(The Triumphant Return of) Actual Gay Conversations #18

16May08

Over lunch at Eaton Centre:

B: So I created a FaceBook account just so… well, I have no time to do actual FaceBooking, but I wanted to at least establish a presence there and be able to look at other people’s profiles.

K: You haven’t had a FaceBook account until now?

B: I know, right? Anyway, I made the mistake of putting actual information in my profile, about school and university, and, whaddyaknow, twenty minutes after creating the account, I get three messages from people I can’t even remember — or haven’t even thought about in 35 years — asking to friend me.

K: Well, you can always ignore them. That’s what I do.

B: Maybe I’ll change my profile photo to that one of me in my INCITE QUEERNESS tee-shirt. That’ll keep ‘em at bay.

K: Heh.

B: Yeah, but the weird thing is… these are people I went to school with, so they’re my age and… well, time has not been good to them. They look like my parents!

K: Well, you’re not exactly a typical whatever-year-old.

B: I know, but… man, the looks on their faces in their photos. So… “I’ve got a house and a mortgage and an RV and kids and two bypass operations… and I just took the oxygen line out of my nostrils for these photos.”

K: And “my third grandchild was just born.” I wonder if, at the end of all gay men’s lives, they look back and wonder if they should have had kids?

<long pause>

B&K: Bwah! Bwah-hahahahahahahahaha!

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3 Responses to “(The Triumphant Return of) Actual Gay Conversations #18”

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1 cb on May 19th, 2008 said:

I know this is going to come off as “bitchy”, but I’m a firm believer that “men of a certain age” should not have myspace or facebook pages. Its sort of like being above the age of 30 and trying to shop at Abercrombie and Fitch.
2 bstewart23 on May 19th, 2008 said:

I can’t “argue” with you there, cb, my feeble justification (to be able to view regular correspondents’ materials thereon) notwithstanding. And your A&F prohibition reminds me of yet another Actual Gay Conversation:
“I know I’m far too old to wear Abercrombie, but I only wear these to the gym.”
“That’s even worse.”
3 Kel on May 20th, 2008 said:

Woah .. I’m in agreement on the A&F (or any heavily branded clothing) thing but placing a social stigma on social media for anyone of a certain age is ageism at its worst. Just because a younger generation may adopt the new technology first or more readily does not mean that anyone else using it is a wannabe.

In this day and age I would hope no one is ashamed to take advantage of the internet to broaden their social horizons. Despite past stereotypes about the internet, it can be used to enhance a social life rather than overtake it.

Facebook and MySpace are just tools … Are they really that different than a blog? You post items and people comment. You’re sharing your life and looking for like-minded people one way or the other.