Okay... so this story is slightly embarrassing but I think it's all coincidence... but it happened last year around when Facebook Stories were just becoming a thing... and it was sort of the perfect storm of ex-boyfriends internet stalking weirdness.
And honestly... I don't think it's bad to keep tabs on your exes online. I like knowing what people that I used to be close with are up to now... I'm still facebook friends with a lot of people I knew from High School and from grade school and whatnot. In New Jersey everyone kind of knows everyone somehow (there was a joke about that on the show Great News... and it's pretty darn accurate.) I think there are definitely boundaries as with any friendship or relationship and I'm just saying if I'm facebook friends with someone- I expect them to see the things that I post. It isn't anything private- it's able to be publicly accessed by the people on my friends list... so I'm okay with that. If I ever seriously don't want anyone to see anything- I'd block or unfriend and make sure my privacy info was updated. I need to put that in there because it's not okay to cross boundaries and if it makes you sad or uncomfortable- you should not look anyone up... but that's that.
One day someone I used to date friended me on facebook... and we talked for a little bit and everything was fine and normal. He's a nice guy- no drama there I liked talking to him... and it was good. Not too much to say there...
But anyway a few days later Facebook Stories comes out. And I still don't really understand facebook stories that well... It's like Snapchat but everyone- or at least the people that you want to show on Facebook Messenger. I didn't know if he'd see it or not... I might have been posting seeing if he would see it and if he'd say anything to be completely honest... but it was a new thing that I wanted to try anyway and so I posted a picture on there and guess who saw it? Different exes! Lol.
So I don't want to make it sound like I have a ton of exes... one wasn't really an ex- we just kind of liked each other and maybe almost dated... and the other is someone ehhhh. I was a little creeped out by him seeing it... but it's info that's public to my friends- he's one of my friends... it wasn't creepy. There's really not more to it than that.
And I know...it's nothing to be creeped out about but at first I was just like "Huh? Did this all just happen within the same week?"
But really... it was coincidence. It was definitely the first week facebook story was out- so they were probably just curious as to what it was about... it was my first facebook story so maybe they were alerted or something... although I don't think I've ever been alerted about anyone's facebook chats... odd. But not creepy. I think the picture was me holding my niece... so I think they were probably like "OMG SHE HAS A BABY NOW!" Which I don't.
So that's my weird story that I never really told anyone before... and I know it's not that weird... but that's why I don't post Facebook Stories.
And if any of my exes or future exes are reading this... HI!
Also... not sure that "Exes" is the proper grammatical usage for this... but I thought it looked better than ex's or exs'... so yeah! It's also 2am I'm rewatching Black Mirror's White Christmas for my recap of that... and I've had 3 different Venti Lattes throughout the day... so that's where I'm at! Lol.
Byeee!
-Shannon
And honestly... I don't think it's bad to keep tabs on your exes online. I like knowing what people that I used to be close with are up to now... I'm still facebook friends with a lot of people I knew from High School and from grade school and whatnot. In New Jersey everyone kind of knows everyone somehow (there was a joke about that on the show Great News... and it's pretty darn accurate.) I think there are definitely boundaries as with any friendship or relationship and I'm just saying if I'm facebook friends with someone- I expect them to see the things that I post. It isn't anything private- it's able to be publicly accessed by the people on my friends list... so I'm okay with that. If I ever seriously don't want anyone to see anything- I'd block or unfriend and make sure my privacy info was updated. I need to put that in there because it's not okay to cross boundaries and if it makes you sad or uncomfortable- you should not look anyone up... but that's that.
One day someone I used to date friended me on facebook... and we talked for a little bit and everything was fine and normal. He's a nice guy- no drama there I liked talking to him... and it was good. Not too much to say there...
But anyway a few days later Facebook Stories comes out. And I still don't really understand facebook stories that well... It's like Snapchat but everyone- or at least the people that you want to show on Facebook Messenger. I didn't know if he'd see it or not... I might have been posting seeing if he would see it and if he'd say anything to be completely honest... but it was a new thing that I wanted to try anyway and so I posted a picture on there and guess who saw it? Different exes! Lol.
So I don't want to make it sound like I have a ton of exes... one wasn't really an ex- we just kind of liked each other and maybe almost dated... and the other is someone ehhhh. I was a little creeped out by him seeing it... but it's info that's public to my friends- he's one of my friends... it wasn't creepy. There's really not more to it than that.
And I know...it's nothing to be creeped out about but at first I was just like "Huh? Did this all just happen within the same week?"
But really... it was coincidence. It was definitely the first week facebook story was out- so they were probably just curious as to what it was about... it was my first facebook story so maybe they were alerted or something... although I don't think I've ever been alerted about anyone's facebook chats... odd. But not creepy. I think the picture was me holding my niece... so I think they were probably like "OMG SHE HAS A BABY NOW!" Which I don't.
So that's my weird story that I never really told anyone before... and I know it's not that weird... but that's why I don't post Facebook Stories.
And if any of my exes or future exes are reading this... HI!
Also... not sure that "Exes" is the proper grammatical usage for this... but I thought it looked better than ex's or exs'... so yeah! It's also 2am I'm rewatching Black Mirror's White Christmas for my recap of that... and I've had 3 different Venti Lattes throughout the day... so that's where I'm at! Lol.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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