{"id":563,"date":"2009-04-14T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2009-04-14T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T12:59:00","slug":"reema-wants-to-be-your-friend-do-you-accept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Reema wants to be your friend… Do you accept?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facebook… do you love it or hate it? <\/span><\/p>\n

I love it. It is a great way for me to stay in touch with people I would other wise lose touch with. Sanj would say that if this is the case they are not my “real” friend. I disagree. There are many people in my world I like knowing how life is going, seeing picture of their children and pet. I feel like I get a sneak into their life that I would otherwise not have. Cousins, friends from university, high school, even in my community. <\/p>\n

I like it also because I get to see inside my children’s world. As said before, I am a required friend if they want the privilege of Facebook. You learn a lot about their social circle. A lot! You can’t stop friendships but you can certainly educate against things that are part of their world. Sweet little Johnny is a team leader and player in the locker room yet on Facebook, he is chatting about various drugs and vices. My eyes are opened wider!<\/p>\n

I love the different ways that pop up of getting to know people better… different notes that you can read or be part of that allow a look into a whole different dimension of a person.<\/p>\n

I love it. Sanj hates it. Actually this calls for caps…. HATES IT! He thinks it is ridiculous to keep in touch this way. If you are a friend, he feels that you will be in his life actively. He is a black and white kind of person. I have many areas of grey in my life.<\/p>\n

Yet he loves his Blackberry. He is addicted. He doesn’t seem to realize that it is an immediate gratification kind of thing with the www. I hate his Blackberry. It is like a mistress.<\/p>\n

Facebook was orginally designed by college students for college students. But now is the social networking site that is used by tweens- 90 year olds!<\/p>\n

People can stay current on the on goings of families. I know that “Reema is changing a light-bulb” kind of status drives some people crazy. They (Sanj) finds it stupid. I, on the other hand, love to see creativeness coming out. I love knowing someone else is annoyed that they are up at a crazy hour.<\/p>\n

I love knowing the happening of my “children” from yesteryear… they ones I lived with and baby-sat. I live seeing other people’s lives, traditions and even struggles.<\/p>\n

Yes, it can be addicting… so I will refrain from using my computer in bed (is there a lent up and coming again?)… and engage with my hubby… (apparently I have been on my computer too much…) lol… <\/p>\n

I love the great things about Facebook. <\/p>\n

There are things that drive me bonkers… but I can ignore those applications that I don’t have time or interest engaging in. <\/p>\n

I think that as long as parents are supervising their children’s usage etc. it is a great tool to keep people together… family, extend family and friends. <\/p>\n

When I was younger, I remember my dad would make us write letters to his mother, brothers and cousins in India that we did not know. I remember writing on the aerograms… do they still have those? This was an attempt to have some sort of connect with his family in India.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, I love it that my boys have their aunts and uncles as friends. They write to them on their own accord. I love that a relationship is developing on its own terms with family afar.<\/p>\n

SO… Facebook… love it or hate it?<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, those that read my blog on Facebook and comment there, thanks for reading and supporting my feeble attempts at being an author in my own world! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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