It isn’t uncommon to post almost every detail about our life on social media.

We tweet when we wake up, post where we ate for lunch on snapchat and post lifelong memories on Instagram. It’s a normalized, everyday feature of our lives, and it certainly has no intention of becoming less trendy any time soon.

So, it comes as no surprise how ­­­­­intricate social media has become when it comes to romantic relationships. Some of us may tweet when we are mad at one another, post memes depicting our moods, post pictures of date nights, or things couples bought each other, etc. etc.

While this has become a norm, it definitely has the potential to damage relationships.

Let’s consider going out on a date with someone with whom you are romantically involved. Let’s also say you go to a fancy restaurant and order a fine cuisine. The first thing that has become almost innate is to take a picture of yours and bae’s food, and post it to Snapchat or Instagram to showcase what delicacy you guys are indulging in.

You constantly check your phone for those likes and views.

How can you really enjoy a date, constantly checking your mobile device?

If you aren’t already in a relationship with this person, the date is supposed to be spent getting to really know that person, and hopefully build a stronger connection than what you already share. They won't really reciprocate that vibe if you’re more attentive to your phone than you are to them.

Another faulty issue with social media and relationships is posting about your intimacy with someone. People really only get a glimpse of this relationship, which is seemingly the most untainted, perfect part of your relationship.

It's understandable if you just want to expose how good your relationship can be on occasion, but if you are one of those individuals that also posts when you’re upset with your partner, then youno longer have privacy.

The whole world will anticipate your downfall and stay in your business, which is clearly no longer your business.

Almost everybody wants these relationship goals, and fantasizes about everyone else’s relationship but their own!

This can honestly lead to unhappiness if you’re trying to attain aspects of a relationship which could potentially be hell. If you aren’t even focusing or appreciating the uniqueness of your own relationship, nor the joy it may have already brought you, these relationship aesthetics you’ve tried to attain can damage your own relationship.

It could also lead to unhappiness.

This unrealistic ideal may make your other half feel as if they’re doing something wrong.

Simply put, if all you ever desire is a trend, materials or some facet of somebody else’s relationship, then your poor girlfriend or boyfriend, who has striven to make you nothing but happy, will feel like a failure because they couldn’t offer you the one thing that matters most to them.

I’m not a love doctor, but I just don’t think every moment with our boo should be posted. We should enjoy the simplicity or complexity of our relationships without seeking validation from outsiders. Partnerships/relationships are sacred bonds between two people that no one should be able to understand or sever.

So, actually try to enjoy each other’s company by shutting the world out and putting the phones away.

Enjoy the sacredness.