I started using Facebook a couple of years back. That time I was using friendster and was not very familiar with Facebook features.
I don't actually remember when I completely switched to Facebook. I think the transition period was smooth – it must have started when my logins to friendster became less and rare and my facebook logins became otherwise.
A year back, my cousin opened up a cyber cafe in hometown which enabled my aunt to browse and surf the internet more frequently than ever.
She started having a facebook account and added me. There, she conveyed my status messages to my mom and, I think, that might have made her want to have one as well.
Then my mom asked me to teach her how to use facebook (She's not that familiar to computer and internet as much as my aunt is.)
I created one account for my mother -- that was no problem because she doesn't know how to use well and doesn't have much interest in it.
When my family came over to Singapore last month, I helped my nephew open one Facebook account for himself.
Then when my nephew liked it, he asked his grandfather (who is my DAD) to open one account.
and now ... both my parents are in my friend list.
That makes me worried about my status msgs (about my feelings and relationship)s and some albums where me and my boyfriend were hugging and stuff (nothing nasty though, but Asian primitive culture you know). Even though they know and accept that I am
officially in a relationship for years, they might not like my photos. Well .... in this case, I thank facebook for having custom privacy setting which is very customizable. I blocked access to some of my albums.
Stupid me also suggested friends – dad with my SO on facebook.. LOL.
But, I will not feel free enough to post as much status msgs as I did before.
Gosh... I can't even 'publish this entry to my facebook profile'.
Urgh!
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I have my father on FB too. But when I mentioned it to my sister that we wouldn't be able to update our status and post stuffs as freely as we used to be, it turned out that Dad was right beside her and said that he wouldn't be that free to manage time to log in. :P
And he didn't. I guess the only time he logged in was when he registered.
@kyalzinlay - Yea... your dad wouldn't be that free. But in my case, both my parents are retirees and they hardly go out these days. All they have is internet and tv at home. I see my mom online a lot these days.
So my dad is the one who would browse internet all the time. i hope facebook isn't his interest with fingers crossed.
FACEBOOK had made it to me ..although I hided it so hard :(
Had had a keyboard to keyboard conversation with my father yesterday about bf .. hard time .. huuu
I think that made him sad.
@kimsoosoo - Love happens with every one, sis. How old was your mother when she was at first in love with your dad? She must have been about the same age, or if not older a year or two. What I mean is, you can probably convince him about that. Hey, he had fallen in love too .. which is why you exist today! ...... And of course if you dad had fallen in love with someone's daughter before, Someone had to fallen in love with his daughter too ..... :D