“Aww, honey, you look ravishing in this picture!” – said the comment notification on facebook for her photo followed by three hearts and kissing emoticons.
“You are so sweet, my love!” – she replied after liking her husband’s comment.
“You two are adorable, so much love!” – said another comment from a mutual friend.
Mindlessly, she liked that comment too. The farce of perfect couple and their perfect love fooling their friends and family and themselves; deception at its best, she thought nonchalantly.
I am starting off with a weekly series of Five Sentence Fiction every Tuesday here. The above story is written for the prompt DECEPTION. Feel free to join me with your Five Sentence Fiction using Deception as prompt in the comments. I would love to read yours.
Void Thoughts 
I’m always amazed how easily some people write comments like ‘Perfect couple’, ‘Meant for each other’ and ‘Rabb ne banaya jodi’ etc. – I’d rather comment on appearance than on the relationship.
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Ah, such a sorry state. Who are we deceiving? I bet, us. I know many people who pretend to get likes and shares. So much for fake popularity.
Love your take on the prompt. I would love to read your stories every Tuesday. Hope I manage to find time.
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reality of many relationships in the digital age…loved it Vinitha 🙂
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This is sad, but it is unfortunately the reality of our times.
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Nice take Vinitha. The shallowness and how the smiles and pictures on facebook isn’t always the truth. well written.
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True, Vinita we live in a world of artificiality.
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I tend to take the lovey-doveyness of couples on social media with more than just a pinch of salt. Sad, but true in most cases.
Great take on the prompt 🙂
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I tried my hand at the challenge again this week, VInitha and I combined it with the Wordy Wednesday 100 word picture prompt of the beggar woman.
http://cattitudeandgratitude.blogspot.ca/2017/01/deception.html
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Not all is true that meets the eye! Great write!
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Social media and its side effects. Liked your take on the prompt and all the best for your new series.
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now that’s so sad 😦 Social media has managed to create fake lives that everyone wants. Loved this portrayal of truth.
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That’s the sad life countless couples lead in the present day, Vinitha! For, LIkes on FB matter much more than how much you really like each other in real life!
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Ah, Social Media! Where everything that you see is not the truth
Nice take, Vinitha!
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Well done, Vinitha! So true how people pretend that everything is all rosy on social media just to keep up appearances when deep down, things are anything but. You showed this really well. Love the last part about even fooling themselves. Talk about keeping up appearances, eh? Good job!
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Ohhhh, Vinitha – great post. I got this “fake picture ” on my mind…. keeping up appearance…. when maybe covering up something bad, sad, awful…. You nailed it….
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