The way I’ve found out about divorces on Facebook is when I see a friend has changed her last name on her page!
I haven’t thought about changing my name. I’ve used it for 30 years, not sure what purpose it would serve by changing it. I just no longer use the Mrs.
This is so OT!
But every year my mil calls ME on my H’s birthday to tell me that his birth was the happiest day of her life. Not the day she was married or the day her other child was born, but the day my H, her oldest was born.
Thank goodness she is not on Facebook.
DH rarely uses his fbk page, and only recently included anyone outside of family. Even though he rarely goes on it, I thank him for his service on Veterans day and Memorial day. It is for both him and to let people. Know I am proud of him. Because I am.
I never changed my name oldfort. Would make a divorce easier. Haha. Not planning a divorce. But one never knows!
morrismm - just keep one eye closed. 
It took you years to train him, why start all over again.
My D1 had a fight with her boyfriend in high school and changed her relationship status to “widowed”. I knew they would get back together, lol.
For pete’s sake no one has to look at anybody else’s status, when someone changes their relationship status, it shows up in newsfeed of their friends.
Thank God no divorced couple in my circle airs their dirty laundry out on social media. Some do hint on things in a vague way but usually nothing directed at the other person.
I am not certain that a change in relationship status will appear in the FB feed. If one were to post a new status, then yes, but simply removing the married status and not replacing it with something else, I don’t think so.
It shouldn’t but guess it depends upon your privacy settings. In my circle usually men change relationship status and women change name. Both are obvious clues.
@WorryHurry411 – but are those changes pushed out or simply something you observe on the person’s page?
And, yes, I agree that privacy settings could affect the answer.
I’m predicting with increasing divorce rate, this changing of name practice after marriage and divorce is not going to last long.
@CT1417 I’m not sure. I only notice relationship status if FB announces a change. I’m kinda slow at noticing change of name, even if I read their posts. I usually take long time in putting two and two together, it hits me as an aha moment after someone tells me that they or another friend got divorce to realize that oh do that’s why they changed name.
If you just remove a relationship, it doesn’t appear. If you changed from married to single or whatever it would appear unless you delete it.
I didn’t change my name and my mom had her maiden name only on her Facebook for a while because all she cared about was reconnecting with family abroad and they’d know her very distinct maiden name better than her common married name. She has both names on there now but she rarely goes on other than to follow family updates.
My 30 year old sister and her 40-some year old boyfriend post absolutely nauseating lovely dovey crap all over their Facebook. It is a completely false representation of their relationship. Meh
LOL @greenwitch I like your D1. Obviously a witty and clever girl.
I think divorce rates are actually down somewhat as compared to the 70’s-80’s.
Whether or not someone changing their status shows on your FB feed no doubt varies according to whatever factors determine what you see. That mysterious Facebook algorithm. If you change your status, most likely some of your friends will have it pop up in their feed (I’ve seen it show up for some friends), but maybe not all.
@myjanda Thank you for finding the right American synonym for evil eye. Jinxing.
Yes, divorce rates are down and have been going down for quite some time.
Many women in the 60s and 70s kept their maiden name for political reasons. The rates declined in the 80s and 90s and are back on the rise again… but not for feminist/political reasons but for very practical reasons: more and more women are getting married later on, when they have established careers.
I also know several women who use their “married” name on facebook and in their personal life even though they never legally changed it and some continue to use their maiden name in their professional lives (which seems super confusing to me but hey, whatever works!)
ETA: I just went and looked at my parents’ facebooks and my dad is listed as “married” (but not to anyone) and my mom’s is empty. Never thought to look for it. shrug
I’m against name changes. One shouldn’t change their birth identity just because they got married or divorced or adopted or unadopted. It’s fine if they want to but not because society expects them to.