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Are most of you moms on facebook???
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| Yes, 31 MoCo resident. Just been on for 9 months or so and view it more like another email account except i can keep in touch with people I have not seen for awhile better and share pics. |
Anonymous
I'm resisting getting on. Part of me is afraid that it would be another time-consuming hobby (like DCUM  . But also my 13YO DD is on it, and we joke about how if I got on I'd have to "friend" her, and how embarrassing that would be for her.
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zumbamama
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| yes I am. I can talk to all my relatives, long lost friends, my sister in Iraq...it's too cool. |
Anonymous
| Yes. Great way to share pics and keep in touch with friends who live far or with whom I want to reconnect (HS friends, for ex.) I do not, however, "friend" serious ex-boyfriends. Too much weirdness about that. |
Anonymous
| I'm on and thought it was a ton of fun at first. After a couple months, the novelty wore off and I maybe check it once every couple of weeks. |
Anonymous
If I had a 13-year-old on facebook, I would friend her! I understand that lots of parents do this as a way to monitor online relationships and encourage appropriate postings on this public site. |
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I'm on it and echo that it's a great way to reconnect and keep in touch with friends through a quick update, note or pictures versus sitting down and writing a whole email or making a phone call. I have friends in Europe and I love being able to see what they are up to regularly via facebook.
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This could make me a misanthrope, but, I really do not care at all to know what my German Club president from high school, whom I haven't spoken with since 1985, is doing these days. So it would follow that I don't want to see his kids, if any, his motorcycle, or pix from his trip to Banff.
Multiply by 100x. That's why I'm not on Facebook. |
Anonymous
You are awesome! I wish you were my real life friend. |
Anonymous
| I am 33 and on it! My sis lives abroad and it is easier to stay and FEEL connected to her. I can read her updates and shoot her little things without the whole e-mail business. It is easier for people to see my kids (I mean, people who I WANT to see them) and I can other friends families. I have gotten some weird requests, but I have no problem hitting "ignore." In the beginning, I LOVED facebook, but now it is just another thing to check that is fun, but not a biggy! |
Anonymous
I was going to say the same thing! Plus, if they are sincerely interested in my trip to the beach, I am a little worried about them. |
Anonymous
| Not on it. My best friend lets me log on as her sometimes so I can see what our old high school friends are up to, but that's enough for me. I'm 32. |
Anonymous
| I am on it. I have lived all over and have family spread across the country. I love that I am able to keep in touch with family and friends, and find some long lost friends as well. |
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I joined to see what it was about and found it fun for about 2 weeks. Then I got bombarded by a bunch of people I barely remember, but felt bad not accepting them as friends. I mean, it was nice to know what they are doing....for about one minute...but then honestly, I don't CARE if they are eating a ham sandwich. One woman sends me about 20 "invites" and "gifts" a day. Now I find it totally worthless and a giant time-suck. So I just ignore it.
I suggest if you do venture on, be very limiting in who you accept as a friend. It would probably be useful as a "keep family and friends in touch" but only if you are careful who you accept. |
zumbamama
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| I don't think anyone will be offended if you don't accept those invites or gifts. I always click ignore and just talk to who I want to talk to. |