Mom mentioned that the neighbor's kid went to Sweden, during the pandemic. It shouldn't have bothered me, but then she added that she saw the update on FB. I was sitting there lazily waiting for my daughter to finish her dinner. I had spare time and so I ventured to check my FB. The protagonist is closer to my age than Mom's. And I have over 500 friends. Let me peep into her online life. To my dismay, I was not on the friend's list and she had her profile locked tight.
Mom was still hovering over and rubbed it into my face. 'Everyone around is on my friend's list. Wonder why you are not there.' After a pause, she added. 'R is a lucky charm for her husband. Soon after their marriage, he got an onsite project.' I couldn't agree more. They are both lucky if you consider living in a rich country as a consultant is a great opportunity.
As I was dawdling, I decided to make better use of my time - peep into the guy's FB account. Men, duh, they keep their posts and account-wide open like a public place for they believe nobody is jobless enough to snoop around. His onsite persona suggests he is a new generation 'woke' guy. Their marriage pics, unfortunately, took me to my old past, making a fool of myself, adorning jewels and red silk saree. While I was struggling to come out of it, I heard her saying - There is no point glancing through a random person's profile, if you wanted, you should have struggled enough and tried getting onsite and moved out.
I left the room in a hurry for D had finished her dinner. Returning back to our room I realized one thing. For people like us who don't have too many good and flashy things happening in our lives, social media is a bad thing. I did what I should have done a long time ago. Suspended my account.
For a new start.
