Yesterday, out of the blue, my mother wrote on my Facebook wall:
Guess what I have been listening to all morning? Enya!
Clearly, mother meant no ill will. But her comment implies that I seriously dig Enya, right? In fact, you might even get the impression that I’m wearing an Enya T-shirt right now or that I’m the President of the Enya Fan Club.
Not the case. Not at all! So of course I demanded a retraction. To be fair, there’s no way a 69-year-old mother could have realized that listening to Enya might be considered a little embarrassing for a son whose first concert was seeing Johnny Rotten circa 1985.
Of course, this slight humiliation is just one of many pieces of evidence as to why parents, especially those over 40, should not be allowed on Facebook. More evidence via myparentsjoinedfacebook.com:
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And to my dear mother I dedicate this beautiful blingee:
