I’m on my soapbox today so please bear with me.  There are many things that annoy me, some of which I have bitched about on here and some I haven’t.  I feel like I’m beating a dead horse at this point, but only because the issue has been resolved.  But this morning, this is what I had planned to blog about so here goes.

Now that I have a super cool phone with all the bells and whistles, I normally will skim through Facebook while the water is heating up for my shower.  Nothing annoys me more then when a status update hits me the wrong way.  I mean it’s before I’ve even had a chance to wake up!  (Okay, so I do realize this is my OWN fault, but still 😉 )

I have a cousin who is currently overseas.  Her and her husband have been in the Middle East for a couple of years now.  For a while her posts mainly bitched about various things related to living there.  In the past year or so, I’m not sure of the time frame really, her FB posts have become increasingly liberal, controversial?  I’m not sure either of those words truly describe it but that’s the best I’ve got for now.  A normal post is something like “I think this and that’s the way it is.”  Or “quote from some intelligent person who is insightful and wise – hence I will use this as mine so people will think I am wise and insightful.”

While I don’t mind the quotes she posts, I find some of them amusing.  This may sound snotty, but I know better.  I think it’s funny the person she tries to be on FB.  I guess that’s what all of it boils down to.  Who she wants people to think she is and who I KNOW she is.

So the latest FB post had to do with people responding to her statuses.  This was the final straw.  She’s done this before.  She will post something, something she KNOWS will get a rise out of people, and then get pissed when they respond.  This has happened several times with her posting that people should keep their opinions to themselves.

I finally knew I had to respond to her post today.  I responded with “if you don’t want people’s opinions then maybe you shouldn’t say it on fb.”  HEHE!  She responded that is wasn’t the responses but people “preaching” at her.  Umm, okay!  My mom even stepped in and agreed with me.  After that post I decided for my own sanity, it was probably best to hide her posts going forward.  Because, frankly, I DON’T CARE!  She makes herself look like an idiot.  I don’t have to witness it.

Rant over, I will hop off my soapbox for now.  🙂

Happy Thursday!

~k

*oh and I had to turn my comments off (because people post so often, not).  I started getting a lot of SPAM comments.