. Keep reading to learn more about how social media can affect your divorce.
Social media can contribute to a marriage’s demise and cause endless trouble in a divorce. If you’re going to be social online, you must be smart in real life. These platforms can provide invaluable social connection and support if you’re stressed, lonely, or isolated. Unfortunately, if you already feel like something is missing in your life, social media can also make you vulnerable to further discomfort. It’s important to recognize the risk social media poses to your marriage and the outcome of your divorce. Keep reading to learn more about how social media can affect your divorce.
Don’t Use Social Media to Vent Your Feelings
For example, if you feel like your spouse isn’t giving you enough attention, the answer isn’t to express your frustration on Twitter; it’s to talk to your spouse. Turning to social media creates two problems: you’re not addressing the problem with the person who can help solve it, and you’re broadcasting your marital trouble to people who have no business knowing about it. Your spouse may see that as a betrayal. When you’re tempted to vent on social media, ask yourself how you’d feel if your spouse posted the same words about you. If you’d be hurt or angry, so will they. Asking how your spouse would feel when reading your posts, comments, tweets, and messages isn’t merely an exercise. It is proof that you are concerned about and considerate of your spouse’s feelings.
How to Use Social Media During a Divorce
When going through a divorce, you must recognize how social media use can harm you. If you post on social media revealing a new, expensive purchase, it could come back to haunt you when child support, alimony, or property division are determined. If you’re tagged in a picture with a love interest or engaged in questionable behavior, that may be used as evidence against you in a custody battle.
If you post about your animosity toward your spouse, that could be used to portray you as someone unable to cooperate in co-parenting. And if anything you post on social media contradicts what you’ve told a spouse or judge, you could be portrayed as untruthful. If you must use social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, don’t post any content; you don’t want to reach your spouse’s attorney or judge. With all its risks, however, social media still benefits those going through a divorce, like the ability to receive support from extended family and friends.
The Right Lawyer Can Make All the Difference
Hiring a lawyer should be the first thing you do when encountering any legal matter, not a last resort. Whether you’re thinking about a separation or divorce or have been charged with a crime, been injured in an accident, or your civil rights have been violated, you need to first know your rights. Contact Mike Mastracci today at 614 Edmondson Ave Catonsville, MD 21228 (with satellite offices in Ocean City, Snow Hill, and Salisbury, Maryland), 410-869-3400, and check us out on Facebook.