Oooo emmmm geeee!
Facebook has certainly made this world more of a village. The world has suddenly become smaller than Swaziland and you know what they say about small places with lots of people right? They tend to be a little over crowded and suddenly everybody has been linked with whomsoever. And often enough egos will most definitely clash and you get wall wars*idiotic*. What I find interesting about facebook is just as you link up with long lost friends or lovers, you can easily bump into people whom you have no business reconnecting with.
A little while ago I added an ex boyfriend or should I say fling. I knew it wasn’t a good idea but the thing is I was so excited over reconnecting and full of old hope and flames. My joy was short lived, when I saw the information on his wall it was apparent that this man had moved on and was headed in a certain direction with his woman. Just imagine my initial shock, all these fairytales I had built up over the years about true love lasting were quickly erased, you know what they say about what was meant is going to be and you know we are so silly to believe and apply that belief even when things look too gloom. Still knowing all that I sent him a private message anyway. And Lo and behold he replied back, I was stunned at his response though because he still sounded like would jump at the chance to take a bite of my cookie or just nibble at it *wink*. I’m not sure what I expected for him to say or do but that was the last I wrote to him or heard from him…I guess my divalicious response was too much for a man to handle because I told him all we could be was friends because coming 2nd was not on my list right now, atleast with him. I thought that would be the end but I found myself getting hurt at his updates of his activities with his woman, whom I have massive respect for. There I was sitting at my laptop, green with envy, jealous as Queen Victoria yet I was commenting like a happy little camper on all his status updates. Pretending like nothing was the issue! Then it dawned on me that the only reason I was feeling like this is not because I’m still in love with him but because this other woman was the one we broke up over after he broke up with her over me*smile*. I can’t say I don’t like her because she is older and I do not know her, to top it off she is friends with some of my family. This got me wondering about the numerous cheats roaming on fb waiting for a chance of open season or is it already open season? I have had lots of men pop out of the radar and send me love proposals, even those who live on the ends of the earth! It’s amazing because I know I am not the only one who has to deal with this.
Then former childhood friend requested me, I accepted but she bombarded me with so many questions I really felt like I was playing 20 questions...then after answering all her questions she disappeared and never so much a “poked” me. After a while I got used to these technological mishaps and simply ignore them. Now I’m friendly with the delete button because seriously truthfully speaking I don’t have “836” friends, in reality I have just 3.
How quickly we forget that social networks are a public forum so anybody can say whatever they want to say as they feel it at that moment, it’s not mandatory to comment and give your opinion. Just as we have to respect one another’s opinion yet the networking sites have confirmed to my worst fear, that we are not clued up on real and important issues, we are too busy trying to figure out what weave to do next, LOL.
The question I ask myself is why I do not just get off facebook and save me the trouble and stick to twitter? Then I realize I have the same problem at twitter…I just get followed but what I call the internet police, you know the people who live to report your every word and move you put up on a social network like you are being serious?
#SocialNetworkingIlls
MISSZEZY
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