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This Facebook Thing

So, my friend has been trying to get me on My Space or Facebook for a few years now. I just didn't feel like being bothered. Dwayne's cousins had been trying to get him on for a while too. He gave in to the peer pressure and then I gave in to the spousal pressure.

I almost deleted my account for a few reasons. One, I don't want to befriend anyone I don't know and never knew. Then, I started getting friend requests from people who grew up with Dwayne but I don't know them at all. I thought this things was going to be really annoying.

But then, I got a friend request from someone I met probably 15-20 years ago. She's from Pensacola and is friends with my older cousin. I ignored it for a couple of days but then decided to accept her. I'm so glad I did. She lives just up the street in Austin. She homeschools her children (ages 6 and 11) and was able to pass along some great information to help me with my little ones. And, even though y'all didn't know this, I've been contemplating homeschooling my kids for a while even when they reach kindergarten age. The jury's still out on this one though. She and I talked for a few hours. She was open and honest and very candid about the pros and cons. So, just for this reconnect, I'm now glad I got on facebook.

Oh yeah, and I have reconnected with some other cool folks from my past that I neither see nor talk to often enough. But these fools who don't know me need to kick rocks. And these fools who only know Dwayne need to send a friend request to his page and not mine. And, why does Facebook keep recommending me to become friends with Dwayne's ex-girlfriend? I told him I was gonna send it to her just to see what happens. But, really, I'm not.

Comments

TERA said…
Girl I got suckered in to Facebook by my girlfriend Dione. The verdict is still out for me though. I got too many people in my phone contact that I am doing a bad job of keeping in contact with! Good luck on the home schooling thing you always wanted to be a teacher!
Anonymous said…
I am not convinced yet. I have so many things to do already and I don't want to be on the computer more than I already am. God will have to reconnect me with those people through another means.

Red.
Anonymous said…
Yay! Welcome to facebook. I know it can be annoying with the friend requests and people you may know but I have no problem ignoring them or blocking certain people. Good luck with the home schooling thing I think that's wonderful.

Joelle
bklynq said…
I am not doing facebook, I have enough trouble checking my email sometimes. I get request sent to my email all the time.

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