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jeska
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
Man, my favorite thing about Facebook posts are the sheer number of self-righteous posts about how much social networking sucks. "I deactivated my Facebook account" is the new "I don't have a TV in my home."
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cirocco
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
Calling what this woman did "stalking" is like referring to sex as rape.
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Dictator for Life
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
I got a sad message on facebook the other day. The subject was, "Does MHCC mean anything to you?" and the message said, "If so I have been searching for you for twenty years." Unfortunately for the guy who sent it, twenty years ago I was nine, so I wasn't who he was looking for. But I can't really imagine holding a torch for someone for that long. I felt a little bad for the guy, but I wonder if the woman he's looking for really wants to be found, you know?
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ihateyourescalade
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
Is there a cutesy term for "invented trend we're reporting on solely because we thought of a cutesy term for it"?
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funnyface
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
Inspired by this post, I looked up first kiss guy. Probably not going to friend him, but he grew up cute and sorta reminds me of my husband. He's just a happy 8th grade memory that is probably best left at that.
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sequined
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
I love looking up people I used to know, but not for hooking up purposes.

I like knowing that my ex best friend only had two bridesmaids while her husband had seven groomsmen (I take that to mean she can't keep friends), and I like knowing that my ex's current girlfriend is younger than I am, even though he told me I was too young for him. I'm passionately in favor of schadenfreude, and facebook is my dealer.
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Dictator for Life
09/22/09

@sequined: I am with you on that. I like knowing that the girl my ex constantly compare me to, who was always prettier than I am, smarter than I am, an all-around better person than I am, is doing porn now. Schadenfreude FTW!
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AnotherJenn
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
The thing I like about Facebook is that it confirms for me that people I left in my past really deserved to stay there. That old high school boyfriend I felt vaugely guilt about dumping- a Facebook friending confirmed that my assumptions back then were true. That girl I distanced myself from in 11th grade? Yup, still self-righteous and overbearing. My aunt who I stopped talking to? Yup, good reason there too.
Thank you, Facebook, for an easy way to confirm I have good instincts.
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rednrowdy
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
i found my ridiculous college crush on facebook - i had seen pictures of him online before and was all 'meh', but his profile shot on fb brought up some hardcore retrosexual feelings.

absolutely nothing ever happened between me and the crush...as goes the legend of most of the crushes i've ever had in my life. what's worse - he knew i had a crush on him and did this whole weird dramatic thing when he dropped out of school that caught me off guard. i've known through friends that he has asked about me. whatever.
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Blair Waldorf (formerly socalsnarkstress)
09/22/09

@rednrowdy: My current boyfriend is someone who (unbeknownst to me) had a big crush on me in college. I liked him fine back then but was dating someone else. He found me on FB and we've been together for 9 months so far.
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rednrowdy
09/23/09

@Blair Waldorf (formerly socalsnarkstress): i'm gonna quote corey flood here:

that'll never be me
that'll never be me
that'll never be, never be me
NO!

trust me on that one. but hey! cool for you! :)
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
I have a confession to make, you guys. I was curious about the love of my middle school life who I made out with like, twice and never spoke to again. We're friends on Facebook but we hadn't talked in like, 7 years. Sooo I messaged him on Facebook IM and pretended like I meant to send the message to someone else.

I am lame.
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NefariousNewt
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
I fear the day any of my old girlfriends find me on FB. There are things best left buried in the past.
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FattyCatty
09/22/09

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Am I the only person who has never looked up an ex online?
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R_Claw
09/22/09

@FattyCatty: Yes.
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FattyCatty
09/22/09

@R_Claw: Maybe I'm just really coldhearted. I don't care what they're up to. I assume they are all out there, living their lives as blissfully content without me as I am without them. Once in a while, I'll hear from a mutual friend that so and so is married or whatever, and I guess that's nice and all, but it doesn't impact my life in any way.
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snark_shark
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
I use Facebook mainly for the games, like Farmville. Way more fun than stalking.
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meritxell: an erotic life
09/22/09

@snark_shark: Me too, except Mafia Wars.
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jianna
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
My mom did this via Classmates.com. Divorced my dad, a few years later she married a guy she knew from high school.

I've heard the term retrosexual before, meaning having an attraction to historical aesthetics. I prefer that definition.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/22/09

@jianna: My dad divorced my step-mom to marry a girl who was in love with him in high school who he found on Facebook. It reallllly says something about how much of a moron you are when both of your adult children choose their (now former) step-mother over you in the divorce.
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colormeroutine
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
My high school boyfriend found me on facebook years after we broke up. Nothing made my day like finding out he was still living with his mother and still dating girls who were in high school
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/22/09

@colormeroutine: I have a creepy ex who friended me, so I friended him back long enough to decide he wasn't doing anything interesting and then blocked him. Does that make me a bad person?
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colormeroutine
09/22/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: No, it just means you have your stalking priorities right
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Nariel
09/22/09

In reply to Facebook Stalking: Isn't It Romantic?
I don't friend anyone on Facebook I don't talk to regularly or anyone I wouldn't want in my house when I'm in sweatpants. That's the cardinal rule of social networking.
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alouette
09/22/09

@Nariel: Likewise. People are like "why are you only friends with so-many people?" well, those are the people I've had a conversation with in the last six months. In person.
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Nariel
09/22/09

@alouette: Yes! I thought the Myspace trend of having 6356 'friends' went out the window when you abandoned both myspace and middle school. Apparently not.
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