Monday, 05 January 2009
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Holy Cow...My Mother is on Facebook!
Submitted by The_Prestigiator
My friend, the drama queen, text me two weeks ago with a frantic message: "I bleepin' hate my life! Kill me now!" Thinking that she got laid off or her boyfriend broke her heart, I called her immediately.
She picked up and the following conversation ensued:
My friend: You won't believe this! You just won't!
Me: Are you alright?!
My friend: No I'm not. This is just horrible.
Me: What's going on?
My friend: My mom's on facebook, friended my brother, and then saw some pictures she shouldn't have.
Me: Huh?! Which ones?
My friend: The ones of Kevin and me...um...
Me: Oh. my. goodness.
Truly, I was shocked. I felt bad for my friend because I knew the pictures she was referring to were the ones of her and her boyfriend in bed. They are not actually having sex but they are posing in those "look at us we're in love and kissing grossly" sort of photos. Her mom, a conservative Christian woman, freaked out because not only was her daughter lounging in bed with a shirtless boy but shamelessly flaunting it on a social media site as well.
You won't believe the sorts of scandalous and crazy photos that make their way to facebook, and the fact that moms and dads all over the world are not signing up is frightening. Who wants their parents flicking through images of them glammed up Playboy bunny style, dancing dirty at a club, or getting tipsy at a frat party? Not I.
I mean granted my own photos are not very scandalous. I'm no goody-two-shoes but only four out of my many tagged pictures show me getting "wild" aka enjoying an amaretto sour, making a peace sign, or dancing 80s style with numerous overhead fist pumps. Still, I don't want my mom to know about my college social life. I just don't.
Moreover, I know many students who have it worse than me, where their sketchy makeout sessions at a bar and weed smoking nights are all captured on film. Granted, they could untag them but if mommy or daddy gains access to your friends' profiles then you're pretty much screwed.
I was wondering. How many people have been experiencing panic attacks with the rise in parental facebook invasion? How do you deal with the situation?
Are any moms or dads out there who have a Facebook account? What are your reasons for joining? Have your kids objected or are they nonchalant about your new membership?
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My fiances entire family has a facebook. Including his grandmother.
My mother has a facebook and added me right away. Lucky for my she's a total crack whore and encourages me to do more dirty things than I currently do.
My mom just got on facebook a couple days ago...but I'm such a boring person (settled down married father of four)...it doesn't really matter.
I have some family on facebook, but I'm not stupid enough to put questionable pictures of myself online.
my moms on there but umm she's seen any scandolous photos i've ever had.heck she was on myspace before facebook.She's found lots of friends that way and for me she knows me inside and out so no worries there
haha, that could be a nightmare for some big-kids XD
how about having your boss see you in unflattering lights? I mean pictures are great but why would people post pictures of themselves smoking weed or something on facebook? What are they even trying to prove?
After the inital disgust of my mom, my sister, our dog, and my youth pastor and his wife getting Facebook accounts, I reaffirmed my goal to live so that nothing questionable of me shows up on the internet. I then embraced the photo-sharing ability.
I don't share my Xanga, though!
Both my parents and a lot of my family have Facebook. It's a more conservative site, just upload the inappropriate pictures to Myspace. It's what I do.
There are some pics that just shouldn't be shared with others. That way, you don't have to worry about any parents seeing anything they shouldn't.
Being that my siblings and I are in our late 20's/early 30's, we are more on our parents' level now and have a good relationship with them. I love that my parents' have facebooks!
I'm the mom of four: ages 22, 16,15, and 5. I've been on Facebook since they allowed non-college students to join. My kids have accounts and have all friended me. Many of my high school and college classmates have Facebook accounts. What a great way to reconnect to old friends you've lost contact with. BTW, back in the day, we old fogies partied just as much as you youngsters. Nothing done in 2009 has been done in 1999, 1989, 1979 or 1909.
I've always taught my kids to be proud of their behavior. I told them if they can't perhaps they need to question why they are doing the things they do.
If your gonna get glammed up playboy style and have your picture taken do it with conviction or don't do it at all.
