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About five years ago, people explicitly announced their relationship status on Facebook. Because if it was announced on Facebook, then it was official . Nowadays, not everyone uses Facebook relationship statuses anymore, although that may also have to do with the growing popularity of another social medium: Instagram.
Many visitors have made the switch to Instagram or at least spend a lot more time there than on Facebook. And that can be quite difficult if you want to know more about someone. With the mass migration to Insta, it suddenly takes a lot of detective work to find out who is single and who is taken.
Whether you’ve been following someone for years or just started following them, there are certain clues that can help you determine who’s taken and who’s available to be single. So, here are some handy tips for using Instagram to gauge relationship status. And the good news is, they’re easy.
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You have someone in mind, but you don’t know each other very well yet. And that needs to change, as far as you’re concerned. You already have each other’s social media and that can fortunately offer you new insights. Does your new acquaintance offer a future perspective for a relationship or not?
Even if the page isn’t full of selfies or photos, a few key details can tell you whether someone is already in a relationship or is just waiting to be picked up. Here are 7 key clues that can tell you whether someone is single or not.
1. A picture says more than…
Okay, this is pretty obvious. If your crush has multiple photos of him or her kissing someone else, you know it. Even if the photos aren’t intimate or romantic, but they always feature the same person, you can basically assume that your intended partner is taken.
Also pay attention to the profile names. Sometimes there is a surname or a maiden name. That can also mean that a photo with the same person with the same surname can also be a brother or sister. However, a username with a double surname and an icon of a happy family can give you the certainty that he or she has been taken for a long time and has a family of his or her own.
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2. The profile picture
No, people in a relationship don’t always choose a couple photo for their Instagram profile picture. In fact, most people just have a photo of themselves as their profile picture. This does mean that a couple photo usually means that the other person has a partner. A profile picture of two people is often bad news for the advanced Instagram dater .
3. Photos with many other people or the same person every time?
Photos with other people are one way to tell if someone has a partner or not, but it gets a bit tricky when there are a lot of different people in the photos. This is often good news, because it means your crush has a busy social life and isn’t being photographed with the same person every time.
In addition, you may be able to discover via the profiles of the tagged friends whether you come across a picture of your crush in which he or she is pictured with a possible partner. You can also check the profiles of the people who appear in the photos to see if they already have a partner. Someone who is very intimate in a photo with your intended partner, but is in a relationship with someone else, also immediately rules out your suspicions. After all, some photos can evoke a different image.
4. Read the captions
Therefore, also read the captions. A caption can be placed with each photo and you can also get useful information from that. By reading the texts, you will also learn more about the social circle of your crush. Perhaps the descriptions refer to the same person surprisingly often and there are even complete declarations of love that are made in the publication. Also, those same captions can rule out that it is a partner, but show that it is only a best friend .
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5. Analyze the photos your crush is tagged in
In our opinion, it is one of the most underrated features of Instagram: the tab with the tagged photos. Even if your crush only posts a few photos themselves, they may appear in many other photos. If the tagged photos are all from the same person (and often only contain those two people), that could also answer your question. Incidentally, that can also be the case with stories that could be reposted by your crush. Maybe they themselves post very little, but your intended partner is adept at reposting publications from others.
6. Outings for two?
If your intended partner regularly posts a photo or an Instagram story of a dining table with two meals and two drinks, without appearing there themselves, that does not necessarily mean that your crush is already taken. It is different if the same person is tagged there every time. The remarkable thing about this is that neither your crush nor his or her partner has to be in the picture to give you suspicions about whether or not he or she has a partner. Note: these are often suspicions. Unless there is a heart or another symbol that seems to confirm that there is a relationship.
7. Spicy photos?
Don’t get us wrong: being in a relationship doesn’t necessarily mean you have to stop posting hot bikini pics and steamy fitness selfies. However, if a person is only posting racy pics , then that’s also kind of to get the attention of others. Unless your crush has a huge following and wants to keep their audience entertained with slightly more racy pics.
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Incidentally, it has become increasingly common in recent years to appear more racy in images. The taboos surrounding sexy online photos have decreased more and more in recent years, so perhaps we are being quite black and white when we say that these types of photos matter. But let’s put it another way: they could make a potential partner very jealous .
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