Facebook: Forget Connecting, In the UK, It's All About Divorce

I believe that facebook lead to the downward spiral of the midlife crisis my husband is in the middle of. He went on found old friends and turned into a teenager who wears ed hardy shirts and posts every move he makes. Now we are going through a divorce and he has turned into a dispicable dead beat dad. I owe some of the credit to face book.

Facebook is definitely a deal breaker. Some Women are super disrespectful and when they see something they want no matter what it says under relationship they go after it. Nothing stops them. Nothing. Facebook is 100 Percent the reason why my Fiancee and I split. Him noting every move he makes...and then the comments he gets....which to him, seemed to be ok. Then when the "relationship status" changed they pounced like cats! It was a good idea at first but I so regret ever getting on!

yeah facebook did it. i have a wonderful husband a lovely home and great kid....found the guy I lost my virginty to on facebook. Facebook is a troublemaker.

Facebook is just like all other chats, phones, and every other communication gadgets out there. Just remember that even though it makes it easier to cheat that more than likely they would of cheated anyway, just maybe not as soon. Marriage vows mean very little any more to most people. Commitments even less.

My husband and I have been fighting since last wednesday. He desides that he is going to post our whole relationship. My daughter is 11 and also on facebook closely monitored. She read everything that he has said. He not only hurt me but her as well. I asked him for a public apology on facebook and he refused, he said " He would rather lose me than apologize." Divorce papers will be filed right after the holidays.

my husbands in the army and we live 24 hours from our hometown and we fight over facebook ALL the time!!. he doesnt even talk to people on there.....he just goes on to stare at all these slutty girls in their lengire "halloween costumes". its sick! i use it for family to keep up on the kids, but he wont have a joint one!

The internet period has caused or actually given an opportunity for people to do things they shouldn't. Most of what I have read has been how men were wrong. For me, it was my now ex wife. I saw it as it started happening. She would be on the internet and I would hear her chuckle, then type away, chuckle more then type away. Then I would hear her talking on the phone and be very cheerful. I asked her "why don't you act that way with me?" Mind you, I know I'm not perfect. If she would have told me why we could have worked on it. Next thing everything had passwords blocking stuff. I tried to do what I could but if the other person doesn't try, it won't work. Finally one day while working on her car I found divorce papers. I didn't say anything, I kept trying to make things better but I also started putting money aside. About 6months later she wanted to know what happened to the money. I told her what I had found and what I had been doing. Of course she used that as an excuse for the divorce even with kids being 7 and 3. But I guess who cares about that as long as she could blame me. Since then her life has completely fallen apart, I used to try and help and got burned again. I'm might be dumb but I'm not stupid. I won't ever be trying to help her again.

I can believe this. Recently I commented on a friends best feature because a girlfriend of hers asked what people that her best feature was. I said "Her beautiful smile!" The friend who asked the question then asked if I were a love interest of my friend. I immediately saw the damage this could cause and I said no, I was married and not a Tiger (Woods). Facebook can get in trouble!

Easier to cheat?
I do not think so. If a person is going to cheat on their spouse, they will do it with or without technology. Hell, people were doing it long before phones were even a concept.

Wow this is so weird. I was just thinking about this. I don't have a facebook and LOTS of people ask me why. This is the reason! I'm in college and often find myself wanting to get in touch with old elementary and grade school friends. That would be cool....but for all the people I currently know.....facebook seems to consume their lives. It's like they're addicted. I graduated in 08 and I remember a lot of fights and tons of drama being caused over facebook. A status......a comment.....a photo....something did it everytime. I waste enough time on youtube. I really don't need anything else wasting my life. And I also don't wanna set myself up for heartbreak or any type of destruction/infidelity later on in my life. I'm so sorry for those who have gone through problems because of it. It's overall purpose is good I guess (to connect). But you have to admit....some people just need to be left in the past.

Atrobson, settle down. Don't be naive.

It does make cheating easier...all they have to do is sit in their desk and look for dating or social sites. It beats having to waste gas to go out looking for someone to cheat with in the beginning...all the work is done online and then you go to meet the person and do what not. It takes out all the "stress" of searching for that person when there's sites set up specifically for that purpose like bootycall.com and all the rest of those stupid sites. But you dont have to go that far you can just hop on Facebook and find old gf/bf's and start up things that shouldn't have started in the first place. So, yes I do believe its easier using the internet for ppl to cheat.

I hate facebook and myspace! There's toooooo many hooker's and man hore's on those site's. LOL!!!!!!!!! Why can't more people just be grateful for email addresses. Those site's bring so much conflict and anger.

Unless spouses are using Facebook at work, perhaps there should be a house rule that the computer is only used in the living room so that the other spouse can see what's going on. Also, turn it off when someone goes to bed at night.
If you have nothing to hide, it shouldn't be a problem. Too many men and women hide in other rooms while using the computer. That is a clue right there that there is something going on that shouldn't be. So, unless your spouse spends his time at work on Facebook etc., set down the rules. Computer use ONLY in total view of the other spouse.

As a woman, I honestly can't stand my Facebook account. My friends convinced me into setting one up. It now sits and rots after reading post after post of what someone ate for dinner on a daily basis, the status of one's toddler's potty training, and other inane fluff.

No thanks. No more for me.

This is all so crazy!!! You all realize that divorce was around looong before the computer right???? Yes the computer has made it alot easier for people to cheat, but you all forget.... I's the people who do it not the sites. If they had any self control they would behave themselves. I am a divorced mom of 2 and caught my ex cheating on me with the computer. But I used the computer to my advantage, I attached a program to my program onto my pc and it copies all your IM's and gives you passwords to all the sites your pc has been on. WELL wasnt I suprised (NOT!) to find 18 pages of I love you to a girlfriend. You all have to remember that the computer can work for good or bad. Its all about the user. And folks if he/she was going to cheat....It would have happened eventually wether there was a computer or not. At least with the computer most of us found out quicker and werent made to feel like total idiots.