LisaKinVA Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 sucked into the vortex;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I am too - thanks to my SIL. Becky Branch. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Sad, isn't it? But hey...my first night browsing, I got to "meet" my highschool sweetheart's (i.e. guy I almost married and dated for 5 years only to become estranged from him in some odd way with no closure at all) WIFE AND KIDS. Oh joy. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 You're not alone. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, yes...my (younger) sisters made me get a facebook. I will say the one serious drawback I find is that I feel a little bit like my worlds are colliding. There are some people in my life who just *should not* overlap. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, yes...my (younger) sisters made me get a facebook. I will say the one serious drawback I find is that I feel a little bit like my worlds are colliding. There are some people in my life who just *should not* overlap. :tongue_smilie: I have found this to be the case as well. One thing I have taken advantage of is creating different lists of people. Not everyone needs to be able to see all of my profile/pictures, etc. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I have found this to be the case as well. One thing I have taken advantage of is creating different lists of people. Not everyone needs to be able to see all of my profile/pictures, etc. :) Oh, I don't mind them all seeing everything of mine. They just don't necessarily need to be interacting. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Gotta love FB. I just discovered that a certain WTM'er and I crossed paths in another life! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, I don't mind them all seeing everything of mine. They just don't necessarily need to be interacting. :lol: I find it interesting to see all my different FB friends. And just as interesting to see how diverse my friends are. It's kinda nice. :) I've never really thought about whether they can see each other though... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, I don't mind them all seeing everything of mine. They just don't necessarily need to be interacting. :lol: Oh yeah, and then there is THAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, yes...my (younger) sisters made me get a facebook. I will say the one serious drawback I find is that I feel a little bit like my worlds are colliding. There are some people in my life who just *should not* overlap. :tongue_smilie: :lol::lol::lol: Too true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, I don't mind them all seeing everything of mine. They just don't necessarily need to be interacting. :lol: Oh yes! I had a person from my past want to be my friend. That part of my past and my present just don't need to mingle. I respectfully declined. :tongue_smilie: To the original poster, I am on there and sucked in. It has been a lot of fun, however, to see my niece's semester in France unfold. Boy, have I wished I were her a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I gave up Facebook for Lent because it had become a colossal black hole of time wasting for me. (Besides, my semi-libertarian husband was horrified by the way you sign your life away when you agree to their terms and conditions...he actually read them -- all one gazillion pages! I exaggerate ;)). When Easter rolled around, I never really got back on. I really did love it, and had a lot of fun re-connecting with high school friends from ahem, 20+ years ago. I just didn't have enough self-control in this area. But then I started noticing that the people I talked to the most on FB were the same people that I stay in touch with blogging, e-mailing, calling, anyway. There was this big old rush of old "friends" that lasted for a few weeks, then they petered out. My ego took a hit! Eh! Besides, do people really need to know the play by play of my life? that I just had oatmeal with brown sugar, raisins and milk for breakfast, and that I am baking bread for dinner? Now I'm just addicted to the WTM boards. :lol: It might be WORSE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Now I'm just addicted to the WTM boards. :lol: It might be WORSE! Yeah. Try being addicted to both :lol:. I'm on there, too. A certain poster who-shall-remain-nameless-who-am-I-kidding-named-Andie convinced me to join. Well, it was her and the fact my 81 year old MIL wanted my dh to join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I have been avoiding it for ages. Dh keeps trying to get me joined up but I refuse to have an online relationship with someone I live with!! Now though, my sister is moving to Kenya, so I guess I'll have to get on there if I want to know what she's up to. Internet connection over there is soooo slooooow that it'd take her whole life to send individual emails to everyone all the time. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, I don't mind them all seeing everything of mine. They just don't necessarily need to be interacting. :lol: Ah, yes. Weird = HS boyfriend and grandma chatting on your wall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I got sucked into the vortex by my brother a few months ago. I joined so I could see pictures of my new nephew, but I've ended up really getting into chatting with some old friends that I haven't had regular contact with in years. It's been great. I stay away from all the games and stuff though. I think that could end up being way too addicting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Yeah. Try being addicted to both :lol:. I'm on there, too. A certain poster who-shall-remain-nameless-who-am-I-kidding-named-Andie convinced me to join. Well, it was her and the fact my 81 year old MIL wanted my dh to join. :D I still think the MIL being there first is funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 I've reconnected with a bunch of people... going to cancel my classmates account, because this is more of what I wanted from classmates. I don't have to "do" everything... but I do want a way I can keep up with people now and then. I met up with a girl-hood crush... nothing serious. He played Christian, and I played "Ms. No Faith" in a church musical. He was the little red-head that got away ;) Most of the people I'm catching up with are from my debate days (either debating, or coaching), some college friends, and a hand-full of high school friends. But, I just passed 50 friends in under 24 hours... so I must be doing something "right." (or wrong). Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Have you joined the WTM group yet? :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Have you joined the WTM group yet? :001_smile: Now I have! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Have you joined the WTM group yet? :001_smile: Oy! Something else to join:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherLynn Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I LOVE LOVE LOVE FB! I used to despise it, but I am hooked now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Oh, yes. For me it's kinda weird because my family is somehow all mixed up with the church members where my husband is the pastor, and the youth group is on there and.... Kinda quirky, in a good sort of way. I keep justifying it by saying I am keeping an eye on my teens. Don't tell anybody any different OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 There is one? :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=3125465170&ref=ts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette0409 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks for the link. I didn't know there as a WTM group on there either. I was also sucked into the Facebook vortex after mocking every one there for awhile. Ahhh, yes, a good dose of humility. :) Actually reconnected with some people, which is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelle Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I am on facebook too. you can find me under mamafrelle @ yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3starsofthesea Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 haha, me too. My dd and friends tried to talk me into it for months, and I refused, but I eventually broke down, and now I'm addicted. It's so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Oh, I don't mind them all seeing everything of mine. They just don't necessarily need to be interacting. :lol:It's like my 30th birthday party all over again. I dreaded that for weeks because people from distinct and discrete parts of my life were going to be meeting for the first time. It hasn't proved to be much of an issue with FB though. OTOH, DH stopped using it after his mother joined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I have been avoiding it for ages. Dh keeps trying to get me joined up but I refuse to have an online relationship with someone I live with!! Now though, my sister is moving to Kenya, so I guess I'll have to get on there if I want to know what she's up to. Internet connection over there is soooo slooooow that it'd take her whole life to send individual emails to everyone all the time. Rosie Oh, I don't know. Dh just did some kind of zombie quiz last week that I really hated having to see every time I went to FB, so I threatened to FB dump him. There's something very freeing about the ability to do that. :lol: It might make for a healthier relationship in the long run! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I found that I was actually losing touch with people because of FB instead of feeling closer. That one little sentence a day seemed like enough contact at first, but then I realized I hadn't actually communicated beyond a single sentence with anyone for weeks. I got rid of FB so I can have real conversations with people again. Once you do the initial finding of everyone and say Hi, there really wasn't anything left for me to do on FB. And it was jarring to go on FB and find out my hs boyfriend turned out to be gay. But I sort of knew it at the time. In college he got married to a woman before he figured it out, then divorced her. It just made me feel almost anxious--I could have been the woman he married. How heart-breaking that would have been. He's a very nice man, but it made me feel strange that I'd dated him and he was gay the whole time. Like, maybe he never really did love me. Like, maybe he was just trying to, but he never really was attracted to me. I dunno. Just made me feel like those 2 years weren't real for him. It brought up some weird feelings. I don't even know how to express them. Sometimes it's not fun to learn about old boyfriends. (Another poster mentioned finding out about an ex's family and the sad feelings it evoked.) And someone else from hs looked really rough and like her life was awful. I didn't like those sides of it. I'd rather have moved on and stayed moved on. It was strange to revisit the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinsmom Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I love facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'm one of the rare people who actually enjoyed high school. And I married my high school sweetheart, who knew my only other serious boyfriend and knows that he was no loss and the only regrets I have about him were that I ever went out with him at all. :tongue_smilie: FB has allowed me to catch up with some very good friends from HS, as well as people I've met as an adult. It's nice to be able to touch base with them occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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