{"id":7683,"date":"2022-11-04T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/unfollow-block-and-who-gets-custody-of-the-whatsapp-groups-how-to-break-up-in-the-digital-age\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:37:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:37:57","slug":"unfollow-block-and-who-gets-custody-of-the-whatsapp-groups-how-to-break-up-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/unfollow-block-and-who-gets-custody-of-the-whatsapp-groups-how-to-break-up-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfollow? Block? And who gets custody of the WhatsApp groups? How to break up in the digital age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has made finding love easier, but ending relationships even messier. Here\u2019s how to finish things online without losing your mind<\/p>\n<p>When I was 16, back in 2009, I got my first boyfriend. The whirlwind romance began unexpectedly after a school trip and a few too many shots of cheap vodka. (Thankfully, the relationship outlasted the hangover.)<\/p>\n<p>Until this point, I had watched from the sidelines as my friends\u2019 doomed teen romances played out on MSN Messenger. Here, a sign of true love was adding a significant other\u2019s initials to your screen name. Adding a crush to your MSN name was a Very Big Deal and when it, inevitably, fell apart, it would be dramatically replaced with a broken heart or some sad song lyrics.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/nov\/04\/how-to-break-up-in-the-digital-age-whatsapp\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bd0eb0dcd66593489237dba888f622e6558e50d0\/0_810_3189_1913\/master\/3189.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=caeed731cbc6a801768a4555e3693847\" title=\"Unfollow? Block? And who gets custody of the WhatsApp groups? How to break up in the digital age\" \/>Social media has made finding love easier, but ending relationships even messier. Here\u2019s how to finish things online without losing your mind<br \/>\nWhen I was 16, back in 2009, I got my first boyfriend. The whirlwind romance began unexpectedly after a school trip and a few too many shots of cheap vodka. (Thankfully, the relationship outlasted the hangover.)<br \/>\nUntil this point, I had watched from the sidelines as my friends\u2019 doomed teen romances played out on MSN Messenger. Here, a sign of true love was adding a significant other\u2019s initials to your screen name. Adding a crush to your MSN name was a Very Big Deal and when it, inevitably, fell apart, it would be dramatically replaced with a broken heart or some sad song lyrics. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has made finding love easier, but ending relationships even messier. Here\u2019s how to finish things online without losing your mind When I was 16, back in 2009, I got my first boyfriend. The whirlwind romance began unexpectedly after a school trip and a few too many shots of cheap vodka. (Thankfully, the relationship &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/unfollow-block-and-who-gets-custody-of-the-whatsapp-groups-how-to-break-up-in-the-digital-age\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unfollow? Block? And who gets custody of the WhatsApp groups? How to break up in the digital age<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7683"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}