Dr. Phil

Dating and Married to Distraction (8x136)

Ausstrahlung: Apr 16, 2010

Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are just a few of the social networking sites millions of people visit each day to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones and keep friends and family in the loop. These Web sites are also a place where relationships are being formed — and finished with the click of a mouse! Special Dr. Phil contributor Kelly Osbourne weighs in on the impact social networking sites have on face-to-face relationships, and hear from guests whose love lives are tangled in the Web. And, lawyers say Facebook is being cited in one in five divorce petitions. If you’re married, learn how these social networking sites can cause problems with your spouse. Social Networking Influence on Dating Dr. Phil special contributor, Kelly Osbourne, says that social networking sites ruin relationships, and she won’t allow her fiancé to have a Facebook page. She sits down with young women to have a candid discussion about social networking sites and their effects on dating. Facebook Fiasco Adiat and Rico began their relationship on Facebook and after dating for a year, one of them ended it the same way it started ” with a click. Rico, also known as Your Royal Flyness and Rico Suave, says he actually teaches other guys how to use Facebook to hook up with women. The Easy Hook Up Vince, 19, says he feels like a rock star when he uses his online social networking profiles to line up multiple ladies for dates in one night. Doing Your Dirty Work If you’re too nervous or scared to break up with your significant other, there’s an Internet service that will dump your sweetheart for you. Warning for Married Couples Kelly says she’s usually so focused on Facebook or some other electronic device that she’s rarely intimate with her husband, Chris. As soon as Chris goes to sleep, Kelly reaches for her iPhone and takes it to bed with her in a separate room. Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell and his marriage therapist wife, Sue, pay the couple a house ca