I have a facebook "friend" from church. She's pretty dramatic. Everyone is always stupid/never understands how hard it is to have so many kids/ is picking on her kids/ insert any additional malady here.
Facebook friends can be so difficult.
Basically, I joined facebook to communicate with my family. We are literally spread throughout the globe, so it is nice to have a platform to allow us to communicate and share pictures and otherwise stay in touch. Along the way, I have also been able to reconnect with old high school classmates. Even though most of us weren't all that close (most of my close friends were from the next town over or from work), I always wondered what happened to everyone. It's been so fun to see where we have all ended up, how hot our husbands are, and how cute our little kiddies are. Somewhere along the way, "real friends" have also been added. This is great because I am horrible at keeping up with telephone numbers, so if I want to arrange a playdate, I can do it in 5 minutes on facebook.
Awesome!
I also have acquired a few quasi-acquantency-not-really-friends-facebook friends. These are people who have children my children's ages, but with whom I don't necessary wish to share a "real" friendship. They are the church ladies, the fellow little league moms, basically women whose only connection to mine is through our offspring.
One of these moms drives me frickin' crazy.
Every time I post something nice about my kids, she responds with some negative comment about how hers drive her crazy.
I am human.
My kids also drive me crazy on occasion. However, I realize that nobody FORCED me to breed like a rabbit while in my early 20s. Nobody FORCED me to bring these 4 beautiful children into the world. In fact, with birth control, adoption and abortion readily and safely available, I have no excuse for having an unwanted child. Nobody does. All of my children are wanted and loved.
I ignore her for the most part, but part of me wants to say something to the effect of, "Hey Honey! Nobody held you down and forced you to birth an inordinate amount of children one after the other after the other. In fact, doing so does not make you special or unique. Lots of women have multiple children and handle them well. I have lots of friends who would do ANYTHING for ONE child. You have many more than one! You brought them into the world, now you shape up and quit griping about them!"
But that might be rude.
So I'll continue my passive aggressive approach.
Or maybe I'll defriend her and blame it on a facebook glitch...
Basically, I joined facebook to communicate with my family. We are literally spread throughout the globe, so it is nice to have a platform to allow us to communicate and share pictures and otherwise stay in touch. Along the way, I have also been able to reconnect with old high school classmates. Even though most of us weren't all that close (most of my close friends were from the next town over or from work), I always wondered what happened to everyone. It's been so fun to see where we have all ended up, how hot our husbands are, and how cute our little kiddies are. Somewhere along the way, "real friends" have also been added. This is great because I am horrible at keeping up with telephone numbers, so if I want to arrange a playdate, I can do it in 5 minutes on facebook.
Awesome!
I also have acquired a few quasi-acquantency-not-really-friends-facebook friends. These are people who have children my children's ages, but with whom I don't necessary wish to share a "real" friendship. They are the church ladies, the fellow little league moms, basically women whose only connection to mine is through our offspring.
One of these moms drives me frickin' crazy.
Every time I post something nice about my kids, she responds with some negative comment about how hers drive her crazy.
I am human.
My kids also drive me crazy on occasion. However, I realize that nobody FORCED me to breed like a rabbit while in my early 20s. Nobody FORCED me to bring these 4 beautiful children into the world. In fact, with birth control, adoption and abortion readily and safely available, I have no excuse for having an unwanted child. Nobody does. All of my children are wanted and loved.
I ignore her for the most part, but part of me wants to say something to the effect of, "Hey Honey! Nobody held you down and forced you to birth an inordinate amount of children one after the other after the other. In fact, doing so does not make you special or unique. Lots of women have multiple children and handle them well. I have lots of friends who would do ANYTHING for ONE child. You have many more than one! You brought them into the world, now you shape up and quit griping about them!"
But that might be rude.
So I'll continue my passive aggressive approach.
Or maybe I'll defriend her and blame it on a facebook glitch...
2 comments:
ummmm.....do i know this one?
I can't figure out who you could be talking about. :)
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