Facebook relationship status single. U ok hun?

Modern life poses many perplexing questions. Like where is the start of

But surely the most mystifying is like that tree falling in the forest — if nobody on social media knows you are in a relationship, does your relationship really exist?

I only ask because Facebook wants to know if I am single, in a relationship, engaged, married, in a civil partnership, in a domestic partnership, in an open relationship, separated, divorced, widowed, or it’s complicated. Are they serious?