<p>I don't go on Facebook very much. Mostly I only go on when I receive an email about a friend request or wall update or something. Anyway, I may have just walked into a reason for having to go on Facebook every single day.</p>
<p>Today is my birthday. I came home tonight at about 1:00 AM. On my door were a bunch of artistically crafted faux flowers and some notes saying happy birthday from a few of the Chinese girls on my floor. How kind, right? Very nice.</p>
<p>And sure enough, when I checked Facebook, my wall was inundated with birthday messages; those girls' messages among them.</p>
<p>So now, I think you know where this is going. This means that I have to check Facebook every single day to make sure I don't miss their birthdays (only 2 of them have it up). I have a twin sister and I didn't even wish her happy birthday, but I'll be damned if I don't devise some sweet birthday door scheme in return. It would be inconsiderate otherwise.</p>
<p>If these girls were actually people I knew better, it wouldn't be so terrible. But they don't really speak English well and they hang out in the very exclusive (inclusive?) Chinese crowd (1/2 my dorm is Chinese), so I haven't spoken to them on many occasions.</p>
<p>You’re making the situation more complicated than it really is. There’s no need to check Facebook every day in order to remember two birthdays, and you really aren’t obligated to do the same thing in return in order to show you’re appreciative of what they did. </p>
<p>If you want to avoid this, just don’t show your birthdate on your profile.</p>
<p>ROFL, this is classic. Anyways I don’t have a facebook because I hate the concept. Hey, post on my picture so I can wack it to your comment later about how cool my pose is or how great I look. I mean I could honestly give a ***** on what you have to say about my picture. Anyways, I see my friends facebooks and they honestly have kids added who I know they are not friends with. If you deny someone you don’t like but they think that you like them then you are just creating a problem. I have self confidence and don’t need someone posting about me to raise it. If I want to talk to a friend I’ll call them… short and sweet.</p>
<p>(the wack it was a metaphor for how excited you are about the new comment, not litererly wacking… pervs lol)</p>
Well, you can’t use “I forgot when your birthday was, d’oh!” as an excuse so now you’re just being rude Seriously though, would it be so hard to just call her for 3 minutes to say happy birthday? Not nice. </p>
<p>In my experience, the people who hate facebook are the ones who take it too seriously. Normal people just check theirs once or twice a day to respond to comments, look a pictures, whatever. It’s one thing if you’re just apathetic to facebook, meaning you simply don’t like it, but when you “hate” it you’re taking it way too seriously. </p>
<p>There are a couple things you could do here: not list your birthday online, deactivate your facebook, or just stop adding people you’re not friends with online. If people ask, just tell them you’re not really into facebook and only login like monthly or something. </p>
<p>^Agreed. Hopefully, you at least called her or something?</p>
<p>…anyway, you’re sounding a little bit like Oscar the Grouch. It’s not a big deal; maybe those girls were just being friendly. Saying “thank you” would suffice to show your appreciation.</p>
<p>^ not really. more like 5 minutes. most people waste way more time doing absolutely nothing (aka just sitting on a chair doing nothing, not thinking, etc) everyday.</p>
<p>p.s. there’s no reason to hate facebook. It’s a useful tool. It’s bad to be obsessive about it, but it has valuable benefits as well. That’s why although I’m careful with posting/using Facebook, I wouldn’t want to delete it unless some really crazy crap happened.</p>
<p>It’s not really a big deal. I don’t even bother to wish people happy birthday on Facebook even if they did on my wall. Come to think of it, I think I recently hid my birth date for privacy reasons so that won’t be happening anytime soon.</p>
<p>I think people put too much thought into Facebook… o.O</p>
<p>I dont post my birthday. That way i know who my good friends are cause they will know anyway and post something. But usually theres so many people who say happy birthday that you cant really make sure everyone remembered. So i think it is ok if you forget other peoples birthdays. I usually only check mine once a day, but if something is happening (you know what i mean), sometimes i’ll check it like 10 times a day.</p>
<p>the best thing is changing someone’s birthday on facebook, and then watching them get loads of wishes from people who don’t know them very well.</p>
<p>Wow…everyone I know, including me, checks Facebook almost constantly. They’re on Facebook with their phones, they always have Facebook open when they’re on the computer, they spend hours and hours on Facebook…I’m not making any sorts of judgements about my or others’ habits but I always thought “normal” meant pretty constant Facebook use.</p>
<p>Oh, and to the OP: ***? Seriously, you win the award for like the most awkward post all day. If you happen to see it’s their birthday, wish them a happy birthday. If not, it’s fine. It’s not like this is some huge obligation that has forever been added to your life. It’s Facebook. Chill.</p>
<p>hmm well no u dont have to check your facebook. facebook sends you an email every so often with a list of people’s birthdays and their dates. or just take five minutes, facebook’em or ask around and find out when their birthdays are and write 'em down in ur daily planner that way u don’t have to bother checking everyday.</p>
Seriously though, would it be so hard to just call her for 3 minutes to say happy birthday? Not nice. </p>