Usually on social media sites like Facebook, marriage is portrayed in a positive light. Most of the pictures you see are lighthearted, cheery, funny, or loving, perhaps a syrupy anniversary shot, or a Throwback Thursday "Here's how we met! #nofilter." But increasingly, people are beginning to reveal their not so happy endings. There has been a spike in people announcing divorces—even smiling at the camera while holding their divorce papers captioned "We smile not because it's over, but because it happened."

Says Hannah Seligson at The New York Times, people are beginning to peel "off the social face that so many of us maintain on Facebook when it comes to our spouses, illustrated by reams of photos that make marriage look like a constant (and happy) vacation, or seem to show us auditioning for a dating site advertisement." So why do we all hide the hard parts of our marriage? Sherry Turkle, a M.I.T. psychologist, says it comes down to vulnerability. "When you complain about your marriage, boundary between marriage and the self is much less firm," than say complaining about your job. The article says, "… we see our partners as a reflection on us, and any hint of weakness, insecurity, or conflict isn't good for our personal brand, what we all essentially have been reduced to on social media."