I was never a great FB follower…infact I rarely used to
go thru other’s posts… I was more into a mass delete for any fb notifications I
received on my email… I used to feel guilty when people take effort to msg me
or comment on anything that I had posted or has been tagged into… People pour
me with birthday wishes on my bday, when in reality I never used to do that;
unless I was very close to that person…Frankly speaking, I don’t remember, when
did I last sent a friend request…Even to accept any friend request I would make
sure that I knew them….
Now, a contradiction to this is when I get friend’s
request from someone who I have not the least memory of ever crossing paths in
life; but then has a whole lot of mutual friends…Yes, yes, this mainly happens
with my school friends…Actually, I need to be honest when I say, that I almost
started feeling that I have Amnesia…as I seem to not remember even 95% of my
school mates…Worst is, when they start messaging me saying… “Heyyyyy, how r u,
where r u…long time…miss our school days…How is aunty…How is ur brother…”
Ughhhh, they even remember my mother and brother???? To add on to my guilt,
some even continue to explain how my mother used to come to pick me…how the old
nanny used to come with lunch box…and they even can tell me what was my
favourite lunch…Rice with a ball of Coconut Chutney and an egg omelette at
times…
That is not fair… they know so much about me and I don’t
even know which class they were with me… At one point, they posted the Group
photo of Class 10… goshhh, did I look horrible, naaa..but yes, ofcourse looked
stupid with my tie all twisted to the wrong side and then laughing with all my
teeth out…how could they do that; and why did they have to tag me…Now, even
those who didn’t remember me would recollect that stupid look, I was sure…and
yes, ofcourse the number of friend’s request with the almost same messages continued… I would
sheepishly accept the request and say, “Ohhhh, hiiii, how r u…yeh, long time…OFCOURSEEEEE,
I remember uu…” (liar!!!!)
Can u imagine, some of them had studied in that
school only till 4th grade and still remembered me…Even they could
explain my lunch box and my brother… Some of them even explained how they loved
my mom’s handmade chutney, Ok…now that’s it… I have Amnesia…confirmed…
Ok, I don’t want to go on ranting on the Amnesia part…All
I just wanted to do is confess…on my FB crimes…
- I don’t remember 95% of the friends that I have accepted friend’s request with a mutual friend from school days…
- I don’t religiously follow anybody’s posts and comment or like them…To be true, I recently started atleast wish some of them on their birthdays; due the guilt that they wished me on my b'day...
- To avoid confrontation; I occasionally visit fb and press the Like button of the random friends’ photos or posts… and at times, even comment too…
- I secretly press the “Find” button of all the external funny apps where some idiotic app tells u “When and how will u die”, “Who is ur soul mate”, “What is your talent”, “What Star Wars Character are you”…etc etc etc… Out of the lot, the best one I liked was, “How would you look like if you were born as a Male”…hehe!, trust me, I would have been a handsome hunk with a great fan following…I liked my name too…. Ok, now, I rarely share them on fb…!!! J
- I do go thru photos of very close friends or family and put silly comments and get thrashed back for that… L
- I ridicule every single person who press LIKE button for anything and everything they see on FB… To top it, I curse and swear those fools who press Like even when the news says, “My father passed away yesterday..” or “Earthquake kills thousands” and even “Girl raped and killed”…WHAT THE HELL!!! I know, they only stupidly using the Like button to acknowledge that they have seen it…But whyyyy, just drop a comment with a sad face…For that reason, I don’t even like the new React button with a sad face…
- I don’t use FB as an alternate for twitter; but then do rarely drop in few lines when I really mean it…In the past 8-9 years of my fb; my Lines of Wisdom might have been a maximum or 8-10 posts only… I post photos so as to use it as a medium of storing and easy sharing with family… J For that reason, if some day, my fb account just disappear, I might loose many photos that I should have had with me… L FB, don’t do that to me…
- I like Pages recommended by friends just for the sake of not offending them; else I might not have visited most of those pages if they are not of interest to me…
- The only Page that I check regularly is a “Foodie, Recipe, Chefs” page… where, till date I have not contributed a single post…but goes thru the so beautifully garnished, yummy looking photos of various dishes, cakes, muffins etc… Drooling over them, actually has inspired me to experiment on some of them and now, I occasionally do experiment on some recipes… Google helps me immensely in that…Long Live Google…
- Last but not the least but the biggest Fb crime I am guilty of… “After accepting those requests of people I have NO memory of (as said in # 1)… Once in a while, I go thru my friends’ list and unfriend them”… I am sure, they wouldn’t notice that I am suddenly not in their list… And rarely, when somebody come back saying, “Hey, u not in my list”, I act surprised and shocked…
Gosh, I am sure, if my blog was a public one and if
my friends knew this is ME who is writing this…Today, I would have been in deep
trouble…infact I might even end up with just 2-3 friends…with all the rest
unfriending me…due to my confessions…Hope I don’t end up to be of an FB Phobiac…a
Chronic case of…
