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[quote=Anonymous]This DIL is an example of the larger problem- quite a lot of children masquerading as adults, and using social media to help them. They are immature, narcissistic,  fragile, mercurial,  and over-emotional like kids, yet put on suits and drive to jobs, have kids of their own, attend meetings,  etc. Social  media  for these types helps them maintain the childhood they can't climb out of- a little secret garden that the real adults cannot or should not penetrate. Here’s an example, somewhat related:

Dinner at colleague's house, man in his sixties asks another female guest ( age: early thirties) there if he can have the email of the guest's former roommate (female post doc, early thirties)  who has since moved. Before he can even explain why, (his mouth is in mid syllable), his own daughter, age 35 ish, yells "Ew, Dad, WHY? OMG."

He stops and looks at her and explains that he would like to share a link to a microbial project happening at university,  something related to a conversation he had with her at a previous event,  something she was talking about.

His daughter then looks around the table, says with rolled eyes "Cringe, Dad."

The roommate guest, however,  says, "Sure,  I'll forward you the email tonight.  Thanks, she'd like that."
Some people grow up and some just do not. It really is that basic.  [/quote]

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