Making a point via Facebook

There is much talk about how the evolution of technology and the internet have pretty much changed the way many people communicate with one another these days. While the internet have helped speed up the communication and reply times, it has also made communication less personal, and less face-to-face interaction.

Well, I had a taste of it over the weekend.

A friend got married over the weekend. I was really happy for her as she had been upset for some years over a series of seemingly unfruitful quests to find a right partner and settle down; bad relationships, parental objections, and the likes.

Her getting married kind of felt as if she finally made it to the end of the tunnel.

To cut a long story short we got along well initially, shared hopes, dreams and fears and then over some issues, fell out and stopped talking to each other.

It actually didn’t come as a surprise when I knew I wasn’t invited. Thanks to our mutual friends, I actually found out she got married on the actual day itself on Facebook, through the updates and “tagged-a-photo-of-yous” that keep jumping in my face that she erm.. well.. got married over the weekend.

While I am indeed happy for her, I’m a little irritated that I wasn’t invited to her wedding, and I must say that I’m not sure how to even react to that. I’m probably not going to be petty and not send my best wishes, but point is, how and where do I even start? She didn't even tell me she was attached.

I can't say if leaving me out was intentional or not, but the fact that most of our mutual friends were invited, really hit home; she does not care whether I attended or not. While I could act cool about it and all, our mutual friends who are hyper-active on social media are making it awkward with the constant updates in Facebook and talking to me about it– I can’t even pretend that I was not aware!

Being caught in this awkward situation left me wondering if that was her not so subtle way of "making a statement" after the fallout. At least she did not “de-friend” me in Facebook!

Oh well, maybe I was just being over-sensitive. I probably should be thankful that she helped me to save some money by not inviting me! :D