Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google +, and Pinterest have become part of our daily web browsing. Most of us are on these social sites for fun, business, or for DIY ideas.
Social media have become the new way to communicate with loved ones. However, some have used these social sites for negative reasons and unfortunately I have seen where husbands and wives have used their pages to tear down their spouse. This is not what we should use our pages for.
As we learned last week, communication is extremely important in marriage. We must not allow our words to damage our martial foundation. This is true even when the words are written. We need to make sure the words we type will not have a negative effect on our spouse and our marriage. Don’t allow a moment of frustration to cause you to talk negatively about your spouse. These sites are not the place to air your dirty laundry.
14 Day Marriage Challenge: Social Media
Why Social Media?
We are on social media accounts every day. We should not use it as a way to bash, belittle, or bitch and moan about our marriages. Social Media should be a way to connect with friends and family. With the influx of the uses of social media, we can definitely use it as a tool to show others that strong marriages are still alive.
Instead of using your statuses as negative pitfall why not use it to uplift yourself, your spouse, and others. Even when you are not in the best of moods, write and positive post, saying, or just post a happy picture.
How to use Social Media
1. Remember your spouse love language.
2. Don’t use words that would not fit into how your spouse communicate.
3. Don’t use words that could be misconstrued as negative.
4. Be very careful of inside jokes that only you and your spouse understand because others could misinterpet your intentions.
5. Remember even if you delete your post, those on your timeline have seen it.
The purpose of this challenge is to change the way we interact with our spouse on the social media sites.
Today’s Challenge:
1. Use your social media accounts to say something positive about your spouse for 7 days.
2. Make the posts meaningful
3. Tag your spouse (if they are on those sites)
4. Tag Still Dating My Spouse (Twitter: @datingmyspouse Facebook: Still Dating My Spouse Instagram: @datingmyspouse)
5. Have fun!
How wonderful would it be for your spouse to log into their social media account and get a notification of being tagged in a post & they read something positive & sweet from you. That would just make their day.
Which social media site do you and your spouse have accounts on?
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Challenge Topics
Day 1: Fresh Start
Day 2: Communication
Day 3: Flirt with your Spouse
Day 4: Quickies
Day 5: Social Media
Day 6: Its Time for a Change
Day 7: Positive Affirmations
Day 8: The Notebook
Day 9: Get Physical
Day 10: Sharing is Caring
Day 11: Addictions
Day 12: Gift Giving
Day 13: Your Spouse BFF
Day 14: Date Your Spouse
I hope you will join us in this challenge.
These look like great tips. I can’t wait to hear more from the rest of your challenge!
this is a great post…i see a lot of posts on my news feed with people going back and forth with each other airing their dirty laundry so to speak and it just makes me shake my head…
I wish more people would remember that social media is public – not your private line. Don’t air your dirty laundry. and on the other end – don’t make us sick by your public love words lol…. Keep it g rated for the kids sake 🙂
My husband is on Facebook. I enjoy tagging him and making public statements of affection!
I love that you mentioned this. I see so many people post such negative and hateful things about their spouses all the time. I’m sure that on occasion I may have let a little something slip when in anger, no one is perfect, but it sickens me to see people put all their drama and personal conflicts on Social Media.