Facebook Rant

Who likes Facebook?  I do/did.....

When one of my dearest college friends, Todd, introduced me to Facebook, I thought it was marvelous ...   This was back in '09.  I quickly caught up with a lot of my old college friends and high school friends.  I LOVED that about FB.  Folks I though fondly of, but had lost touch with them.  It was was great!  I felt closer to folks than I had for years.  I caught up with some folks I used to work with both as a probation officer and in various ministries.  Sometimes I'd see someone's name and be so excited to be contacted by them or to contact them.  It was a lot of fun to catch up and share stories and pictures.... 

Then the groups started....and sometimes things got a little odd.  I was in one group for my college and left it because I thought there were some real weirdoes in it.  People I didn't think even went to college with us.  Lot of odd ideas, I love a good argument but I'm usually quite "tongue in cheek" about things but some of these folks were like NUTS! 

Then when we started adopting the girls, things got odder still.....  I found the "adoption world" I'd known when we adopted Shad in "06 was not the same adoption world.  Some crazies were out there.....   too much info, guessing and DRAMA....I joined some adoption groups ONLY to get out of them as soon as we got home with the girls.  Too much complaining and whining on there, too many experts....   I was happy, Over the moon...happy with my babies and I really didn't want to hear about anyone else's issues....  I know that sounds mean but hey I'm being real.  I couldn't relate to the issues some were having with their kids. 

I really try NOT to add "friends" if I don't know the person "in real life"....well in the adoption world, you tend to add folks that you don't know in real life...and you probably won't hang with if you did know them ....LOL   As a disclaimer, I've met some great people on line, mostly ones I actually have friends in common with (REAL life friends)   When we were leaving to pick up the girls, after we lost he little guy were trying to adopt, I basically deleted almost everyone that I didn't know IRL....I felt safer. 

Then over time, I started adding people back on...good people....but people I don't really know.  So now my newsfeeds are stuff about folks I don't really know.  It annoys the heck out of me.  I want to hear about my old friends, see their pictures ....  But then I feel guilty if I delete someone.  But I am just going to have to start doing it again.  I feel like FB is an out of control monster that annoys me most of the time now.  It used to be you could "hide" a person but FB doesn't allow me to do that anymore so I have to scroll through all kinds of things....and miss things others wrote.....

I also hate the people that send friend requests, you add them and they never communicate again....they don't "like" anything you write or a picture....  I have two people that I comment on their stuff occasionally and they don't even "like" what I comment or ever say anything to me...WHY? be friends with someone like that?

So for me FB has gone from really fun to annoying.  The only reason I don't leave altogether is I really like being able to be in touch with some friends easily.  Yesterday I added a friend from high school and we actually called each other and had such a good time telling our life stories since high school.  That to me is what FB is all about....


When the accident happened, FB was wonderful to be able to share things with folks, because I couldn't stand to talk on the phone.  Talking required too much energy and I didn't' have any to spare at the time.  That was a good part of FB.


This has just bothered me lately....  Ok my rant is over....

Facebook get on your nerve too??

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Selah had a good day, she had physical therapy today.  We got her diapers in and a bunch of supplies. 

I enrolled the three little ones in school today.  I had turned in all their paperwork in LAST school year...but somehow it never got in the system.....  so now we wait and see what will happen....and how soon...or how slow...it will take.....


Last night was my "fall out and sleep like a rock night" I'm always so happy to have our night nurse here so I can sleep deep and not worry about missing something Selah needs!  I slept so good last night!  I do not take it for granted! 

Thank you for continuing to pray for Selah.  You have no idea how much we appreciate prayers for our little girl.