When did Facebook become "Weddingbook"? Or "Babybook"? I admit to signing on to the "Facebook-mania" late in the game, but seriously, I thought it was all about digitally stalking college coeds and sharing drunken photos from parties. (And keeping tabs on people I would have otherwise forgotten existed.) I just signed on the other day to find out that ten of my friends are engaged or got married, and four others had or are expecting babies. That's literally how I found out...by signing on to Facebook and seeing all the pictures, or seeing new, hyphenated last names on my friend list. It seems people like me are now in the minority. Are we getting too old for Facebook? Or am I too young for it?
There's even an entry for facebook wedding in the Urban Dictionary. And two of RM's friends used Facebook and MySpace messaging to invite him to their weddings. No formal invitations. Just a mass message.
Don't get me wrong, I love looking at wedding and baby pictures, and will probably proudly post my own when the time comes. And I admit that some of the surprise I felt at seeing so many people with wedding/baby news comes as much from my own lack of communication as it does from my observations about Facebook. Maybe I should start my own social networking site...for people who don't have time for social networking sites.
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