Confession: I have kind of a pet peeve on Facebook (okay, this is just one of them). When people set pictures of their children as their profile picture.
Maybe it's one of those things that parents annoyingly say to single people, that "I wouldn't understand until I have children of my own." And I do get that having children changes your whole life around, and your whole life becomes about your child, and the whole world revolves around them. As nauseating as that is, I do get it. But even if the world revolves around the kids, you do not cease to exist! Those kids do not become you! I look at your profile and see some kid? That's NOT YOU! Your child might be the most important thing in your life, but don't forget that you are still a person--a living, breathing person with wishes, desires, feelings, and needs that are important.
Yeah, every once in a while I'll put up a picture of an object or symbol, like if Michigan is playing in March Madness, or the Tigers are in the playoffs. But that's temporary--90% of the time my picture is of me. Because it's my profile. I am a person, I exist, and I'm damn important.
Just had to get that out of my system.
Trying to stay positive,
Skeptic
I 100% agree! My only exception would be on Father's Day/Mother's Day or birthdays, and even that is pushing it. Put a pic of the two of you at least!
ReplyDeleteI also feel that way about pets and believe me, I LOVE animals. I just think that your FB profile should feature you somewhere - that's your responsibility as being part of a social network.
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