Breaking up 2.0

So being that I'm your average 20yr old female, ive watched my friends and myself fall in and out of love, have flings, drop losers, give people second chances they never should have and the toughest of all, Break up. You watch as the city becomes a land mine, whole suburbs well up emotions and memories, suddenly your hiding photos that used to bring you comfort and getting mad that your favorite perfume reminds you of them.
Now I'm sure that breaking up has never been easy, people have been crying over lost love since the dawn of time but has anybody noticed how much cyber space has changed the entire social landscape of breaking up? You can do all the groundwork for success, delete their number, avoid obvious hangouts, ignore their phone calls or put your friends on phone watch the moment you have a sniff of alcohol, whichever the case may be.
But thanks to myspace, facebook and twitter, with the press of a button you can be bam smack in the middle of their social lives. Checking out the photos from the weekend, cross examining anyone of the opposite sex that writes on their wall, praying their twitter updates wont tell you they've just won lotto and whatever sucker lost them must be kicking themselves. Its like running into them in a club DAILY! How the hell are you expected to get over someone when your phone beeps you to update you on their lives? Why do we need that? society lasted centuries without being instantly contactable, without everyone having to know what everyone else is doing on a bi hourly basis.
Maybe a new part of the breakup rule book, along with staying away from sharp objects and excessive amounts of high calorie foods should be avoiding those sights for a little while, people can still ring you, we used to do that you know? Get another sex and the city box set to fill the time you would have spent with them, hibernate for a while with a bottle of wine, let the nights become mornings and your friends become family and then, when your ready get up, never look back and make a new social network, maybe even one where poking and following people is still considered offensive.

Smile often
Beth x