Volume LXXXVI February 12, 2021 Issue III 510 13th St. Cullman, AL 35055
The Valentine’s Day Edition 67 School Days Until Graduation!
Spring Playlist Sounds of spring
Rom-Com v.s. Real Life The media’s effect on love Ava Burns, Staff Writer
1. “Walking on Sunshine” -Katrina and the Waves
Love letters, talking on the landline, and going to a drivein-movie are all things of the past. When you think of love now, you think of texting and dating apps. It seems almost impossible to stay married for thirty, forty, and even more years in this day and age. Not too long ago, this was the normal. In our grandparents time, people would get married at 18 and stay together for the rest of their lives. So what has changed? What has made even 10-year relationships extremely rare? Relationships just have not adapted to technology. Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook are all bear traps when you are walking in the woods of love.
2. “What a Wonderful World” -Louis Armstrong 3. “Here Comes the Sun” -The Beatles 4. “Fool for Love” -Lord Huron 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” -Electric Light Orchestra 6. “My Type” -Saint Motel 7. “Spring is Here” -Ella Fitzgerald 8. “Shrike” -Hozier 9. “Beautiful Day” -U2 10. “Kyoto” -Phoebe Bridgers 11. “Girl from Ipanema” -Oscar Peterson Trio 12. “Flume” -Bon Iver 13. “Wildflowers” -The Wailin’ Jennys 14. “Poison and Wine” -The Civil Wars 15. “creature” -half·alive
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Technology has completely changed the way we communicate. Before social media you had to wait to send letters back and forth or use the house phone, there was no instant access to communication that is prevalent today. Now, we can get on Instagram and message someone from across the globe in the blink of an eye. Many people see this as an improvement because it allows us to send and receive large amounts of information from anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. But, this can actually destroy relationships. Cheating has been a huge issue in the tech age. Let’s say that day-today life starts getting boring,
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even if you have your loving partner to spend time with. You might start spending more time online, and come across someone who is new and exciting. You start talking to them and before you know it, you start sneaking out of the house to go see this new guy/girl, and you leave your partner completely alone because you have lost feelings for them. When things start to feel boring to you, it is best to communicate with your partner and tell them you want to spice things up. You could try going on more dates or planning a vacation. They say that you should never stop doing the little things. Just talking to your partner about these feelings and working them out can get the honeymoon or thrilling feeling back in your relationship without the cheating and lying. Spending too much time on social media looking at “perfect” couples on Instagram can have the same effect. You see how seemingly flawless this other couple is and look at pictures of them going on romantic getaways to other countries, but those couples are just as flawed as anyone else. They spend their time together taking pictures and videos, never simply enjoying each other’s company. Online you don’t get to see all the normal things that happen in a relationship, just the perfect things. High standards are not a good thing, despite the Instagram mentality behind cutting people off for the tiniest things. Getting and keeping a partner will be harder for you if your standards are unreachable. Couples fight, it’s a normal thing. When you expect perfection, those little fights can be the deciding factor
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for you to break up with your significant other. This should not be the case. Whatever fights you might get into shouldn’t be blasted on social media, either. I see way too much of that these days. Handle these things in private, and I guarantee your relationship will be better. Devoting your free time to looking at all of this on social media can also harm your confidence and lead to body image issues or more serious conditions. Just remember, not everyone you date is going to be a hopeless romantic that will heed to your beck and call. We are all just human, and you should always keep that in mind. No one is perfect, not even you!
Without a doubt, love was easier back in our grandparents’ time. Getting to meet so many new people and getting to contact your loved ones quickly is such a great tool that we now have at our disposal. If your screen time is balanced with time with your partner, then true love will prevail! Just try to put down the phone every once in a while and give your full attention to him/her, or you could try kicking it old school and exchanging love letters for a great keepsake in the future. Instead of texting all night, call them or go see them in person. Not everything has to be done online, a world exists outside of these tiny boxes!
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