Maybe going on Facebook was not such a good idea. I prefer to remember people as when I used to know them - to imagine they are still the same, still young, still single and still having the same interests they had. It seems to be a shock to my system to see someone I knew as being carefree and wild as a wife and mother now. Maybe the fact that I am still the same is what is bothering me. I have not changed at all except more pounds and more lines on my face.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Mid-life crisis
I joined Facebook the other day. I already heard from my college roommate - it turns out she just had a baby. It was so odd; I was looking at her profile pictures and thinking, "I wonder whose baby that is - it must be her sister-in-law's" before a few hours later realizing OH MY GOD - that is HER baby! I am so happy for her, but at the same time it really depressed me. Life is changing, people are changing, and I don't like it one bit. My parents are in their late 70's now, my nieces and nephews are growing up, and I am still the same at 42 years old.
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I HEAR YOU! I joined MySpace and FaceBook so I could see what my nieces and nephews are up to... they are GETTING MARRIED, HAVING CHILDREN... I am... I am... I have no idea what I am doing.
But I'd love to be your Facebook friend! I'm going to try and track you down.
Lynette
I have no idea what I am doing either. Did I make a mistake by never having children? Are my pets just a substitute for the children I never had? Is there anything wrong with that? I never thought so, but this latest "bombshell" is making me think.
No, you didn't make a mistake by not having children!
No, your pets are not a substitute!
No there is nothing wrong with you! (Though I have to admit, if there were, I would probably not know as there is lots wrong with me.)
I know a coworker was lamenting this week that she had not children to count on taking care of her in her old age - but who says they WOULD?
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