The Internet Ruins Intimacy : internet situation ships are destroying the possibility to form genuine long-term relationships.

"In our world of liquid love," says Zygmunt Bauman in his book Liquid Love (2003), "relationships are provisional, temporary, and disposable." As I read those phrases, I think about how relevant they are in today's world. The internet (including Instagram, dating apps, and other social media sites) is my biggest enemy as a hopeless romantic. Many people would claim that it has helped them find compatible companions and develop long-lasting relationships, but the larger argument is that it is incredibly difficult to find excellent compatible partners who desire a genuine relationship rather than "fuck and fly."These are the key perpetrators who have put an end to the concept of being in a stable relationship. 

Back in the day, there were more people in solid relationships than people looking to casually meet up with other people. One of the primary reasons why people do not want to be in a relationship or just be in these self-destructive situations known as "situationships" is that it looks to be a trend. When given the opportunity, those who believe in these ideas are the first to want to do anything relationship-like, but without the label of it. When I was 18, I was in one of these situations with the same type of guy who wanted to do everything without being labelled as being in a relationship. Instagram reels subconsciously persuade our minds that the concept of situationships is normal while it is not. 

  Individuals prefer to communicate from behind a screen rather than meet in person. People do not meet in the physical world, and the talking phases are extinct in the digital sphere. It is crucial to meet people in person because social media allows you to become closer to someone online without ever meeting them in person, and if you do meet them in person, something about them may turn you off and you wind up ghosting or cutting them off. This is referred to as "cutting the natural cycle of closeness."When you meet someone in person, everything start to fall into place; you become friends, which leads to the possibility of a romance. When I was asked to be exclusive ONLINE, I declined, and as a result, I was ghosted. This also brings up the question of how easy it is to replace or be replaced. You will never have that sense of security unless you are married to the individual. Even if you only speak to one person at a time, that individual is conversing with five separate people.

The expressions "you like because" and "you love despite" are suitable here. When the feature you like in them starts to turn you off, you start looking for other people rather than ignoring it. I'm not talking about significant red flags here, but rather tiny things like them not correctly wearing their hair, not getting you chocolates (true story: people ghost people over chocolates), and so on. The internet is a wonderful tool, but it should be limited to providing us with information. Combining love and the internet was, in my opinion, one of the worst things that ever happened to humanity.