HW7: It's just complicated.

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Have you had a fight with your boyfriend just because he found out that you talked to another guy through Facebook chat? Or you having a boyfriend goes out with some other guy who is not your boyfriend and vice versa? How about you going out with someone but is “not your boyfriend/girlfriend”? Well, yes, it’s complicated.

“It’s complicated” has been the new “trend” in terms of relationship status on Facebook nowadays.  I remember reading an article about this a few days ago. The article was entitled “Dating in the Philippines and the term ‘it’s complicated’”.  It was written by Panda B – the same writer of the previous article I have made a blog post about – in http://asianfriends.com.au/.

Her article was filled with funny – or atleast as how I see it – comments about the term “it’s complicated” being used by Filipinos to describe their relationship status.  She said that the trend of using this term as a description on one’s relationship status probably started with its use on Facebook.

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Panda B said that, “It was the typical answer of the people who are confused, unsure, bitter, and angry towards their or lack of their relationships. It is a fleeting, moving, and very fluid status as one would expect that the status would change in the next couple of days. Its shelf life is very determined to be living in a short span of time. The term may have satisfied the search for the label to go with what they feel regarding their relationships. And for Filipinos who are hopeless romantics, the “It’s complicated” seems to fit into their need.”
So much opinions from Panda B. Here goes mine. So, yes, I shall say that “it’s complicated” has now been in line with “single”, “in a relationship”, and “married”.  Many use this status – anyone who wishes may do so – in whatever way they want.  But with Filipinos, this status is most commonly used in describing their relationship status.

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Not being able to say out loud what you feel, Small fights which became a big issue just because of misunderstanding, or even right-love-at-the-wrong-time drama are the mostly used reasons for having a complicated relationship status.  But at the end of the day, it remains as just simply “single”, “in a relationship” or “married”.

Maybe “it’s complicated” will not have its ‘fame level’ lowered at the moment.  Not just yet.  Especially at this time when people have already placed this complicated status to a certain position on their minds.  How ‘bout you? What could you think of being “it’s complicated”? ;) ♥