Do you routinely Google people you meet?

[Anonymous]

WTH?? Googling parents on the class roster and looking up stranger's houses to get to know them... Are you people looking for something specific or just being nosey?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTH?? Googling parents on the class roster and looking up stranger's houses to get to know them... Are you people looking for something specific or just being nosey?

just nosey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No.

But the most interesting part of your post was that you and your husband focus each focus on your same-sex child. I find that a little strange.

This.

[Anonymous]

I have googled old friends, boyfriends, classmates, etc., butI have never, and would ,go beyond googling because, to me, this would be invasion of privacy if I were to pay to look up marriages, divorces, liens, anything abbout them that is absolutely none of my business.

I think there is something strange about the man who googled you, OP, and then told you. Sounds creepy to me.

[Anonymous]

I once went on a blind date where the man sat down at the table, introduced himself, and said "So what's with [obscure reference to my name on Google]? Really creepy and weird.

Yeah, I find this socially inept at the least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes, i've googled most of the parents on our class roster. But I would never let on to this in conversation.

Me too, but would NEVER mention it!

[Anonymous]

Only people I'm really intrigued by our curious about...but I definitely don't routinely google my kids' classmates' parents. I don't think I ever have, actually. I might look to see if my DD's speech therapist is on Facebook, just as an example (though I wouldn't "friend" her).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

But the most interesting part of your post was that you and your husband focus each focus on your same-sex child. I find that a little strange.

This.

I agree - I found this really weird and feel sorry for your son if you rarely or never go to his events.

[Anonymous]

No, that's psycho.

[Anonymous]

It would never occurr to me to do this. I will occasionally google business contacts if I think it will help me in my job, but never for personal reasons. Especially parents on a class roster. Seriously? I can't imagine caring that much about someone I don't know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

But the most interesting part of your post was that you and your husband focus each focus on your same-sex child. I find that a little strange.

This.

I agree - I found this really weird and feel sorry for your son if you rarely or never go to his events.

I don't find it weird. If you have 2 kids, 2 parents, and 2 events, you have to divide up somehow.

[Anonymous]

I'm totally creeped out by how many people google other people. While I realize there's nothing "private" about the internet, I'd feel like my privacy was invaded if I knew someone googled me just out of curiousity. Gross!

Our new neighbor had clearly googled DH before we moved into our house, as he made a reference to DH's work in our first conversation (and he'd have no reason to know about it other than had he done some research). DH was really bothered by it.

[Anonymous]

I only google people I'm genuinely interested in, so not most people I meet. For example a few years ago I walked into a work meeting and was struck by how young one of our new VPs was - she was super polished, smart, professional etc. and I was floored that she was a VP so young. I googled her to find out her age etc. (which is easy through linked in you can see when a person graduated).

But I never routinely google people and I would NEVER admit it to them or let on that I know info. And I wouldn't spend more than 5 minutes searching for someone.

[Anonymous]

I dont google everyone I meet but do if someone seems really interesting or that I dont trust (just as a background reference) I also google ppl I lost touch with that I wonder about - but FB has been great for that....
I would never think to google a school roster and even if I did I would never admit it to the person I googled. Its just embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

I just googled myself to see what people who google other people would read about me... Not that interesting. Just work stuff, all favorable and nothing sketch. Phew.