Parents Using College Acceptances to Compete

fidgetgirl
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:06:51 +0000

Facebook is a narcissist paradise. Between my moving, changing jobs, old networks via my kids’ schools, clubs, etc., I’ve amassed quite the motley crew of “friends” on Facebook. Lately I’m just too lazy to go go through the de-friending process but I definitely need to. My news feed is overflowing between the friends that post the minutia of their lives every hour on the hour… those that change their highly photo-shopped mug shot every day… those that transparently use their cryptic status updates to lash out at their ex’s and estranged RL friends… those that create some kind of alternative universe for themselves where everyone and everything in their life is perfect and better than anyone else’s and boy, aren’t they oh so fabulous… those that get their hackles up when I don’t “like” or comment on their posts… it’s exhausting. To see a post about someone’s kid getting accepted to XYZ? I wouldn’t bat an eye or think anything of it (other than good for them).