When it comes to love and relationships, it is said that men and women cheat equally. It only seems as though men cheat more, because they are stupid enough to get caught. I’m not sure this statement is 100 percent true, but the actions of Comedian Mike Epps certainly seem to validate the claim for men. This past weekend, Epps was caught by his wife, Mechelle Epps, trying to talk to a woman on Twitter.
“Hey,” tweeted the All About the Benjamins actor to Twitter user @CeciCitra after she posted a tweet concerning movie spoilers. The 44-year-old-actor went on to ask, “Are you on ig.”
The conversation continued:
Epps’ wife then proceeded to do what many other women probably would have done. She made the two aware that she was watching everything.
Once Epps realized his Twitter antics were now a love triangle (or once Mrs. Epps checked him in person) @CeciDitra was no longer an issue. Well, at least not on Twitter.
The Epps are not the only couple that has to deal with social media spats in their love lives. Truth is, many women watch and intercept the questionable social media actions of their significant others. Seeing that your man has liked one too many of the same woman’s photos or often retweets a woman he follows on every social media platform will almost always raise a nicely crafted brow.
One study conducted by the University of Toronto and University of Guelph found that “in response to feelings of jealousy, women are more likely than men to monitor their partner’s activities… Jealousy predicted more time searching for women, but less for men … on days where women (but not men) reported greater jealousy they spent more time monitoring their partner.”
And the monitoring doesn’t end when the relationship does. One in every five women spy on their ex-boyfriends as well. But are these actions really healthy for women in or out of relationships?
Psychologist Dr.Tara Marshall says that the frequent stalking can very well “disrupt emotional recovery… and lower personal growth” by creating negative feelings within the individual spying. Ladies, if any relationship makes you feel like you have to constantly snoop your lover’s social media pages, he or she may not be the one for you.
Are you monitoring your significant other’s online behavior? When do you know it’s time to say something or walk away?
