ALBANY, N.Y. — Alice Connors-Kellgren was surprised by her boyfriend’s new Facebook profile picture a few weeks ago: He was kissing another girl on the cheek.
The picture was up only briefly. And she figures it was just a friend. But she plans to discuss it with him when they’re back together this fall at Cornell University.
“We trust each other. Deep down, I know nothing is going on. But when you first see it, it’s like, ‘Oh, my goodness! What’s going on here?’ ” she says.
All this friending, poking and picture-posting on Facebook can get you in trouble with your significant other.
“It seems like Facebook is creating jealousy even where there was not jealousy to begin with,” said Amy Muise, a doctoral candidate at the University of Guelph who led a study on how Facebook can spark jealousy in college students.
