I Suck At Having Friends Over

On Thursday, Karen and I had our friends over. Now, I suck at having friends over. It just so happens that my friends and I haven't been having our regular weekly get together lately. Our schedules have just been busy. So on Thursday, our friends decided that we should get together. Joining in on the fun were my friends (Marc and Kelley) and my BFF (Kerry).

Apparently, Kerry was quite the hit with my two year old (Briana). Briana's birthday is coming up and Kerry got her two stuffed animals... of fruits. Well, one is a fruit. The other is a vegetable. Briana was all excited about those presents. In fact, it was the best part of her day.

Anyway, it was definitely a great time on Thursday. Among the more memorable topics of conversation were Facebook, reunions, and deal breakers. Interestingly enough, of the people present, only Kerry and Kelley are avid users of Facebook. Both Marc and I have accounts, but we don't use them that often. And Karen never had one.

In my perfect world, Facebook would be no more. I dislike how it has made society less social... an irony since it's considered "social media". But that actually wasn't the discussion on Thursday. The discussion was about how Facebook was being used to plan an upcoming high school reunion.

Both Karen and Kerry graduated in the same class. Interestingly enough, I had always liked their class... maybe because I was supposed to be in their class had I not been promoted a grade. (As a side note, why don't kids get promoted anymore? It seems like our educational system has gotten stringent on promotions.) But after hearing the discussion on Thursday, I'm actually pretty happy that I did not graduate with their class.

It turns out that the organizers of their high school reunion are using Facebook to "communicate". I say that loosely of course, because an apparent comment supposedly triggered a firestorm where it essentially turned... into high school again. It's quite pathetic when people haven't grown up. Sadly, it happens. Shame on them.

On the lighter side, however, we also discussed relationship deal breakers particularly for Kerry. I don't remember how that even came up as a topic. Regardless, the number one deal breaker appears to be smoking. When I had joked about mustaches as a possible deal breaker, she mentioned that can always change. I quickly quipped that you can never change a man. Inevitably, that led to the quote "You can't change a man, but you can shave him."

Anyway, it was a good time.