" Or, on the other side-- 2 deceptive buddies get engaged, change their respective statuses, then BOOM! Every individual they know on Facebook wants an invite to the wedding event.
Both of these scenarios (and many between) beg the concern: just how do you change your relationship status on Facebook while keeping your news feed followers in the dark?
Change Relationship Status On Facebook
I get that this is an extremely twenty-first century only-for-people-who-are-online-a-lot issue, and perhaps a silly one at that. Why, when you're thinking about a modification to your long-lasting relationship, would your mind wander to your Facebook relationship status? I cannot tell you, I simply know that for numerous individuals it does, and the creepy-crawly, upside-down-stomach feeling that accompanies those thoughts isn't the finest thing ever.
Last year my buddy ended a relationship, and I discovered that she effectively kept the ending of this relationship from ending up being Facebook's news-- a few "good friends" didn't even understand her previous relationship had actually been over for almost a year when she started dating her now-boyfriend.
So she's obviously a bit of a digital genius, and I just recently had her sit down and show me ways to make this take place:
- Go to your profile.
- Click "Edit Profile".
- Select "Buddies and Household" from the menu left wing.
- Click the arrow beside "Relationship Status".
- Modification this to "Just me".
ow your relationship status will show up ONLY to you-- not even your (maybe) partner can see it. It just disappears! It's a quite easy repair (presuming Facebook doesn't change the method you do it in a week), and painless at that. Win-win.