All My Ex's Live in Texas
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
by Susan Bourdeau
Just kidding, they actually live on Facebook!
I have finally succumbed to the pressure of social networking, of putting my life details out there for the universe to see how many people want to be friends and make silly comments on my pictures and mundane minutiae.
I started out slow, skeptical about having too much information on the internet and wondering why I couldn't just call or text people if I wanted to communicate with them. I signed up and befriended those people I see on a regular basis, wondering why on Earth they spend so much time on Facebook when we could be out doing fun stuff.
As I got bolder in my exporation of finding anyone at all that would become a Facebook friend ("Hey, didn't we pass on the street the other day? Wanna be my Facebook friend?!"), I have run across every single one of my ex-beaus. Even become friends with some (some, not so much!). It's so weird, plucking people out of every different era of your life and putting them together on one page to view and chat with. There are so many disconnects - the boy I shared my first kiss with in Kindergarden sits right next to the first man I fell in love with in college! They don't know each other (thank goodness), but I can have a conversation with them simultaneously and be walking down parallel memory lanes.
My addiction has since waned, the excitment worn off a bit. Still, I check in every day to see what is going on in the lives of my peeps who update their status. Occasionally I add something of my own. I still chat with friends, new and old, to catch up on news and gossip. I have learned to embrace social networking without smothering myself in it. It's been fun, it's been enlightening, it's been awkward at times. Most of all, it's been a wake up call that people move on with their lives for a reason.
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More commentsYou have done a great job of capturing the essence of social networking. Luckily, you learned you don't want to spend your entire life on Facebook, unlike too many others.Thanks for reading!
I guess I'm on, but not interested very much in Facebook
It is scary how we communicate know days what would we do if the internet was not around?We would just spend all day on the phone, like the good ol' days!
Good idea for an article Susan, well done! "Mundane minutiae," of course, says it all.Best.....eThanks for reading!
Great title, it caught my attention! Facebook can be a big waste of time but you can also do a lot of good things on facebook!
hehehehe. They title itself gave me an idea that you were with them all at once. hehehehe.EEK! Not that kind of girl! Thanks for reading
Hi Susan I enjoyed this article which is well deserving of it's status as "Jeans Pick of The Day"KacyThank you so much! It was fun to write too - Susan
How many ex's hmm
Hi Susan,Just sent you a Facebook friend request ;o) Yes, it can be time consuming, but it's also beneficial too, like you said. I have connected to old friends back east I haven't heard from in over 15 years. It's great to catch up on old time. But even better is getting news of what's happening. FB certainly has it's downside but if used correctly, as you seem to have done, it a great tool. Thanks for the article.(P.S. just thought it funny that many commenting think FB, a social media, a waste of time and whatnot, while using SearchWarp, another form of social media. It's not the device but the user that's the problem ;o)
What a great, hands-on experienced article. There are so many debates raging at the moment. I love your perspective. Thanks.Thanks for reading and responding!
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