Dear Amy: I am a 45-year-old divorced woman with a fairly active social media presence.
Many people actually “meet” on social media, but they’re in another category, because they already know and are attracted to the other person’s style of sharing.
Facebook is like that. When you connect on social media with someone you’re dating, you become tangentially connected with everyone they’re dating.For you, I think it’s wisest to use social media the way all the millennials I know do: Lock it down. Be extremely judicious about what you post and private about your sharing circles.
This is the best way to save you from yourself — it also saves you having to go through the whole “unfriending” process later on, if things don’t work out.My wife and I were friends with another couple for more than 40 years. The wife died and we have remained close with the husband.The four of us met for dinner and then had dessert at our home.
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