When it comes to love, the age old rule is all things fair in love and war. But, this saying was popular long before the advent of today's social media god— the one and only Facebook.
In one place you can discover someone's age, occupation, hobbies, dislikes, friends, and education And if you're a true "Facebook creeper," you can read their on line conversation. So the dutiful investigative reporter that I tend to be, I may "creep" on the guy I like— and quite to my dismay.
Facebook will not only tell me, but rather show mr every girl he casually converses with wall-to-wall. I get to see the profile pic, which seems to be quite popular for the All American Single man— the notorious girl on each side. (the irony is that my Mr. Big is not American... But you get the gist).
Knowing that creeping on him will only frustrate me should entail that I STOP looking. One would think I'd develop an aversion to it, evolve girl, evolve! But, like a small child who touches the stove and gets burned, I lack the sense to not touch the stove again!
Not only can this turn even the most content girl jealous, but Facebook also ruins other things. When the temptation is there to Facebook chat, message, wallpost of even poke someone is there, there can be little to say when the first date finally does role around. Or if you're a habitual Facebook status updater, you could have mistakenly filled in your friends, family, lover, and miscellaneous amounts of people who can see your profile (depending in your privacy settings), your every eat, move, hang out and favorite inspirational quote (don't pretend you haven't had a Proust, Emerson, Churchill, Plato or Beatles quote!)
So, in the age of technology which creates even the most non-gossipers omniscient, what's a girl in love to do?
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