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Herstorymama

15 November 201

I sometimeswonder if “Facebook friends” is an oxymoron.  I just accepted an invitation from a woman Imet for the first time the other night at a fund-raising event given by twofriends I hardly know, but enjoy seeing.  Some months ago I accepted another invitation from a woman I do not know, because she has the same birth name as my mother’s side ofthe family. A photo of her cute daughteris her Facebook logo, so there is no way to identify her physically.  My brother is a mutual Facebook friend, but heisn’t sure who she is either. Question: is it polite to send “mystery friend” a message and ask who she is?!?

In myexperience, at my age, far past being carded when I buy a box of wine atTarget, of those who are on Facebook, maybe 25% use it, 25% don’t; and theother 50% don’t have time to bother with a lot of people they might have knownin some former life.  Another problem,for those of us who were born about the same time as television,  is having  trouble figuring out, what to us, is its rather arcane system of icons such as “thumbsup” if we like the message;  the”wall”; and status updates that are often boring as hell aboutcleaning out the garage or shoveling snow or something. Not to mention frequent changes to its web page that baffles even the Facebook fanatics.

So, why doI bother?  First, because thestatus updates often are funny  provocative,and intelligent, and they keep me in touch with those whom I might nototherwise.  For example, today I re-befriendeda former dear friend from New Hampshire, living in North Carolina.  Second, I enjoy keeping up with my kids, now married with families and dogs anda new granddaughter, and their friends, and this keeps me solidly in theTwentieth Century, if not exactly in the Twenty-First.  Third, I can show off  pictures of my beautiful granddaughter, born30 July 2011.

That’s it for today friends!  Stay tuned!

Carole

 

 

 

 

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