Ah, Facebook.
Where was I before I found you?
I will tell you where I was. I was secure, in my own little world. All of those "special friends" that I had made throughout grade school, high school, single years, and married years were all stored in their own little file. Now, all of those friends are mixing together, haunting me with different stories of what I have done in my life. Ugh.
Another issue that I have with Facebook is the hilariousness of people who don't speak to me in public, yet they want to be my "friend" on the internet. I think that they are referred to as "friend whores." So, what I do is this. I hit the IGNORE button, and bam, they are gone. For a short time. Then, they resurface. Again, and again. I just have an issue with sharing my everyday life stories with people who pass me at the Food Lion, and won't make eye contact.
I do love the Facebook feature that allows me to pick and choose who of my "friends" see what of my profile and pictures. But, really, if you think about it, shouldn't you feel comfortable enough to share with everyone?
I enjoy seeing what my "real" friends are doing. My tryst with Facebook begain after my mother- in- law joined. She called me and taunted me, saying "I am on Facebook; are you?" Not one to be outdone, I ran straight to the computer, and I joined up, too. Soon after, Dave joined. Then came Eli. There was an outpouring of Sadler family members. Soon, there was a Sadler group. Almost like a small Sadler-ville. "Well, this is nice," I thought.
Well, it was nice until people I hung with in a previous life found me. Then, I felt like a dirty, shameless hussy. Not really. But, it is kinda creepy to have all these people in one place. It is like a life reunion. Without the good food.
I know that there is a solution that allows me to go back to my regularly scheduled life. I can delete my account. But for some reason, I like knowing what happened to everyone. I like seeing the pictures of kids, vacations, and hearing about general day-to-day activities.
I have wrote on this same topic before. When I first joined FB it was weird to me when people had 200 friends. Im like, no way do they really talk to all of those people. Ive been on about a 1 1/2 months and have 65 friends so now I see how it happens. I still have a love/hate relationship with it. Im kind of a private person.
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious. I have Facebook "moments" all the time. Just had one a few minutes ago, in fact. A good friend of my in-laws just friended me. He's at their house all the time. They don't read my blog. But now, I'm guessing, they will. *sigh*
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