Yay for my first topic by request! Many thanks to (the other) Sarah, her sister Heidi and Pina for your input on this topic.
Facebook is a tricky thing. I've found myself "talking" to many guys and there is always the question of do I friend them? Do I wait for them to friend me? Can I like their status updates? Is it too soon to post pictures of the two of us? What does it mean if he 'likes' something I posted?
These are all valid questions and the answer is simple. Until things get serious keep your facebook and your dating life separate. Facebook is a huge part of today's culture. It seems everyone has a facebook these days. Lets face it, my answer is easier said than done. I know I'd want to stalk a potential suitor on the internet to search for possible red flags. It is never a good idea to stalk but isn't that really the point of facebook? I know why I use the thing…To see who has gotten fat since high school, who has the best plastic surgeon and what is going on with the man I'm interested in.
I've come across many types of men on facebook...
There is the guy who posts too often. It's even more frustrating when you text this guy something of mucho importance like "Are we gonna smush tonight?" and you see he "checked in" to his living room from his cell phone. Seriously? I can see that you are doing nothing other than sitting on facebook. He is the guy who takes the mystery out of everything. I’ll never have to wonder where he is or what he is doing because it is always up on his facebook. If he is scratching his balls I’ll know all about it because his hand will “check in” at his nut sack.
There is the guy who doesn't post at all. When I have encountered these guys I have found that they reference your posts. They usually read facebook updates as much as the rest of us they just don't post things on there. I actually think this is the smart way to go (soooo much easier said than done.) The only problem I've found is that they will mention things I have posted which is so weird. Why not just say that on facebook rather than in person? Great! You liked what I said. You know there is a button you can click on for that?
The womanizer. Cue Britney music. This guy is the one who is usually posting pictures of himself without a shirt on. I have a simple view on that. Don't ever go on a date with this guy. He will spend too much time talking about himself and the gym. His status updates are usually things like "I lift things up and put them downnnn" and he will "check in" at NYSC twice a day. If you're friends with my ex on facebook you will get a good laugh out of that last line. I say give me all or nothing. Either take it all off or take that pic down. You're going to look like a fool either way. PS I have one facebook friend who is the exception to this rule. His shirtless pics aren't mirror shots and they are relevant to his hobbies.
The guy who friends you but won't speak to you in person. We can call this guy the coward. He will friend you and stalk your page. He might even "like" some of your posts but he will never speak to you. Why is that? Because he is a kitty cat! (Yeah, I'm working on keeping this a little clean. I can say smush a dude but if I were to write men were pussies my Grandma might not like that!) So this guy will never have the balls to speak to you... chances are he is a nice guy. Don't overlook these guys. Just because they are into anime and world of warcraft doesn't mean they are total losers (lol I mean, it does to me but that is totally not important to most girls!)
There is the "poking" guy. He will just randomly poke you out of nowhere. It is as if he is your facebook version of a one night stand. If you poke him back you will never hear from him again. Basically this guy doesn't want to talk to you because if he did he would have just said hi in the first place. He just wants to "poke" you and then leave. Typical. I bet the poke was created back when Mark Zuckerberg was still at Harvard and didn't have the balls to speak to his female classmates so he created the poke in order to show his interest in women. If I saw him I'd like to think I'd tell him to grow a set but I'm pretty sure his come back would be something along the lines of being able to buy every set of balls in America therefore not needing his own. Winning.
There is the “straight” guy who is obviously gay. He will post things about Beyonce’s new album and pretend that most straight guys talk about that stuff too. Word of advice to the closeted guy, talk about beer, boobs and sports and take yourself off grindr. You’re not fooling anyone ;-) Oh and we should totally be friends! I collect gays like baseball cards and you want to tell me how much you love my new shoes!
There is the guy who is friends with a kazillion (yeah, thats a number and I'll kick your ass on words with friends with it!) females. He may look like The Womanizer but he is a different breed of dog altogether. He has the lowest of low self-esteem. He needs to boost his confidence by having lots of women post on his wall "Hey Baby!" He will also probably have pictures with as many women as possible at a club. You can't really get mad at this guy its not his fault. You can get mad at the dumb sluts feeding his ego (Sorry Grandma!)
With that said I guess my next post should be something about the dumb broads on the internet (myself included)...
Feel free to send me suggestions! I love writing about your ideas!!
xoxo,
S
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