Let’s get real here: We all do stupid things when we’re in love.

I remember driving an hour out of my way just to see a now-ex-then-boyfriend for 10 minutes. I also remember cooking breakfast for a significant other a couple of times, despite my lack of kitchen skills. I’ve snuck out of my house, been to some interesting places, stayed up late at ridiculous hours — all for the sake of being in a relationship.

However, at some point, I, like many of you I imagine, have to draw the line somewhere. And though we’re all different, I propose that we not share online passwords with the person we happen to be involved with at the time.

In The New York Time’s article, “Young, in Love and Sharing Everything, Including a Password,” young couples show each other love by giving out their Facebook passwords, and sometimes even have similar passwords. They know it’s risky, but it’s OK, because it “makes the symbolism of the shared password so powerful.”

Gross.

Now, let me just preface this by saying that I am in no way against love. I am not a bitter old single lady who spits at couples at the bus stops and sobs violently when Feb. 14 rolls around. I love that my friends are in good relationships. I’m a closet rom-com watcher, and I’m a sucker for a cute story.

However, I do think that the concept of sharing passwords is very risky. There’s the obvious question of the post-breakup era: Can both parties trust each other not to hack the other’s accounts with awful statuses and vindictive changes? Have we mastered the technology for allowing pigs to stay up in the sky in an aerodynamic motion? (Answer for both: no.)

But there’s also the problem with a slow move toward a lack of identity. Sure, I understand the best part of a relationship is sharing: You get so many cool hoodies, hats, family recipes and surfboards from it. But we have to keep some things to ourselves. Instead of being one half of a couple, we need to be one whole person that happens to be in a relationship.

Now, if you’re thinking that this is so “totally a high-school thing,” you’re right. This odd-love phenomenon is seen mostly in 30 percent of teenagers from the ages of 12 to 17. As most of us are 18 or older, we’re technically in the clear.

Yet, we’re still not totally exempt from this trend. We’re the generation that tends to share everything: from Facebook statuses to ATM numbers. I’m especially technologically guilty — everyone and their mothers know the password to my phone and computer, and I’m pretty sure my best friend has my routing number.

I believe that it is good to be open with people. Anyone who’s ever watched any drama TV show knows that keeping secrets tends to blow up in our faces. We tend to overshare on social media sites, but at least we’re honest. And when we appropriately open up to loved ones, we do become closer with them.

But we’ve got to get used to keeping a little part of ourselves only for … well, ourselves. We need to, again, draw that line, and figure out what we want to give to other people, and what would be best to never share with anyone.

Besides, it’s hard enough to keep your password straight without adding your relationship to the mix.