Chelsy Davy let the world know that she had broken up with Prince Harry using a thoroughly modern tool: her 'relationship status' on social networking site, Facebook.It's the one etiquette problem upon which Debrett's, that Bible of social decorum, has as yet failed to advise: when a relationship ends, what on earth does one do about one's Facebook relationship status?
Should you leave it alone, so that each time you log on, you're greeted by your own profile declaring that you're "in a relationship", accompanied by a mocking smiley face icon? Quickly change your status to
"single" in the hope that your ex will see it and know that you've moved on already? Quietly delete the "relationship status" section from your profile, and pray that no one asks why? Or remove yourself from the social networking site that has 150 million active users.
As Chelsy Davy, the now former girlfriend of Prince Harry, realised, public exposure of your most intimate details can be a powerful tool. She changed her relationship status to "not in one" - accompanied by the symbol of a broken red heart - and immediately signalled three things to the wider world: one, that she was not interested in talking to the press about it, two, that she was not interested in weepy post-mortems with friends and three, most importantly, that she controlled the situation.
Very savvy... Indeed!
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