My College roommate - fun with Facebook decades later ... LOL

[vacationhopeful]

Been a few decades since I got paired with my college roommate (basicly my ONLY college roommate who lasted longer than 6 weeks). Was a Tolerate/tolerate relationship. I was not the "fancy" or "flashy" or BFF 24/7 she must have envisioned ... I was 18, grew up 1200 miles away, was experienced at NOT living at home nor being pampered by all. Actually, she always moved out of my room before Christmas twice and Holloween the third year (a 4th year neither of us attended college there - junior year abroad for her & I went to my junior year program 1000 miles away).

7+ plus years ago, we got befriended on Facebook. Not exactly a chatty Cathy or BFF or PM type relationship ...pretty much our total relationship and contact for all these DECADES. As FB friends who don't FB anything ...

But today I ZAPPED her via Facebook. Very nice and considerate ZAP.

I was trolling for all things in Florida and ran across a High School yearbook for her HS and her year ... at almost $50 it was NOT being brought by me ... but I read the ad. Get this: the vendor selling it has a Heart of GOLD and offered FOR FREE to scan a person's photo and email it back. Yes, FOR FREE! Email my request and less than 15 minutes, I have her senior year yearbook photo. Very nice picture of her at 17 (didn't we all look pretty and cute at 17?)

So I post it on my Facebook page, saying what amazing stuff that can be brought on eBay and "did the tag thing". 10 minutes later, she is messaging me and just STUNNED I had acquired her HS Yearbook photo. Then her FB friends are LIKE'ing my picture. She posts on her FB page, that somewhere her college roommate had gotten her HS yearbook photo. And then, she makes the photo HER PROFILE picture. I do have to admit, the B&W photo looks WAY better than her other photos .... but I also am thinking ... wow, I am "her" college roommate even though the Dean of Women took bets on how long we would stay as roommates every year.

So ... I enjoyed my day. Remembering too, college was a great time ... even though we were never BFFs (like she had hoped for, I think). We had spent almost 4 years of our lives in a "relationship".

As for other "incidents" we shared ... like the 2 classes we took together - sophomore 1st semester of Behavior Modification and a freshman 2nd semester class of the Literature by Black American Authors (11 books by Black Americans - we only brought 1 copy and shared).

The life lessons we learned in college ...... I must give her nightmares... :ignore:

 

[bogey21]

A couple of years ago I shut down my Facebook page. Let me just say that Facebook made it difficult. Three reasons: 1) I couldn't get Facebook to tell me who would be allowed to shut it down after I die; 2) I didn't want to make it easy for random people from my past to find me; and 3) Identity theft concerns.

George

PS Don't miss it at all.

 

[Ken555]

A couple of years ago I shut down my Facebook page. Let me just say that Facebook made it difficult. Three reasons: 1) I couldn't get Facebook to tell me who would be allowed to shut it down after I die; 2) I didn't want to make it easy for random people from my past to find me; and 3) Identity theft concerns.

George

PS Don't miss it at all.

Wow, George, you certainly know how to deflate the high of the first post!


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[moonstone]

A couple of years ago I shut down my Facebook page. Let me just say that Facebook made it difficult. Three reasons: 1) I couldn't get Facebook to tell me who would be allowed to shut it down after I die; 2) I didn't want to make it easy for random people from my past to find me; and 3) Identity theft concerns.

George

PS Don't miss it at all.

George, Facebook now allows you to name somebody to take over or shut down your fb account upon your passing. A good friend of ours was suddenly killed in a car accident in April and her sister was named on her account. She has left it open for friends & students (she was a very well liked teacher) to post memories and thoughts.

You can also change/adjust the privacy settings so that nobody can find you when searching and cant send you a message or post anything on your wall unless you have made them a friend first. Even then you can put restrictions on friends so they cant see certain things on your wall or post on it. Facebook has made many changes since it started.

~Diane

 

[ottawasquaw]

Great story, Linda! That is so awesome! Sounds like you really made her day!

 

[FLDVCFamily]

A couple of years ago I shut down my Facebook page. Let me just say that Facebook made it difficult. Three reasons: 1) I couldn't get Facebook to tell me who would be allowed to shut it down after I die; 2) I didn't want to make it easy for random people from my past to find me; and 3) Identity theft concerns.

George

PS Don't miss it at all.

I shut mine down too when I found out that despite all of my "privacy" settings being set to the most private setting possible, somehow "tagged" pictures of me and my young kids were showing up for all the world to see That was the end of FB for me...I couldn't trust it anymore. I don't miss it at all either.

 

[csxjohn]

Great story Linda. It reinforces my thoughts that you were and most likely still are a "problem child.":hysterical:

I joined FB to follow some bands and musicians here in town. I got a friend request from a girl I went to high school with and thought it was someone else so I did not respond immediately. I went back to my year book and found out she was someone I did like and got along with so I accepted the request.

It turns out she is on our high school alumni board and runs our class reunion. I have now been found by other old school mates and found some myself. We've had a few small get togethers with a few others for lunches.

It's been fun catching up, one of the fellows whose wife found me was also a college room mate for a year.

In three weeks is our 50th reunion, only the second I'll be attending and am looking forward to it. It has been a nice thing that came through Face Book, I'm glad it exists.