Sunday, March 14, 2010
Facebook can bring out the best, deeply passionate or worst in us; or some of us. I have seen good friends have knock down drag out verbal assaults against each other over politics and social issues, cousins heat up over family members, girlfriends accuse their men of lying, sisters bashing brothers, sons bashing mothers, girls blasting other girls for writing something on their man’s wall, men becoming jealous over something a guy said to his girl, etc, etc. This type of behavior can be irritating to the say the least. I used to always think why they do that so everybody can see?
Then my son posted some comments about me that were rather harsh and taken out of context in my opinion. It was a family dispute and should have stayed in the family. He has a tendency to act before he thinks. He gets that from me so I can relate but I wish he chose a different route to vent his anger. Of course I commented just in self defense, then my daughter commented and ripped him a new one, literally. [Side note: Men who try to date me always make comments about my 3 sons; like they are the one’s they have to impress. What they fail to realize is my daughter is the one to impress. She is so over-protective of me, its unreal. She don’t care who you are brother, father, auntie, cousin, etc. Say something about or disrespect her Momma and she will rip your head off, literally. She has always been a Mommy’s girl and will always be]. The comments going back and forth between my kids got ugly. I asked my daughter to erase one comment in particular but she refused. Can’t fault her too much for being stubborn she truly gets that from me. To make a long story short David deleted the post, thank God. It was too personal for others to see and my family is fine now. David apologized and has been nagging me to take him to his girlfriend house since yesterday, lol. That boy I tell ya! My kids are good kids. I have never really had major issues with any of them. I thank God I haven’t had to deal with gangs, drugs, criminal activity, jail time, or any of the other things some parents have to go through. I have a hard enough time dealing with my spoiled kids/young adults imagine if I had all that other stuff to deal with? I commend the parents who do have those issues to deal with and still continue to be there for their child, no matter what the age and try to see them through.
On the flip side because Facebook is such a highly personal social site you begin to feel deeply connected to others and when we hurt we reach out to those who may emphasize with us and hear our cries. It may be foolish to do but it is understandable. Facebook for many has become an extended family. My wish is don’t let it destroy families or friendships because of misunderstandings, difference of opinions or anger. If you’re bold enough to air your dirty laundry via Facebook then be humane enough to fix it in the same manner.
Facebook can bring out the best, deeply passionate or worst in us; or some of us. I have seen good friends have knock down drag out verbal assaults against each other over politics and social issues, cousins heat up over family members, girlfriends accuse their men of lying, sisters bashing brothers, sons bashing mothers, girls blasting other girls for writing something on their man’s wall, men becoming jealous over something a guy said to his girl, etc, etc. This type of behavior can be irritating to the say the least. I used to always think why they do that so everybody can see?
Then my son posted some comments about me that were rather harsh and taken out of context in my opinion. It was a family dispute and should have stayed in the family. He has a tendency to act before he thinks. He gets that from me so I can relate but I wish he chose a different route to vent his anger. Of course I commented just in self defense, then my daughter commented and ripped him a new one, literally. [Side note: Men who try to date me always make comments about my 3 sons; like they are the one’s they have to impress. What they fail to realize is my daughter is the one to impress. She is so over-protective of me, its unreal. She don’t care who you are brother, father, auntie, cousin, etc. Say something about or disrespect her Momma and she will rip your head off, literally. She has always been a Mommy’s girl and will always be]. The comments going back and forth between my kids got ugly. I asked my daughter to erase one comment in particular but she refused. Can’t fault her too much for being stubborn she truly gets that from me. To make a long story short David deleted the post, thank God. It was too personal for others to see and my family is fine now. David apologized and has been nagging me to take him to his girlfriend house since yesterday, lol. That boy I tell ya! My kids are good kids. I have never really had major issues with any of them. I thank God I haven’t had to deal with gangs, drugs, criminal activity, jail time, or any of the other things some parents have to go through. I have a hard enough time dealing with my spoiled kids/young adults imagine if I had all that other stuff to deal with? I commend the parents who do have those issues to deal with and still continue to be there for their child, no matter what the age and try to see them through.
On the flip side because Facebook is such a highly personal social site you begin to feel deeply connected to others and when we hurt we reach out to those who may emphasize with us and hear our cries. It may be foolish to do but it is understandable. Facebook for many has become an extended family. My wish is don’t let it destroy families or friendships because of misunderstandings, difference of opinions or anger. If you’re bold enough to air your dirty laundry via Facebook then be humane enough to fix it in the same manner.
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