OMG? Did you see it on Facebook??

Isn’t it amazing how much Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and other social media sites have come to run our world?  I have a fb account and really like it to keep in touch with my kids, my friends and old friends and work stuff. It’s hooked into my crackberry and I do check it a few times a day.  What I think is really interesting though, is the role it plays in relationships.

My daughter has been hanging out with an old boyfriend of hers (who btw, really is a great kid) and I asked if they were dating. She told me that they haven’t made it “official”, but they aren’t seeing anyone else, so she guesses so.  Now, her fb status says single, and a girl she doesn’t really know chats with her to try and set her up with a guy she knows.  My daughter tells her no thanks, she’s seeing someone, and the girl is really surprised because it wasn’t on her status!  Does our status rule our lives??

WTF, does everything we do have to be made public?  Celebrities break up via twitter, people break up via text, and your fb status apparently is the barometer of your relationship status.  I remember when a friend broke up with a guy, I texted her and told her that her status changed from “in a relationship” to “single”.  She quickly deleted it so not to hurt the other person’s feelings.  And have you ever been defriended??  I’ve done it! It’s like a virtual bitch slap.  Take that!  We are even moving away from the gossip mags, to the star’s fb pages to get the latest dirt, or in the case of some stupid, probably stoned celebs, the latest rants.

The Twitter thing really doesn’t work well with me, I don’t feel like updating everyone every 15 minutes that I’m doing something else.  I mean, really, it’s not that interesting.  I don’t have a my space and most people I know do Facebook.  I think Facebook is a great thing, even though I can’t get my sissy to do it, she just goes on mine.  But, I think it can be hurtful also because it’s sooo public.

And WTF is with people you don’t know trying to friend you from your friends??  That’s just creepy.   If you really want to fuck with people, leave a cryptic status, and everyone will try to decipher the meaning!  hahahahaha!  I could just be leaving a message cuz I’m drinking wine, and all of a sudden, everyone is concerned.  My girlfriend left a status about a wedding and we all thought she was engaged!  We all have very active imaginations, and Faceboook can let them run wild!  I bet if I changed my status to married, my phone would blow up! Hmmmmm, maybe an experiment??

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