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Five ways social media is contributing to breakups in relationships

Social media today comes with a lot of advantages. I mean, a few years back, who knew one would use WhatsApp to make money? Social media has created a community of buyers and sellers, and people are making money at the comfort of their home, whether you have a marketing course or not. Other than adding monetary value, it has made it easier to reunite with once upon a time classmate, homie, friend, and so on. How could I forget we met on Facebook, Instagram, and now we are happily married? These kinds of relationships always wow me, cause it's not every day people meet their significant other on social media.

On the flip side of social media relationships is the rate at which the same social media is the root of some of the breakups and divorces. You know the couple goals thing, too much pressure, involving third parties, sexting. Today let's get down to how relationships are ruined by social media.

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