- April 3, 2009
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The New Face(book) of Marriage and also Twitter
My oh my. How the world has changed. What with this here Twitter and the Facebook and the blogs and the You Tube and the Flickr all this other “social networking” paraphernalia nonsense stuff and whathaveyou.
And now it has affected my marriage. *hand over mouth* Am I the only one who has had conversations like this:
…Hubs walks in the door.
Me: Hi baby. How was your day? *speaking but Twittering or Facebooking*
Hubs: Mmmf. Fine. I’m tired. *fingers feeling up his iPhone* How was your day?
Me: Didn’t you read my Tweets? *still looking at computer*
Hubs: I didn’t go on Twitter today. *texting*
Me: *blinking* You don’t love me anymore? You don’t care about what happens In. My. Life???!!! *looks up*
Hubs: I was in meetings all day. Didn’t you read my Facebook status update? I updated my status during my meetings. *updates FB status with, “My wife didn’t take her meds again.” And he can totally write this without fear of FB status retribution because he knows I don’t check his FB page…
Me: Well, I had all my tweets cross-posting to Facebook. You didn’t even LOOK at my Facebook page, did you?
Hubs: Well didn’t you look at mine?
Me: Honey, I have, like almost 450 friends. If you want me to notice you, you need to come write on my wall. Maybe POKE me. Helloooo *waves clue phone* Facebook took away that little filter where I could make you more important and…
Hubs: Well, you could at least check in on my Facebook page.
Me: Are you calling me fat?
Me: Well you could at least look at MINE. *hears alert on Twhirl and replies to direct message* I feel like you don’t even care about me or what’s going on in my life…
Hubs: I told you…
Me: *Blips a song*
Hubs: *scratches head and pulls out a bag of Doritos* *get’s Dorito cheese on iPhone screen as he opens Twitterific on his iPhone*
***time passes***
Me: OMG. Did you read my blog post today. I was so funny.
Hubs: *turns head away*
Hubs: I just…
Me: I don’t even know you anymore…
***in bed***
Hubs: Hahahhaahaa!
Me: Whu?
***Like Ponch and John, parnters who keenly navigate their motorcycles along highways of Los Angeles… my husband and I lay in bed… We keenly navigate our iPhones along the Information Super Highway… side by side… Take a listen:
Hubs: *turns in my general direction* Jenny, did you see this?
Me: Is it funny or gross?
Hubs: Both.
Me: Awesome! You’re the best baby. *snuggles in to watch the You Tube on the Iphone*
Hubs: *clicks “play” on the You Tube*
Me: *looks lovingly at her man… snuggles closer and waits until the video is through*
Hubs: I love you, baby. *kiss*
I look at him and smile. And in an act of supreme self-sacrificial love I open mah Twitter app on mah iPhone and utilize the Selective Twitter Service app on Facebook. I write for all to read:
My man is da shizzle. He “gets” me* #fb
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And the IM’s ~ that is how hubby and I converse every now and again, even when we are less than 20 feet from each other. Will speaking become obsolete?
I have been lusting after an iPhone for awhile but maybe I shouldn’t get one…I already hardly ever see my husband…but we “talk” all the time.
Is it equally as appalling/special when I text my tween to tell her that school is still in session despite the snow on the ground because I’m too lazy to get out of bed at 6:00 am and actually WALK down to her room to tell her IN PERSON?
Yeah, it annoys me when my hubby doesn’t comment on my wall/status updates or blog. Sometimes he will comment on our daughter’s. Doesn’t he love MEEEEEE?
He is da shizzle! My man is FB-shy. Makes me sad.
Love it! My man realized he better check my blog once in awhile when he got information from complete strangers that recognized him in town from my pictures…oops! But that is TOTALLY his fault!
Social Media Power Couple…just sayin’
You guys whisper sweet hashtags to each other when you’re doing the dirty?
Okay, this is so funny! I’m glad we’re not quite this bad… though that’s mainly because my hubby is a gamer. Right now I’m doing my blogging thing (I don’t think he’s ever read my blog, too busy, lol) and he’s playing Call of Duty. It gives us both time to wind down, I guess.
I love this so much I’m gonna stumble it and tweet it and…
This is the greatest thing I have read all day. SO MUCH FUN!
You mean my husband and I AREN’T the only ones this geeky? Wow! I suddenly feel at one with the world.
You and Paul really should do a video version of this!
This was like a snapshot into my living room, where you would find my husband and I sitting next to each other on the couch, our respective laptops open and whirring away, and IM’ing each other rather than actually having a conversation. Who says the romance has to die?!
Harhar! Loved your post and could really imagine it all unfolding between you and Paul exactly like this :0) Will forward to Tore to enjoy.