So you’ve had your heart ripped from your chest, the left ventricle cleaved from the right and the aorta geysering blood across the bedroom floor where you are currently sprawled.
Congrats! You’ve been dumped! And being dumped is a learning experience! Or something. Or… it just sucks.
While grandmas, school guidance counselors and inspirational kitten posters would advise you sagely, “Time heals all wounds,” and leave it at that, it’s doubtful that that trio of treacle ever had to deal with their wounds being spliced open every time they signed onto the computer.
That’s right: Breaking up is hard in the digital age, especially when the world is spending around 22% of its time on social networks, according to a recent Nielsen study on Internet engagement.
It’s easy to pick at your emotional scabs when an ex is only a browser away, but it’s likely best for your sanity to stop itchin’ your stitches and let some scar tissue form. To avoid lifelong disfigurement, we suggest handling the following social networks thusly.
And so begins my Netiquette column — which I write with my Stuff Hipsters Hate co-blogger, Andrea Bartz — this week over at CNN. Pop on over and let the healin’ begin.
Check out the column at CNN.com >>
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