It's not you, it's me.
Seriously, I don't consider myself either a liberal or a
conservative. I do, however have certain likes and dislikes. I also have a
houseful of teenagers to whom I feel a responsibility as role model. These are
the major reasons I make social media friends go away.
1. I’m a mom. I enjoy parenthood and adore my six
children. I have no problem with people who have decided that they don’t want
children. They’re free to do as they wish.
I do have a problem with people who insult families and belittle what I
consider to be my greatest accomplishment. I don’t call people stupid or say
that they are trash because of their decision to not have children or
traditional families. I absolutely will not have the aggravation of seeing
these posts.
You guys have the right to live your lives
and speak your beliefs. I have the right to not see them and feel insulted.
2. Everyone knows that Erotica is popular now. If
people want to write it, I hope they do it well and make a gerjillion dollars.
Really I do. Good on them! I especially
think it is the awesomesauce that Sylvia Day has gotten so popular because she
is a sweetie-pie and she deserves lovely things.
That said, for some odd reason that I do
not comprehend, some erotica fans/writers seem to think it is cool to post and
tweet extremely graphic scenes and quotes—before I have my morning coffee. I am
subjected to naked pictures and descriptive terms that I personally never use.
It grosses me out. I mean seriously, EWWWWWWWWWWW! If I wanted naked I would
have stayed in the bed. I didn’t get six children by not knowing what a penis
is, mkay?
3. Everyone has a bad day, or week, or sometimes a
whole terrible month. Some people have a terrible and angry life. I’m sorry
that this is how they see the world. I personally cannot see their negativity
day after day and be a positive person. So I choose to surround myself online
with people who can see the sunrise. Since many of my real life friends I have
met online, I like to keep the optimists close. They and I might hit it off
someday.
4. Profanity is a choice. I cuss as much as the
next guy—in real life and when I’m not around children and old people. I choose
not to in writing and on the internet where kids might see it. I have children. I don’t want them to use profanity as the
major part of their vocabulary. I don’t want teachers to email me that
inappropriate terms are used in papers or at school. I don’t want to teach
other people’s children to curse. Of course I expect everyone to slip once in a
while. Just not in every freaking post.
5. When my children were small, whining was a
problem. I used to pretend that I was deaf and unable to hear a whining tone of
voice. Unfortunately, the internet is an easy place to whine and poor-mouth and
it gets on my last nerve. Everyone has a bad day but some people make it a
lifestyle and I choose not to attend pity-parties.
6. I understand that people are proud of what they write.
I also understand that you have friends and that you need to support their books. But, if you
post nothing but ads and links and even worse, with eighty-eleven hashtags on each
post, I’m out of there.
Life is what you make it people and I apologize if my
de-friending or un-following hurts your feelings . You have the right to post
as you wish and I have the right not to see it.
