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Comments on: “I don’t usually take this many selfies, but I’m in a long distance relationship” http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/ Coming of Age Online Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: ShannonMartine http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/#comment-34 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:01:55 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=342#comment-34 Thank you for commenting. I agree with you. I don’t think I was stressing about what to post or send but I definitely took careful consideration over these selfies. It’s unavoidable but still silly to think it would make or break our relationship.

]]> By: ShannonMartine http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/#comment-33 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:58:02 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=342#comment-33 Thank you for your comment. I often ask the same questions but after writing this I asked him what he thought about my candid pictures versus my more posed shots. He said he didn’t care and was just happy to see me.

]]> By: ShannonMartine http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/#comment-32 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:54:06 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=342#comment-32 Yes, I agree with you 100 percent. To be real is a beautiful thing. While I have taken pictures during a tooth extraction and sent it to all my friends for a multitude of reasons I didn’t post it anywhere. Maybe I will next time I’m in the dentist chair.

]]> By: natalypalma http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/#comment-17 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:49:47 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=342#comment-17 Thanks for sharing your perspective! I know a lot of people who have met their significant other through the internet and I think it shouldn’t be as taboo! In your case, you knew your partner beforehand (in high school) but you wouldn’t have rekindled if it wasn’t for the web! I think it’s great that we have tools these days that allow for long-distance relationships! Before we could only write letters or talk on the phone. But now things like Skype make everything much easier. And about displaying a preferred version of yourself on the internet: it’s impossible not to! But what I think people should think about is not stressing about what photo to post or overly editing it! Because the important people know who you really are.

]]> By: christineholland http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/#comment-13 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:00:04 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=342#comment-13 I’m in a long distance relationship too, so it was really interesting to read about your interpretation of social media’s influence on your relationship. In my case, my boyfriend is not very involved with social media; he doesn’t have an Instagram or Pinterest (two sites I’m very active on) and he hardly uses his Facebook account. I like to think that I am open and honest with him about all facets of who I am, but these websites are two instances where I express myself and he has no idea about what I post or how I represent myself online. If he saw them, would they align with his interpretation of who I am as a person? Or have I fabricated the “best version of myself,” or even a false persona, to display online?

]]> By: sofreshsteph http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/i-dont-usually-take-this-many-selfies-but-im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/#comment-9 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:52:31 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=342#comment-9 about that “…present one’s best look rather than my everyday appearances (103)” quote:

I feel you. I also don’t post only the best.

But I do go to the extreme and post the worst.

I have a picture of me pretty much being tortured by a student dentist (hes worked on ONE TOOTH for over 10 weeks and is still not done) and for hours and hours every week I go to the dentist and…. I dunno
I finally took a picture of my mouth when he walked away and it was crazy… theres this metal bar and bits of fake tooth stuff and plastic everywhere… and I posted it on instagram and took another picture another day and put it on facebook. It felt real to me.

Anyway. being honest and real is da best thing in the world

ain’t nuthin’ wrong with using a filter from time to time or an editing tool or whatever. that is also part of our real world.

but there is also pain and suffering and bad days and we might as well embrace that

This one woman took 365 pictures of herself crying every day….. it was around when selfies were becoming a thing… and she was like
HEY
not everyone is happy all the time
there is sadness too
so I will cry for everyone who can’t or who is hiding it behind closed doors

ANYWAY
She exhibited her work at MoMA
#whatanhonor

I’ll write more about her later

But yeah

be real, be you

it’s nice.

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