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Digital breakups are hard, so I asked my friends to unfollow my ex

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@tiffphilippou If you're on social media, it plays a big role in your romantic relationships and it has done since the early days of Facebook. 💻❤️

❓ But what happens when your relationship ends...

@tiffphilippou explains how we need digital break ups

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@tiffphilippou Back in the day, you’d just dramatically update your status to “single” and go on your merry way. You’d rarely “unfriend” them.

Nowadays, however, an end of a relationship often comes with a digital breakup too. 💔

https://twitter.com/tiffphilippou/status/1465299158018011139?s=20

@tiffphilippou When @tiffphilippou broke up with her ex, he cut all social media ties.

“I checked his Instagram and saw he’d deleted all posts of me...He even disconnected with me on LinkedIn.” 📱

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@tiffphilippou But a clean digital breakup is harder than just deleting posts.

“I was still tagged in photos that my friends have put up of us together and many of my friends still followed my ex.” 🤳

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@tiffphilippou 🗣️💍 @tiffphilippou says she experienced how hard this could get “when I got a WhatsApp message from a friend, telling me that my ex had just got engaged.”

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@tiffphilippou So @tiffphilippou asked her friends to unfollow her ex 📱⛔

“They happily obliged and asking your friends to do so could become one of the steps of a digital breakup.”

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What do you think...❓

Should you ask friends to unfollow your ex? 💔

Jodie Cariss, therapist and founder of instant therapy service Self Space thinks it’s a good idea.

“This is a great opportunity for intimacy with friends to tell them what you’re struggling with and how it’s making you feel.”

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Read more about why @tiffphilippou asked her friends to unfollow her ex here ⬇️

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