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"I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never been listed as anything but &amp;amp;#8220;single&amp;amp;#8221; on Facebook, no matter who I was dating. I very rarely have &amp;amp;#8220;the talk&amp;amp;#8221; with a guy about &amp;amp;#8220;what we are&amp;amp;#8221; and so updating my profile seemed a little presumptuous. I got very close once, but something in the back of my mind told me that he and I would be kaput faster than you can say &amp;amp;#8220;super poke.&amp;amp;#8221; Besides, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never wanted to be one of those people&amp;amp;#8212;we all know them&amp;amp;#8212;who change their relationship status like normal folks change shoes. One day they&amp;amp;#8217;re single, then &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s Complicated&amp;amp;#8221;, and who knows, they might spend a day or two &amp;amp;#8220;Engaged&amp;amp;#8221; before shuffling back to single status with their tail between their legs. The only thing worse than going through a breakup is having all 734 of your online friends witness it. But having a boyfriend and not updating your profile seems odd also&amp;amp;#133;no? Or is it a matter of just being private? But then again, if privacy is what you really wanted, you probably wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t be on Facebook! Are you an Fbook-aholic? Sarah has good news for you! I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been asking my guy friends about this and their take on it is very strange; one is fine with calling his chick his girlfriend in public but says he would never want to be listed as &amp;amp;#8220;In A Relationship&amp;amp;#8221; online. &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s just so&amp;amp;#133;public!&amp;amp;#8221; he said, shrugging uncomfortably. I pointed out that being out on dates with her is also, as it turns out, PUBLIC. This isn&amp;#x27;t the first time we&amp;#x27;ve talked about this very topic on Smitten. See what our blogger Jessica had to say about it! But I guess when all your Fbook friends&amp;amp;#8212;everyone from coworkers to exes&amp;amp;#8212;can see that you&amp;amp;#8217;re taken, it&amp;amp;#8217;s different than just strangers on the street watching you hold hands. Personally, I&amp;amp;#8217;m not updating my status until the guy I&amp;amp;#8217;m with says out loud &amp;amp;#8220;Yes, you are my girlfriend.&amp;amp;#8221; And of course he has to change his profile first! When do you change your status? Do you wait for the guy to do it first? Or is it a question better left unanswered? Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Add us to your Google homepage Photo: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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