You don’t need to be “picture perfect” for social media posts and the number of likes a photo receives isn’t a meter for the strength of your relationship. You should be on the lookout for critiques on your appearance and what you wear to the gym. starts to force you to work out with them or belittle you when you don’t feel like going. If working out together is your jam and you appreciate the extra support you receive from your S.O., I can see how that’s #goals. Some couples met at the gym and love working out together (#respect ). Others focus on fitness once they realize the toll their delicious dates have on their bodies. There are a lot of reasons a couple should hit the gym together (or independently). Check out #BehindThePost for 10 unhealthy relationship behaviors that can help you determine whether or not your #bae’s ‘surprises” are well-meaning. Your partner unexpectedly showing up to girls/boys night out because they only want you to dance with them is not healthy or #BaeGoals, and may be an indicator of something much worse. It is not #BaeGoals to use surprises as a cover for not trusting your S.O. If mutually appreciated and not used as a means of control or manipula tion, surprises like these are generous, thoughtful, and a nice way to keep the relationship interesting! However, there is a fine line between surprising your bae and using these “surprises” to control their behavior and their friendships. I see these snaps, Instagram, and Facebook posts everywhere–people are being surprised by their partner with flowers, a date night, or a visit to their college for a special weekend. But, even worse than this social media complacency, #BaeGoals has morphed into branding unhealthy relationship habits as “relationship goals.”Here are 5 sneaky #BaeGoals that may actually be toxic AF. Or without much consideration of what happens between couples #BehindThePost.Įvery perfect Instagram post and Facebook profile pic depicting a happy adventurous couple stops people from looking further and lets us just assume their relationship really is perfect. The problem with #BaeGoals is that it encourages us to take relationships at surface value without much consideration of whether the behaviors shown in the post is mutually beneficial to both partners. we fall into (what I call) the #BaeGoals trap. However, when we focus our energy on giving the illusion of being in a healthy relationship instead of creating one I.R.L. Like most trends, things started off innocent enough. Unless you’ve sworn off social media for the last 3 years I am sure you are familiar with #BaeGoals, a trend that has millions of couples posting pics of themselves on social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Written by Writer’s Corps member Liz Arnone
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