I have this love/hate relationship with Facebook.  I started using it whenever one else did a few years ago.  It was getting on my nerves so bad that I actually stopped using it for almost 8 months.  Well, then some great info was being passed around regarding BHEA and the stuff my kids are involved in.  And it was fun to follow different blogs on there and share You Tube things, etc. 

So I started back again and I thought I pretty much had a handle on it until recently.  I know you can hide people and only see the “important” stuff they say (which how does Facebook know what’s important and what’s not?).  So that’s what I do when someone keeps posting about their cat’s bowel movements or uses language that I would rather not have my kids reading over my shoulder. I just hide them. Because I don’t want to be rude and actually UNFRIEND them. Wouldn’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings or anything.

I also fall into the “comparing” trap.  I start to get frustrated that I too, haven’t been able to leap tall buildings in a single jump or save a special needs child from a burning porta-potty.  I haven’t lost 23.6 pounds in 3 weeks and I am not finishing up my 3rd Ph.D at the end of this month. Actually, what I have done today is change 5.3 poopy diapers, used 4 spit rags (including my own shirt), made 17,465 peanut butter and honey sandwiches and had the never ending type of conversations that are so mentally stimulating (i.e.”no we don’t eat that just because it’s brown and soft and looks like chocolate”)

Anywho,  I love Facebook because of it’s perks and I detest it at the same time.  When I checked Facebook this morning the detestable score just went up by a few.  Come to find out – I have been UNFRIENDED. 

My intial reaction was “Really? Really? Did you have to unfriend me? You couldn’t just hide me so I wouldn’t know that you don’t like me and I get on your nerves?”  Noooo…that just would have been way too civil.

My lucid, post 3 cups of coffee, reaction is “Go ahead – unfriend me…see if I care.”

Oh and “unfriend” isn’t even a real word.

So there.