tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post6572854494186472288..comments2023-10-17T12:09:55.180-04:00Comments on Melmoirs: Satan's favorite playgroundMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-49805594223129913192009-10-16T15:31:25.628-04:002009-10-16T15:31:25.628-04:00YUP.
plus then I think about the stupid govt. and...YUP.<br /><br />plus then I think about the stupid govt. and its desire to control and monitor us all... and I think, I'm going to FIGHT to give them info about me--whey would I hand it over plentifully via a social network website?Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-89520452183107533782009-10-16T10:39:31.397-04:002009-10-16T10:39:31.397-04:00As weirdness would have it, I got an e-mail this m...As weirdness would have it, I got an e-mail this morning from someone on Facebook asking me if I was married to a Rob H... and if not, just to ignore the e-mail. Why the heck did she want to find him? Brought me right back to your post here...creepy.chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-25918410805788696102009-10-15T22:42:02.991-04:002009-10-15T22:42:02.991-04:00good comments, all. I agree that cheatin' hear...good comments, all. I agree that cheatin' hearts will find a way. and I agree that modern technology enables them. it wasn't so much a temptation issue as a plain-old awkward, weird issue. there's no right way to respond to that sort of thing. it just reeked of weirdness. and I was irked, yes--but honestly, I think Todd was weirded out, too. the same thing happened to me years ago, when an old friend inadvertently passed my email along to some old high school boyfriend. he wrote a friendly, then "reminiscing" note about our time together--and he was also married, in the service, with children. I was honestly pretty angry, because it made me feel kind of dirty or violated or something. not sure why. but this was the same kind of creepy feeling. anyway, Todd decided on his own to leave FB, just announced it to me a couple days after that whole incident. I wasn't sad, but I didn't push it either way, or even ask him how/if he'd responded. I could see he, too, was not comfortable with it and that was enough for me.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-82266073435204498852009-10-12T14:21:10.476-04:002009-10-12T14:21:10.476-04:00I'm not on FB -- actually, I think I registere...I'm not on FB -- actually, I think I registered when I didn't know much about it, but never went any further and don't have a page or anything. It's not something that interests me because I'm sure I don't have any long-lost friends out there just dying to get in touch with me or vice versa (and I didn't change my name when I got married, so it'd be easy to find me if anyone wanted to). Frankly I can't imagine having another online "thing" to keep up with -- e-mail, LinkedIn, Twitter (which I'm only mildly a part of), reading blogs I like, and general surfing are more than enough. Would I mind if Mike was on it? Probably...for all the reasons you cite. It can be completely innocent or completely evil, based on the user.chris h.http://www.writingbyear.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-27444385431681179122009-10-12T11:48:08.798-04:002009-10-12T11:48:08.798-04:00I am torn about FB. Like Athelas, I ignore all fri...I am torn about FB. Like Athelas, I ignore all friend suggestions, but if someone asks me to be their friend, I just say yes, even though it may be someone I said only "hi" to in high school. Just don't want to hurt someone's feelings, I guess.<br /><br />But I am glad I am back in touch with old friends from high school and college. I will probably never see most of them again, which is fine by me, but I do get to know what they are up to, what they and their kids look like, etc. <br /><br />I also agree that if someone wants to cheat, they will find a way. But I do think FB, myspace, and chatting have made it easier. A married FB "friend" sent me a message telling me he had a dream about me. It was nothing bad, more odd, but it still made me uncomfortable. I am fine in my marriage, but is he in his?Faciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-50809780443970504442009-10-11T16:14:27.352-04:002009-10-11T16:14:27.352-04:00Well, I don't think you're a hypocrite, an...Well, I don't think you're a hypocrite, and I do think lots of bad stuff can happen on-line. But bad stuff can happen anywhere. And if you can't trust people.... <br /><br />I'm on Facebook, to keep in touch with a few friends and my kids. Yes, every day when I log on, there are "suggestions" of who I should befriend, based on where I went to school, etc. I ignore 99.9% of these. Like you, there's a reason I haven't remained in touch with these people. <br /><br /> Like you, I'd be suspicious of some woman from the past who's own hubby is conveniently not around. On the other hand, we have to trust each other. I guess I think if I were tempted, there'd be a reason I was tempted. I doubt Todd is tempted. <br /><br />You know as well as I do that skanky women putting the hit on married men aren't just on Facebook! And people who want to sneak around will always find ways. I guess that's just something we have to work out between ourselves and the people we have relationships with.Athelas63noreply@blogger.com