Someone you know – or someone you follow – woke up this Valentine’s Day morning single as hell, trying to figure out if they can DoorDash brunch on one of the busiest restaurant days of the year and planning an all-day “Sex and the City” marathon with their dog.
All because they cut loose a boo with whom they had a good thing cooking before TikTok convinced them that 27 seconds is too long to wait for a response text in the “dating phase.”
That social media is such a problematic arbiter of relationship advice hit me earlier this week when I came across this eye-wateringly awful “advice” on Threads this week:
With an exceedingly limited amount of context, several folks deduced that the answer for this young lady (who probably shouldn’t have posted this to begin with) is to throw away an entire fiancé because an “lol” means he doesn’t actually like the woman he asked to be his wife.
Social media relationship content is big business for Black folks. TikTok and Instagram’s discover pages will happily curse you with a talking head barking enthusiastically about what we’re doing daily to sabotage our potential happiness. Or with someone who’s been in a relationship for about three days breaking down how you can do it too if only you follow these five tips!
It’s entertaining stuff and we sop it up like a biscuit to gravy. Nothing wrong with engaging it – but taking the advice of these clowns with anything more than a grain of salt is a good way to die alone.
Source: Maybe You’re Single on Valentine’s Day Because You Listen to Social Media
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