The Facebook Game
I had a very wise friend from high school tell me, "Facebook is not real life." Those are words which will stick with me for an extremely long time. At the time I read those words, I thought, duh. I know Facebook isn't real life. It took a while for the words to sink in for me, though. In the beginning of my split, I played out some of what was happening through memes, posts, and other such things. I tried to keep contact with members of Nick's family. I finally decided to cut the majority of Nick's family off my Facebook page. I was weirded out by who was on "my side" and who was on "his side." I felt like Facebook friends mattered in the whole deal. It didn't mean jack. I stopped posting things where it could be read into my relationship. Now I just post things I think are funny or inspirational. If it pertains to somebody, I tag them. When I go on Facebook, it's probably once a day, I'm on there for anywhere from 15 minutes to an...