Am I "Old-Fashioned" All of a Sudden?

Okay, so there are lots of reasons why I love Facebook. I know what I said... it's a place for people to hang out that are too lazy to blog. And that is still true, but as I discovered last month, I was one of those people who was too lazy to blog. Anyway, I'm getting distracted from my original point.

One of the many reasons I love FB is because I can spy on my kids and follow what they are chatting online about with friends, etc. It's very fun and very effective.

Example:

Last Friday I picked Taylor up from school. He had a big History test on Friday that I had spent an hour (on my birthday) grilling him for so he would be prepared. This was our conversation:
Me: So how did it go?
Him: Don't ask. (huh?)
Me: What do you mean?
Him: Notice how I'm not wearing something? (his girlfriend had given him an engraved dog tag necklace for his birthday... it was a very clever idea and very Taylorish. I was quite impressed that she thought of something that perfect for him. But now, the necklace was gone!)
Me: Did she break up with you?
Him: Yeah, but she had "L" do it.
Me: when are you going to swear off "girls" for a while and just be friends with them?
Him: I think I will be able to do that now....
Me: You keep saying that, but it never seems to happen.
Him: Well, it will now.

For the record, it has been only 72 hours since his heart was broken by "E" and he just posted on FB that he is "in a relationship" with "K". He hasn't even been back to school yet since I have 3 of the 4 kids home sick today. How does this happen so quick? I think it's the power of cell phones and texting. (No joke on the texting round the clock.... we are driving to school at 6:20 a.m. and his cell phone is vibrating.)

So if you are FB friends with my first born son, please feel free to give him some online "ribbing" for his behavior. Seriously, I dont' want my son being labeled as the "ladies man" or the "player". Yet, I fear that's the road he's headed down. Why does he feel so emotionally "needy" that he always has to be in some kind of "relationship"? And it's funny too, because it's all virtual. He spends very little time with these girls in person. I know, because I keep close tabs on his whereabouts. Am I just not seeing this as the new "normal" for teens? Because, I am suddenly feeling very old fashioned about now.

(And please don't fall over in shock because I posted twice in one day... I told you the real me was back!)

Cell Phone Drama

Do you ever feel like there's too much drama in life? This last week has been drama filled and I'm soooo DONE with it. I can't really post about any of it, but let me just share one tidbit I've discovered in the last week....

Texting is of the DEVIL!

Teens will text things to each other that they would NEVER say to each other in person. They will text each other horrible, mean and catty things because they don't have to see the other person's face when the message comes through. Teens will text things that are suggestive and inappropriate because they aren't really "with" that person and it all seems so harmless and silly. I've been appalled at some of the texting activity I've been privy to this week. Are we raising a whole generation of kids who won't know how to communicate with each other when they are in their 20's? They also won't know how to spell or type correctly either... another pet peeve I have with texting.

How do we get this under control before we have a whole generation of adults who are absolutely socially inept and clueless? Your thoughts????