Is It OK If Your Profile Pic Stars Your Sexy S.O.?

You know that mushy picture of you and your boytoy touching more than your lips on a Ferris wheel? What about the picture of you guys looking totally presh at your mom’s birthday party last weekend? And who could forget when you guys took that picture when he was pretending to be a horse and you his little jockey? That one is ADORABLE, right?

Undoubtedly. But should you share these pictures of your baby with all your friends on Facebook? Does that seem too braggy, too look at me-ish? Should you force your friends to check out your digital lovefest by making your SO photo your actual profile picture? We argue both sides of the debate.Point: I'm Single and I Hate Your Pic
"Your smoochy profile pic is making me jealous.

Most of the time I really HEART being single. Being single means happily counting your farts during a “Parks and Rec” marathon without feeling the least bit self-conscience. It means picking out a place to grab lunch based solely on the whims of your personal tastebuds. It means starring in my own personal version of “Blossom,” only without ugly hats, and with better dialogue. And yet, despite these awesome things, sometimes it’s hard being alone. And when I'm single, my sad feelings are only magnified when my friends change their Facebook pictures from their usual funny faces to “Here’s me and my Special Naked Slow Dance Friend at the beach sharing cotton candy.” I get it—you’re in love and you’re happy and all that BSHIZ. I realize you want to share your joy with the world. And I get that you want to make your exes jealous. But I’d much prefer it if you'd email them the pictures privately (though admittedly that’s probably a little psycho—and only illustrates why they broke up with you in the first place). Forget your exes—you're making your friends jealous, especially the ones who are exceptionally bored and creeping on your profile every 10 seconds.

To conclude, your pictures bum me out when I'm not eating and farting myself into fun. I can’t wait until I have a hotter boyfriend to put in my Facebook profile pics (which will make you jealous, since your boyfriend has really large ears and a strange-looking nose that can only be described as barbarian)."

Counterpoint: I'm In a Relationship, and I Have the Profile Pic to Prove It
"My intention isn’t to make my friends insecure about the fact that nobody loves them—it’s only to make them realize that somebody special loves me. I feel bad for people who are alone—they have to drive themselves places, and no one buys all their meals or gives them with diamond earrings for being beautiful. And I don’t want to make them feel worse, but at the same time, it is my duty as “The Taken” to let other people know I'm involved. This keeps other potential suitors off my hot STUFF (which is a real problem when you are this good looking).

Some of us Taken folks are less mean and only put up pictures because now that we have someone, we forget what it is like to not have them. Now that I have cute pictures of myself cuddling with my Schmoopie Pie in the snow, I forget that the same picture of another couple a year ago would have struck me as completely and utterly disgusting. Now that it is my face and my love’s face in that couple photo, suddenly it seems like the most wonderful artwork. I must share it with the masses, and what better way to do that than on Facebook? I sincerely apologize if I'm coming off as braggy, but come on, with a boyfriend this cute, how could you not brag?!? Did you see his nice neck and his Roman nose? He's like a greek god (and you should see his thighs—totally statuesque!).

PS. I do really miss farting in front of the TV."

Do you see both sides of the story? Do you post mushy pictures? Do you hide your "friends" on Facebook who do this kind of BSTUFF (thats a new word I just made up and I'm totes into now!).

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