You Said What on Facebook?

Okay so I have six siblings (4 from my mom and stepdad and 2 from my dad and stepmom) and they are all younger than me.  Now I would never tattle on any of them, unless it was something dangerous or inappropriate, but I admit I joined Facebook initially to spy on my sisters.  My sister was then around 17 and I wanted to keep tabs on her and make sure she wasn’t doing anything she shouldn’t.  I would read comments people left her, check her photos, and even look at who her friends were.  Then slowly my other siblings joined and I did the same to their profiles.

I have yet to find out anything too incriminating, other than that my sister is a closet smoker and goes to too many parties, but otherwise they are all pretty good and harmless.  It is nice though to comment and write quick notes back and forth since we all live in different places.  They can also see pics of my boys easily which is nice.

Now though I am starting to notice just how childish and inappropriate kids are – by kids I mean 20 and under since it seems like it is taking some of those generation kids a lot longer to grow up.  My sister and her friends write in slang and bicker back and forth to the point that I don’t know what they are saying or if they are really fighting.

Some of the comments I have seen lately:

• shut up jasmine lol chilling thats what. but idk why it hurt really bad thou.
• Haha I love u. Yah this weekend I wanna stop by. Is that ok?

Now these are just some examples, others I can’t put because they are not “G” rated.   I love my sister to death and I know she is still young, but it just makes me laugh to think that in ten years (my age) she will look back and be like “What did I mean by that?”  I know it is all slang and just like friends having a conversation but does that mean grammar and the English language has to go completely out the window?

I feel old just blogging about this, as I know if Facebook was around when I was in highschool, I would have been in trouble.  I am a very blunt person and outgoing so my comments and photos would have definitely reflected my wild personality back then.  Now I am a mom and I have to tone down myself because I know things come back to get you and I am trying to be more neutral.

So next time you see your child, sibling, or other younger person putting something crazy and foreign-sounding on their Facebook Wall, just laugh it off and try to remember that you were young once too!

Until then, Like OMG I will TTYL!