Secret Messages

There's a secret message tab on Facebook. My friend told me about it recently. Apparently if you go under 'messages' there is a tab in grey on the top that says 'other'. When you click it you're transported to another world--a world where random people message you. I was already perplexed as to the things some people do on Facebook but this was a whole new level of scary. Go on, check the tab right now. You'll find some span messages but also messages from men starting like this…

“Hello….you are a very beauty woman” (no ‘beauty’ was not a typo I made)
“If I ever saw an angel, it was in your eyes…”
“Hey! This is totally random but I just wanted to say what’s up?” (it is random. And what is up, is that there’s a stranger asking how I’m doing)


This isn't Match.com. Stop being a creepy creep and pay the fee if you're looking for someone to date. Girls will never ever see one of those messages and say, "hmmm, this stranger thinks I'm hot and he's not bad looking so sure, let's meet up". Never ever. Because it's creepy that you've looked at our profile and tried to see pictures and you don't know us. Thanks for thinking that we're attractive but it skeeves us to think you're looking at our picture for other reasons too. Also, don't friend people who you've never met before or friends of friends. The girls who accept those kinds of requests either need/enjoy attention from random men or feel bad blowing your request off if you have a mutual friend. Men, we know who you've become 'friends' with them merely to get to look at their bikini selfies. It's gross. We're too old to be doing that and that's why they created Google search---so you can look at random girls pictures without anyone knowing you're creepy.


Thinking about it, I realized that I may have some male friends who do that. If I find out that any of you have been sending messages to random girls I will immediately defriend you. And I HATE defriending but I will do it. It's sad and pathetic, and even more sad when it's girls who are under the age of 21....that now makes you creepy but also is going to solidify your future role as the creepy lonely 40 year old who hits on high schoolers. That's not a good look.


Here is a list of things men shouldn't do in cyber space

My Top 5 things:
1. FRIEND HER AFTER BARELY MEETING HER
2. asK her how she's been...the last time you saw her was the last day of high school...
3. 'like' old pictures (wow, you went through all 1100 pics I was tagged in? that means you've been staring at my face for over an hour...)
4. 'like' her bikini selfie
5. drunk chat with her....just cuz we're on the same time doesn't mean it's a good idea to talk

Here's a complete article of the 25 worst ways to hit on women on social media. I couldn't have written it better myself:
http://www.complex.com/tech/2013/05/the-25-worst-ways-to-hit-on-women-on-social-media/