Do Brides Rush to Change Their Facebook Profile Status after Marrying?

[image error]If you’re a woman about to marry soon, will changing your profile status on Facebook from single to married be one of your top priorities?

According to a MSNBC report, a survey commissioned by David’s Bridal for Wakefield Research, notes that close to 50 percent of women surveyed (500 participated in the poll) indicated they had or would likely update their Facebook relationship status to “married” between the nuptials and reception.

So, instead of taking time out for those lovely photo sessions or sharing a few moments of fun and laughter with the bridal party, apparently some brides are getting their cell phones and other electronic devices out to tell the world they are no longer Ms. Jones but now Mrs. Jones.

Having been married some 15 years ago, I can say with certainty that social media was not even a part of our lives; Mark Zuckerberg was a number of years away from being a household name.

Fast forward a decade or more later it appears that what once may have been considered laughable is now not so far out of the norm.

Especially when it comes to couples in their 20s that have been born and raised essentially on computers, updating their marital status in between the wedding and reception should not seem surprising.

Stop and think about how many of us nowadays go about learning pertinent information from around the world and in the lives of our friends and family – social media. It is not uncommon for someone to go on Facebook, Twitter or another popular social media venue and tell the world of their latest exploits.

Not surprisingly, Zuckerberg used his cash cow to announce to the world on May 19 that he and his girlfriend of nine years, Priscilla Chan, had tied the knot. Guests attending the ceremony were caught off guard; reportedly thinking they were showing up to celebrate Chan’s college graduation.

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