According to marriage guidance body Relate, friendsreunited and similar websites have been responsible for the breakdown of many relationships as people leave partners to rekindle school-day romance. I am not sure how widespread this problem is, but I think it is entirely credible. People bored in their current relationships may be tempted to use technology to seek another relationship. Technology has the advantage of letting you test the waters at a distance. What better way to do this than to contact old flames through the web? The sweet, innocent, care-free days of school romance may be too tempting.
However, this rosy picture of school day romance is misguided. It may have been sweet and innocent then, but things have moved on. Adult life is not the same as school life. Old flames do not come in a pristine condition. They come with all the experiences life has thrown at them since the school days. Their personality and outlook on life would, no doubt, have been conditioned by those experiences.
The problem with websites such as friendsreuinted is that they unwittingly provide an easy option for people in struggling relationships who should be talking with counsellors.
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