SOCIAL media can complicate even the smoothest relationships. And a lot of kids nowadays use social media. People mainly use social media to message people, make, watch, and send videos. But can It ruin A relationship? Following an ex on any platform while being in a relationship can be a little messy depending on the circumstances but what about TikTok? 

“I still personally have both of my exes on TikTok, but I am also single. For others, they probably think it’s weird but I don’t think it’s weird to follow your exes on TikTok because me and my ex shared a lot and we became really good friends I still 100%  think you can ruin a relationship by following your ex if your significant other doesn’t trust you or doesn’t want them in your life,” Dacey Ivory (10) said.

What about sending videos, messaging, or even commenting on videos?

“I don’t think it’s weird to send videos to your exes because if it reminds you of them or you think they’ll find it funny it’s fun to have that interaction but If it were my partner I would be a little worried but would try to trust them,” Ivory said

Tik Tok isn’t the only social media platform where this happens.

“If my boyfriend were to follow his ex on TikTok, I wouldn’t like it. If I were to ask my partner to unfollow their ex, and they didn’t, I would probably break up with him. He’d need to give me a good reason because there is a lot of trust on communication in relationships — also if they have more history,” Keeley Funk (10) said.

“Following exes on social media can ruin a relationship, especially if trust is already something that you’re working on. I also wouldn’t send a video. I definitely wouldn’t like it if my partner was sending videos to their ex. And I wouldn’t want my ex to send me videos — even if the videos are appropriate to send because again: trust,” Funk said.

“My ex used to follow his ex on Instagram, and I would feel a little insecure because he wouldn’t unfollow his ex, and it made me second-guess myself all of the time,” Funk said. 

That’s how social media can wreck a relationship — students have to decide what more important: respecting a current partner’s feelings or a continuing a relationship with an ex. Students can always unfollow exes and/or stop messaging and sending videos.