save the drama for your momma!!

Ohhh facebook! God knows we all "LOVE" it and most of us (me included) really can't go more than a few hours without refreshing our page, stalking a friend (or husband) or talking to our friends on facebook chat... 

But I remember a time when AIM was the shiznet... Those of you who are from my era will remember s2r and a/s/l very well..I really don't remember AIM or Miami Chat rooms really ruining anyone's life or relationship...If anything they made most of our lives quite entertaining...That was the extent of my adolescence "social networking"...

But facebook on the other hand can ruin reputations, lives and even relationships... OHHH my arch nemesis..I love to hate you and hate to love you...

But not everything about our dear friend is bad...Keeping in touch with family around the world has been made easier. Sharing memories and pictures is as easy as "tagging" a friend..In our fast paced lives it's easier to post a comment on someones wall and say a friendly hello than to dial their number and catch up..

Status updates really aren't  "whats on your mind" anymore, they are more like "who will I piss off with this status, or how will what I'm thinking be misinterpreted". Forget the days where it was "EVELYN IS AT WORK", now our status updates are mainly jabs at others (that we know are reading)...

But I must say the privacy settings are AMAZING, and categorizing your friends also helps reducing who sees what and when...oh and let's not begin to talk about the "blocking" feature. Talk about disappearing into the abyss! 

I can't imagine how people live without facebook? A friend recently told me "living without facebook is like not having a social security" (makes you wonder huh)

There are times when I think about completely deactivating my page and doing a little disappearing act, but the I refresh the page and read my friends statuses or see their pictures and think "WTF AM I THINKING"!!!

If only we could have all the perks MINUS the drama...