I was having a discussion with Kyra Robinson on my internet show a couple weeks ago about how different celebrities handle their private/public relationships. I was talking about how Kim Kardashian makes her relationship extremely public she wants to be seen and Kyra said that is no different than what some regular people do on Facebook and Twitter.  I had never thought of that comparison before, how people use Facebook and Twitter to broadcast everything about their relationship. Then you have some who might be in a relationship for months but you would never know it by looking at their page.

I put people into 3 groups based on celebrity relationships. (My grouping is dependent on people in dating relationships not marriage.)

• Jay Z and Beyonce dont really talk about their relationship. Remember when they never mentioned they were dating even 4 years into them dating and everybody already knowing. “What Wedding?”. Whenever Beyonce mentioned Jay Z as her husband the world stopped cause its always a surprise when they acknowledge each other. Have you ever seen a picture of them kissing?
• Will and Jada Smith are more public with their relationship. Doing interviews together elaborating on their parenting style and how their relationship work. very touchy feely. Their kids are in a business are in the public eye as well. But it always seems like they are in control of how the relationship is displayed. Black folks damn near lost their mind when their seperation story got going. People thought black love would stop if Will and Jada broke up.
• Kris and Kim Kardashian Humphries This is a business relationship. They dated for 6 months and he proposed to her so they can get the proposal done in time to make the season premiere of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ They will deny this of course cause Kim has finally found her man. Dont worrry about Reggie Bush, Miles Austin, her old body guard, Kanye West and whoever else she was linked to. She likes to complain about the negative press she gets even though her entire existence is based on staying in the press.

Jayonce

• They dont have a relationship status
  • Not Single
  • Not Complicated
  • Not In a Relationship
  • Hell you might not even get a birthdate
• You can look through all their photos and not figure out who they might be dating
  • All their pictures with the opposite sex are very brother-sister looking
  • No pictures involving PDA
• Status updates are simple
  • They will talk about their good friends
  • What they saw on TV
  • Nothing real personal
• Only huge POSITIVE changes in their lives make them change their style
  • Pregnant
  • Engaged
  • Married

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

• They will say they are in a relationship but there wont be a name involved
• You can kind of figure out who they are dating cause this person is in a lot of photos
  • Very limited PDA
  • The pictures of them with their significant others usually have other people in the picture
  • You may see some date pictures
• May talk about their partner in their status
  • They dont tag them in their status
  • Usually uses only nicknames, my boo, my baby, daddy longstroke. etc

Keeping up with the Kardashians

• Uses every option of Relationship Status while in a relationship
  • You know they are in a relationship and with who
  • They change their status to its complicated to send a message when they are not happy
  • They will unfriend their significant other when they are not happy
  • They cant wait for people to comment and ask questions so they can brush it off
• Damn near all their photos have their boo in it
  • PDA all day
    • You know bout those kissing pictures
    • They may have one of those cheesy fake background picture
  • Probably have a vacation photo album
    • Some kind of tropical vacation
    • Roses on Bed type pictures
    • Balcony pics
    • If they are broke…Motel Pics with Mad Dog on Ice
  • They love reading comments on their pics
    • “I love this pic of yall”
    • “So cute together”
    • “He aint hitting it like I was”
• They like to use their status to complain
  • “Why are people so nosey all up in my business?”
    • Hey stupid you putting your business out there.
  • They like to mention haters
    • Ex’s
    • Their partners ex’s
    • People trying to get with their man/woman
  • They make cryptic status updates to leave their friends confused about the status of relationship
    • “Some days I can only cry”
    • “I need to reevaluate the people in my life”

For all those people that like that Kardashian type attention remember Kim is getting PAID to put all her business out there. Once you put your relationship out there for everyone to see it’s not only your relationship but everyone else’s.

• Can a man and  woman work if they are part of 2 different categories?
• What are some other characteristics of these categories?
• Dont you wish Facebook actually added relationship status’ like this

• This was the conversation I had with Kyra that got this post kicked off.

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