Social media overloading our relationships?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I think now for more so for everyone, it's just a reality. You have your social life and your social um brand, which is like the perfect version of you. It's the better you, the you you wish you were, and then you have the real you who's trying to find a mate that might tolerate you and like you and accept you.
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Warning Sex and Adult Themes. Sarah McVee with you. On the podcast, we're looking at social media use and its effect on our relationships. We hear from Dan who posts a video on Instagram every day and hasn't missed a day in over a year. And social media expert Carolee Evans tells us we're all a brand now. She's got some tips on how to navigate that. But first, we hear from Colin who's refusing to add his girlfriend on Facebook. Have you ever been into someone only to find out that their social media presence sucks? Too many selfies or shitty memes or maybe those disgusting inspirational quotes, sorry if you like them. Maybe those kinds of things ruining the feelings that you had when you met this person face to face.
Or maybe you've met someone online and you thought they were amazing. Only to find out they're actually really boring. We put an article on our Facebook page about this this week and we got a huge response and Colin from Perth got in touch. Colin, thanks so much for getting in touch with us. You won't even accept your girlfriend on Facebook. What the hell?
Yeah, pretty much.
Um yeah, I just kinda thought I'd try and uh do something a little bit different on yeah, it's kinda getting a Some ups and downs from family family members and friends against
Alright, I need a lot of details. How long have you been together? Uh we met on my birthday
and when
was that?
Mars the twenty fourth, so
How silly of me not to know.
I guess so. Yeah, but it's uh it's to be honest, like since it's happened, it's uh yeah, she was kinda caught off guard a bit by Um is it something
you always do or you decided that this time you'd try it out?
this time and now I've never done this before. I just thought to try it out a little bit different and uh Yeah, I think previous relationships I had social media massively affected her in a in a negative way. And how
so? What c what kind of ways?
I I dunno, I mean it's quite quite a quite a lot. I mean obviously with the way we're living today we've got so much access with our fingertips. Um and I find that since social media's made a massive impact. I mean a little example, uh it's not official unless it's Facebook official, which is Crap, basically. And it was a long time ago before Facebook came along, relationships were I I think were a lot more real. So I don't know, I just thought I'd go back to the old fashioned way and uh try something different and
What is the episode’s opening hook about social media and relationships?
Yeah, it's kinda kinda A bit. Negative at first, everybody was like saying oh wave you got tired. Why are you doing this? And I was just like I've got nothing to hide.
I wanna st I wanna go back a little bit 'cause I want yeah. I wanna go step by step. So you go on a few dates, did she add you on Facebook and you just left her hanging in that little spot?
No, no, no, no, I um not at all. Uh it was I don't know, it just came up we we were sitting together, we were chatting and I just said, Look, I just wanna try something different. I don't wanna add each other on Facebook. I don't want any social media contact with you, I wanna Sounds the corny, but uh I wanna find out you through you, not through Photos and Facebook statuses.
How did she feel about that?
Uh She was like, Yeah, that's cool and then inputs from family members and friends said that's a bit weird. What's you got to hide? It
does sound like you've got something to hide.
I know, exactly. And even my own sister said that. But look, you know, at the end of the day if I had something to hide I wouldn't be on the phone to you right now, so
Yeah, well. How have her friends reacted?
Um how did your friends react? She's actually sitting right next to me right now.
They think it's good.
Oh,
can you put her on?
Oh
yeah, far away.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:14
2
What is the episode’s opening hook about social media and relationships?
3:14–6:44
3
Why does Colin refuse to add his girlfriend on Facebook?
6:44–14:22
4
How does Colin’s “no‑Facebook” experiment affect his dating experience?
14:22–24:03