Thank you! I do, unfortunately, think it's something that a lot of this generation can identify with. I remember when going through my last break-up and trying to talk to my mom about what I was going through, she just couldn't understand why it was so hard to not look. Having it SO accessible and usually one or two clicks away... sometimes it's almost like muscle memory and you find yourself looking before you've even made the conscious decision to do so.
Very well written! This is a great depiction of the pain and difficulty of moving on. I wonder if it was easier before social media, when a person wouldn't be tempted to check up on an ex-love with the ease of a few keystrokes? This was a great use of the prompt.
Thank you! I'm sure the moving on process was difficult in it's own way pre-social media, but social media has definitely added unique and unexpected problems. I think it's a universal experience this generation can identify with and the sheer accessibility to track an ex-love's life can be an impossible temptation to ignore.
Nicely done, I thought it was nonfiction til I got to your note at the bottom. I can see how so many will be able to relate to this. Social media makes things weirder, for sure. I admittedly do this with a friend of mine who seems to have just cut ties and not ever tried to find her way back. Just kinda disappeared, and is gone from social media all together it seems, and every so often I check, and see that all social media is basically the same. Once or twice, I've seen she liked a comment, but didn't write anything herself. It's so weird, as I really thought we were better friends than that, but sometimes that's just the way of things.
I'm glad your character is able to not look today, it ends very hopefully, a significant step in the healing process.
Social media has definitely presented some weird, unexpected problems. The ease and speed at which we can track someone's life or check up on them can make the moving on or letting go process SO much more difficult. When my last relationship ended, I spent far too much time trying to peek in on him and it definitely held me back. And, like you said, it can make you feel crazy trying to piece together what's going on with them with just that small glimpse of their social media activity!
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Been there, done that! and also moved on..:) You hit the nail on its head..well written and quite true. Good use of the prompt.Well done!!
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I'm glad your character is able to not look today, it ends very hopefully, a significant step in the healing process.
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