Love on Social Media Gets Confusing

Love can move a mountain or launch a thousand ships. But they say, nothing remains the same forever. In this era of persistent online connectivity, the very word ‘love’ starts to lose its grace sounding like a cliché.

What true love is and where it resides — nobody knows.

It’s a voyage everyone takes in their terms. But it can safely be said that love, in this time of social media dominance, gets much confusing. When shifted to online, it opens a million windows for doubts and contradictions.

It has become less like love and more like the hamburgers you buy from any fast-food chains anywhere.

Love is a deeply personal emotion

You feel attracted to someone. You preserve and work hard to express your feeling. You remain true to yourself and finally let the person know that you love him/her.

It’s an extremely tough job that requires tons of effort and perseverance. It keeps you awake at night. It may provoke you to write poetry, or force you to stand before the mirror again and again.

Love takes time.
It’s an incredible journey to relish.

But social media has given our generation easy access to finding love online. People sometimes do not even bother to know the real person behind the screen. They fall in love with the selfies they see on their phones.

They hardly understand that flesh and blood are not all they need in a romantic relationship. Love requires more. Remember, sexual fantasies and love do not walk the same road.

Finding love through social media

People on social media platforms go for some sensuous selfies or posts available online and eventually, develop an affection they named after love. But you can’t love someone only after seeing some fancy filtered photographs.

A few pictures or posts on social media hardly reveal the real person behind the screen.

People in the virtual world create a mirage of external beauty — body, wealth, network — to get instant gratification.

As the online world is obsessed with this showcasing, people easily fall prey to infatuation and develop romantic relationships based on false premises.

Later, when they confront the person in real life, they are taken by surprise that the actual person is a way different than the person he/she was dealing with virtually.

Finally, with some bitter experience, one understands that love is not a selfie that earns tons of social media attention.

An exhibition of fake wealth and beauty

People become too narcissistic on social media platforms. Just look at the Instagram, what do you see? It’s an exhibition of filtered and edited photographs.

Surprisingly, they all have the best body-shape, skin-tone, and are always in good moods. They are frequently travelling somewhere, dining in some fancy restaurants, taking selfies with celebrities, and all.

It seems like everyone is perfect on social media platforms. But do we see such an abundance of perfect-people in real life? Of course, not.

People share the best pictures of themselves using different filters and editing tools. Remember, selfies on social media platforms can be deceiving.

Love is the harmony between the two persons

Love is about achieving an emotional balance, understanding, and peace. It involves enjoying the good times and overcoming the bad ones together.

You should not ruin the experience and emotions by spending too much time behind the screen. The endless swipe on any apps will not get you anywhere. You may date some and get instant pleasure, but that’s not the way to get true love and affection.