omg my mom joined facebook! NY Times

[BridgeTheGap]

June 7, 2007
Cyberfamilias
‘omg my mom joined facebook!!’
By MICHELLE SLATALLA - NY Times

I HAVE reached a curious point in life. Although I feel like the same precocious know-it-all cynic I always was, I suddenly am surrounded by younger precocious know-it-all cynics whose main purpose appears to be to remind me that I’ve lost my edge.

Many of these people are teenagers.

Some of them I gave birth to.

One was in a breech position.

And the other day, as I drove home with one of my tormenters in the passenger seat, she started laughing at the way I pronounced “Henri Cartier-Bresson.”

“Ha ha ha, is that how you think his name sounds?” my daughter said. “Oh, my God. Who told you that?”

It was my college photography professor. Twenty-six years ago.

Rather than draw attention to my age, I tried to trick her into thinking of me as someone cool, as we said 26 years ago. “I hope you don’t think this gives you the right to make fun of me on your Facebook page,” I said.

“My Facebook page?” this person asked incredulously. “My page? Is that what you think Facebook is?”

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[waiting for hope]

1. That was cute - kinda sad too....

My daughter is two and I think often on how we are going to interact when she's older - I had some real troubling times with my mom and I hope I can avoid the pitfalls with her.