Facebook in Glamour

Glamour magazine, May 2009, has a snippet about Facebook and Your Love Life. They say that social networking may make you feel connected, but takes away from the in-person intimacy, says Gail Saltz, M.D., author of The Ripple Effect. Chatting with the opposite sex gives only an illusion of intimacy. The hormone released during affectionate touching, oxytocin, can be lost when destressing. That means that individuals who consistently destress on the comptuer will not feel as destressed in real life with their partner. The advice given: Enjoy the Web, don't live there.

So, in mainstream magazines dealing with personal health and relationship issues, this is starting to pop up. My prediction will be that in the coming months there will be articles published about the dangers of online intimacy and how it ruined some person's relationship in real life.