Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The social network


Do you have Facebook? Is there anybody that doesn't? I have a Facebook page but I don't do anything with it. I got it so I could play Farmville with my brother and stalk my family. I don't ever post anything on my page. I don't understand how it's possible to have 500 + friends? Really? Do you actually know all those people? And how often do you check on them, through FB? Do you look for people on FB? You know, like grade school friends, old boyfriends or girlfriends, people you went to high school or college with? And why do you do that? I've looked up high school friends ~ but not because I want to connect with them. I just want to see what they look like as old people :-) And why would you send them a friend request? Most of my family has a FB page and I admit that I like checking in on them to see what's new or look at their pictures. That's fun. That's about the extent of it though, for me.

I brought all that up because the weirdest things happen to me on FB. First there was the guy I dated a zillion years ago. He sent me a message on FB. He apparently wanted to connect with me for some reason. I just thought it was weird that he even bothered to try and find me on FB after 25 years. Then there was the brother of an ex friend who sent me a friend request. Uh, dude, your sister and I aren't friend anymore so what were you thinking?? I deleted his request. Then, last night when I logged in, there was a friend request from this guy that made me fall out of my chair! He's the son of the man I lived with before my husband. You remember, John the Jerk? When I broke up with JtJ, this son was about  11/12 years old. That would make him about 33/34 now. OK, granted I had a pretty good relationship with JtJ's kids but why in the world would one of them want to look me on FB??? That's so crazy to me. Then I thought, I guess you never know what kind of impression you leave on peoples lives.

Hmmmmm. Interesting.

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