I'm kind of all over the place with how I feel about Facebook displays of affection. Part of me likes it and part of me detests it.

So, this is why I'm indecisive- I'm not a big fan of those Facebook statuses that are so mushy, gushy that you can basically hear the panting as you read them. But on the other side, I like to read statuses about people in love because we live in such a cynical and sometimes un-loving world and it's refreshing to see couples who genuinely love each other.

After we got married, my husband posted one status a day for the first year under the headline of "Marriage Log Day _ _." He wrote things such as, "Marriage Log Day 115: Ah, yes. The joy of discovering that you just washed clothes with tissues inside the pockets that your wife forgot to take out." And  "Marriage Log Day 77: It took me 77 days, but I figured out how to make a happy wife. Surprise her with fresh flowers, kiss her, feed her, and tell her over and over that she's pretty."

I was able to take those posts and turn them into a book, which I presented to him for our first anniversary- a hard copy reminder of our first year together as man and wife.

So, I guess I don't have too much room to speak about Facebook displays of affection, do I?

It turns out that relationship over-sharers might be on to something. A new study says that those who lay their love out for the world to see are more likely to go the distance.

New research has found that dating couples who constantly post things about their relationship on Facebook are actually more committed to each other and likely to be together after six months of dating than those who don’t over-share.

Apparently it’s because of something called the "public commitment theory," according to study author Catalina Toma, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It’s the idea that the claims people make about themselves in public are likely to become internalized about what they think about themselves,” Toma sad. “People bridge that gap, and we become who we claim to be.”

No word on if the same hold true for married couples, but I imagine it would. Right?

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