Well, my mom's not on facebook, but my aunt is. And of all my friends on there, my aunt spams me the most with all those application requests! Gosh, I hate those things! But my brother and other cousins won't be friends with her for those very reasons. Plus, my aunt's got a big mouth and would certainly spread anything she saw.
One of my former classmates just put up pictures of herself NAKED, with her hands over the... parts, so it's not completely naked, I guess.
And her profile's on public (she's not one of my FB friends and mine's on Friends Only).
Parents, potential future employers (or any current ones), I'll let you imagine.
It's saddening to think that your children will get into these things one day (drinking, smoking, taking reckless pictures), but to see that they're posting it on a social networking site...
Haha, I remember one day found out that my dad and his uncle (which I guess is called my great-uncle,) are trying to be friends with me on facebook. They claimed just wanted to be friends and see how's my life.
HA!
I don't have any questionable pictures on facebook, mainly because I don't do anything questionable..
but my cousin who is 60+ has a facebook and all my 30 year old cousins and they're trying to convince my grandma to get one.... what. the. fuck.
grow up and do something with your life, get off of a college networking site.
@PansyFaye@xanga - That is an awesome mindset, and I totally agree.
To answer your question, my mom does not have a facebook, but plently of older family members do. (Like my mom's cousins, sister-in-law, etc.) It is a bit awkward, but I do not quite do things that could be deemed scandalous anyway.
However, I am South Asian, and are thus slightly more conservative. Merely having a picture where I am standing next to my SO is a reason to feel awkward.
oops, i meant my family is slightly more conservative***
My dad got a Facebook specifically so that he could look at my pictures from trips without me having to attach and email over 20 images to him. I didn't want him to have one, but I couldn't tell him that, so I helped him set up the damn thing.
When he friend requested me, I told him that it hadn't come through yet, and that Facebook had been having issues with notifications not showing up (which, ironically, was a real problem that I had later...).
I went through my photos, untagging like crazy. I also set it so that he can't see my status and a few other things.
I'm okay with him having one now.
my dad has a facebook. and i dont care cuz i dont take any of those wtf pics.
in fact my dad has xanga, myspace, yahooblog etc..
and so actually, the only thing i have to be careful about is WHAT to type on my xanga.
I just helped my mom get on facebook. It's a great way for her to socialize. I don't have anything on there I wouldn't want to see. But I've always assumed that anyone and everyone could see what I post online even if it's unlikely they'll come across it.
There is no privacy on the internet. Remember that and you'll be fine.
My dad has a Facebook and I don't have any problem with it. But I don't have pictures on there that I wouldn't want people to see. Let's face it, I don't TAKE pictures that I wouldn't want people to see!
My main problem with Facebook is that my mother-in-law is on there and she's obsessed and sends me links to add every freaking application available!
A lot of my friends have parents on Facebook; it's kind of weirding me out. But I guess I shouldn't complain because I'm a mom with a Facebook. My kid is only 2 months old, so he's not voicing any complaints, nor does he have a Facebook, LOL.
And I can't believe the kind of pictures people put on Facebook! Puh-leaze! Don't they realize that pictures get archived on the Internet forever? If my parents got a Facebook, I'd be fine with it, because then they can see pictures of their grandson. I don't put up pictures of me acting crazy. But then again, I also don't take pictures of me acting crazy.
Ha, my mom has facebook and I kind of love it. I just moved four hours away from home so it's nice to be able to send my mom a quick message or get a bumper sticker from her. We have a good relationship so she knows about most of my crazy antics. But the bottom line is, I'm not so stupid as to post pictures of myself participating in less than favorable activities. Not only will your mother be mortified but it could cost you a job later on. Perhaps your friend should consider how her activities now will impact her future...
My parent's aren't on Facebook (thank goodness!), but a lot of my extended family, including my 83-year-old grandfather, do indeed have Facebook. It's not really a problem, there aren't any racy pictures of me drinking or anything, but it is weird to know your grandfather is on Facebook.
My mother is on Facebook, as well as my aunt. Our family is spread out all over the US and the world. So we like the ability to check in on random things, just like you could if you lived in the same town.