It is very likely, for one to think, that a successful but single career woman in her mid 30s, watching the photos of her high school friend’s new baby or wedding photos of her college boyfriend, will have a pang of jealousy and regret. In the society we live, young women are constantly under the pressure to “settle down” and have kids and social networking sites like Facebook, somehow make them face this reality after they see all those hunky-dory photos of “happily married” and “my baby’s first birthday” . But what is amusing, though, is that the opposite is also quite true.

There are many career women out there who actually feel that Facebook validates their decision to be a career woman. Jane, at 34, is a charismatic and successful, but unmarried and childless, woman. Says Jane, “I always felt that I made a wrong decision to be so focused on my career. But after I see the photos of my schoolmates on Facebook, all married with the similar kind of guys and going on family picnics every weekend, it actually makes me feel happy that I’m not one of them. I agree they have husband and kids, but their life seems so painstakingly boring.”

Another working woman Rebecca affirms, “I may not own a cute little house with a caring husband and adorable kids, but I never wanted that in life. Looking at the Facebook profiles of my married friends, I think my life is much more exciting.”

Many career women second to what Jane and Rebecca feel. After looking at the Facebook profiles of their friends, they start feeling less guilty about their choices in life. Facebook validates their decision of not being mommies and wives, but choosing work and career as their priority.