This post was started a couple of weeks back – I put it off because I thought to myself – Really? Maybe we can just rectify this.
Hands up
, whose husband or significant other is totally at a loss when it comes to email, texting, and social media (I’m going to stick with Facebook for my social media, since I am only a toe dipper, in the other social media pools, as it is).
My loving and dear husband Jack – whose real name is John, which is a whole ‘nther thing, I mean really- Why? They are both 4 letters, you aren’t shortening or lengthening to a nickname. They just switched 3 letters for three other letters – Two totally, different names – Anywho… another time…
My loving and dear husband Jack, is new to the whole Facebook thing. I’m saying new but it’s been almost a year and still no profile picture. He only signed up because he was reading an article from work that said “For more information…Facebook.” He thought it was an instruction, not a suggestion. Next thing ya know, I got a friend request from John Grabler (he used John, again, because he thought it was a work-related sign up). That day, I received a message from our daughter, asking if her father’s identity had been stolen and two other friends, asking who John was? They were all assured, the blank-faced avatar, was indeed Jack, AKA John. Now Jack had friends.
Jack had friends and notifications- Every time a friend posted or commented or liked – Bing, Bing, Bing – you know the drill. He kept thinking people were messaging him. Mr. John Popular would show me pictures (which I had seen earlier) and say – you should say – …. – I would point saying – “see these words – Comment, Like – if you have a comment use it. He really didn’t want to engage – my husband has many wonderful abilities – typing – not one of them. I fixed the notifications because of the continued Bing, Bing, Bing but he was on his own, as far as, comments and likes.
Now let’s get to my real issue.
My profile has me as married. Now that Jack is a Facebook member, I added him as my husband.
My issue- It’s still pending!? :/
Jack’s natural tendency is to avoid anything involving typing, mainly social media – not that he wants people to think he’s single. However, it’s been almost a year and it’s (I’m) still pending. All he has to do is go in and tap “Confirm.” Here is a man, who is capable of moving every component of a stereo system, hooking-up cables, video games, TV sets, install speakers throughout our entire home with one central control, who is also amazing at Jeopardy, even able to guess the final answers – just by the category and yet still can’t manage to get into his Facebook profile and hit Confirm.
I’ve thought about changing my own status to “It’s complicated – too complicated for him to tap Confirm.” The friends who really know him, would get it – completely understand and laugh. My family would be calling in a heartbeat not getting the joke at all.
Now as I mentioned, I thought of this blog idea a couple weeks back and I told Jack what I was planning on writing about – thinking it might spark something in him to update it or ask me to change it for him – Nope!
He is unaffected by my/our status, so I continued to be “Pending,” floating around Facebook land, with a non-committed relationship status, to a faceless avatar.
As I finish writing this and venting my frustrations, I’ve decided I would do it. When Jack got home today I said “Give me your phone – What’s your Facebook password?” “Do I have a Facebook password – maybe it’s my work ID number?” UGHHH!! I entered what I thought he might use, I was correct – identity theft lookout.
I added Jack as a nickname, gave him a profile picture, which included his brother and our daughter, and I made him married. Now, Jack’s Facebook page says John Grabler(Jack) got married – and you know what–I didn’t feel any different, not that I truly expected to – we have been married for 30 1/2 years, but I thought there would be a sense of satisfaction.
So what have we learned? –
Dear Diary, This week – I made sure that Facebook land knows that Liz Vartuli Grabler and John Grabler (Jack) are married and you know, I feel no different –
I am just as EXTRAORDINARY as before but since John Grabler (Jack) is married to me – Now I guess; he can be EXTRAORDINARY too!
