Facebook

I recently got myself a Facebook account. I did it because several of my friends were on FB and they kept singing it's praises, and talking about the games they were playing together. Games! I love games, and hey, let's face it I love places that I can go to and spend the day screwing off. Now that I'm a lady of leisure, the more places I can kill time during the day the better.

So I typed facebook into the google and off I went. The first mistake I made was signing up under the name Mary Smith. Often times, when I'm unsure of website I use the name Mary Smith. I realize that in these days of technology it really doesn't matter. Anyone who wants to know everything about me can easily find it out there floating on the internets, but I like to tell myself I'm being smart. Sooooo Mary Smith was born! I sent out my friend invitations and sat back waiting for all of my friends to appear and welcome me to their world.

I sat, and I sat, and I sat. Nothing. No notifications of acceptance. No Welcome! I of course took this to mean that I must have done something wrong. Clearly I had not friended people correctly so I did what anyone would do. I sent out the invitations again.

Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

As I sat in front of my computer, staring at my empty FB inbox, an instant message popped up. It was from a friend of mine. It said

"some freak named Mary Smith keeps trying to friend me on Facebook"

D'oh!

After we finished laughing I went back into my profile and put my real name and wah lah! I had friends! I like *seeing* my friends on FB. I like reading their daily status update, I like seeing the photo's they post, I like playing scramble and word twist with them. I like knowing that while I'm sitting in my living room I'm still connected to the outside world with just the click of my mouse.

Here's something new I just learned about FB. You can Defriend people. For real, you can. Now I realize that we are, for all intents and purposes, an internet based country. We do everything over the internet. We chat with friends, purchase things on-line, pay our bills, check the weather......the list is endless. I like that we can do all of those things while sitting in our flannel pj bottoms and t-shirt. That being said, folks we have to draw the line somewhere. Somethings just shouldn't be done on line. To me, defriending a person on FB is the equivalent of breaking up via text message or worse....a post it! Who didn't cringe when Berger broke up with Carrie via the post-it!

I imagine that when you defriend someone they get a notification on their page. I have to imagine because I've nevah been defriended Imagine logging on to see that you've been defriended? Done the end, no chance for you to respond, no chance for you to grab your coat and walk out the door with your head held high. Just a notification on your computer screen. Sadness break up.

To me, any kind of breakup deserves to be in person. If your relationship, regardless of the type, is at a point where a break up needs to happen, then it seems to me it's a serious relationship. It deserves a respectable ending.

Post-its are for jotting down what you need at the grocery store and defriending is for people named Mary Smith.