Dear Social Media,

The time has come to say goodbye. I'm tired of this relationship where all I do is give, give, give and all you do is take, take, take. When I stop in for a quick visit, somehow you manage to take hours and hours of my time. Not to mention the time I spend worrying about what to post, what to like, who's going to like my post(s), and when I'm finally somewhere special, you ruin it by making it my first priority to get a perfect picture.

My real life fades away into this fake life that you try to convince me exists and matters. You brain wash me until I literally believe my worth is determined by that little number at the top of my screen which shows how many people follow me, as if that means anything (Do I even know half these people?). My real world is small and much more manageable. You blow things out of proportion. You connect me to things and people and tell me knowledge about things I don't wish to and otherwise never would have cared, or known about.

You let evil people use you as their hatchery, infiltrating you with bad things I cannot avoid even if I try (so long as I am associated with you). Bad things I did NOT want to see/read, and bad things I could and would definitely live without, if you weren't constantly shoving them in my face all the time.

You've made yourself a habitat for arguing, bullying and rude comments, all safely protected and justified by the fact that we won't ever have to face that real person, see that real person in real life, or ever except the fact that they are indeed, a real person with feelings, and maybe even a hard life that we don't need to make worse. To you (and us, so long as we are associated with you), they'll forever be only a simple username, comprised of a few letters, numbers and an @ sign.

The more I think about it now, I see that the good you do me (If any at all), adds up to much less than the bad you do for me, and so, to say it nicely, you are worthless to me. So I'm not giving anymore of my time or anymore thought. Not one more single drop.

I'm not yours anymore,

Real person, with a real life