While reading my Facebook news feed, I noticed a long-time friend took to her page Tuesday morning to blast her husband. From my interpretation, she was upset about her husband getting on her case about shopping. And those details are more than I wanted to know.
I admit that I drank the Facebook Kool-Aid. I log-on, try to put funny updates on my page and check in to see what my friends are doing. It is a great way for me to keep up with my college friends and annoy my fiancé with my fake pet.
I think it’s fine to give a quick update about your day, life or just a funny quip. But please, keep fights off-line.
She later took down her post after he logged-on and “yelled” back, while others sent messages of support and questions. Everyone gets into fights, but it should really stay behind closed doors.
Taking to Facebook, or any social networking site to fight with a loved one is equal to standing in the middle of a busy town with a megaphone.
I am sure in the heat of the moment it felt like a good release to hit “share” with the personal information (she showed him), but think of the repercussions. This particular friend has 423 “friends.” While I am sure some, like me, were close, others may not be in the sharing circle.
Plus that just feeds the rumor mill.
There have been times I have been very upset, but what I have adopted is instead of posting a angry rant that may come back to haunt me, I post a quote from “The Office.”
My friends laugh and I save myself from a future embarrassment.
So before you “share” stuff that is too personal, think twice.
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