that many people in personal life might not even say hello properly to those around them but would lay bare all their feelings online
Exactly Jabeen, I see so many posts from people I know, they hardly have any real friends or make any efforts to get to know people when they meet others in person, but are really trying hard to get more likes and comments on numerous profile pictures or shared posts etc. This particular incident stands out like an eyesore, becuase the lady in question, without considering the humiliation and she caused to her husband, talked about her husband's inability to have a child and treatment details over the social media. Imagine how insulted he must be, he did request her on multiple occasions to not do that, but she did not heed him. Of course, his way out was totally wrong, he should have approached some elderly family members to intervene instead of taking the extreme step. But it just goes to show how people are cocooned in their own imaginary world rather than face the real world with guts.