FoxTrot by Bill Amend for June 24, 2012
Transcript:
Paige: Mom, I'm 14 years old. I'm starting high school in a couple of months. We've put this off for far too long. I think it's time we had "the talk". Andy: About the birds and the bees? We did that a while ago. Paige: No, I mean the stop-posting-dorky-stuff-on-my-Facebook-wall talk. Andy: Then how will your friends know I love you?
Templo S.U.D. over 12 years ago
A few years ago, I wrote on a cousin’s Facebook that I was sorry to hear the death of his sister’s husband (the source was from another cousin during Facebook chat). Then he wrote to me saying he deleted the post because he didn’t want that much sympathy from his other friends.
garfield246 over 12 years ago
That’s odd, Paige was in high school only a month ago(!)
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 12 years ago
From what I’ve heard of this oversharing problem and posts getting people fired, expelled, or even arrested; knowing she’s cared for is the least of her problems.
thetraveller4 over 12 years ago
I never post anything “serious” on my friend’s walls. If I want to discuss serious stuff, I send it to their private inboxes, and save their walls for jokes, funny pics and stuff like that. Avoids lots of awkward situations…
cdward over 12 years ago
A parent should ALWAYS post dorky stuff on their kids’ walls. That way everyone knows that the parents are watching.
neatslob Premium Member over 12 years ago
A parent’s primary responsibility is to be an embarrassment to his children.
flagfly over 12 years ago
They must know by now from previous postings.
Devils Knight over 12 years ago
guess i am save i am not on facebook
YatInExile over 12 years ago
Starting high school again? How many years is this, now?
Elderflower over 12 years ago
I remember when I was a teenager, naturally, my mom embarassed me. She was so darned cheerful and chirpy to all my friends. This was n the 70’s, and it wasn’t “cool” to be enthusiastic about anything. I think we all wanted to be Vulcans.
My friends would invariably say “wow, you’re mom is so nice!”
I guess embarassing parents are in the eye of the offspring.
cybergal29 over 12 years ago
I was in Grade 6 when they showed use a video about sex and puberty and girls getting their “time of the month”. Mothers were welcome to come and talk to their daughters about the video. My mom was the only mother there. My female teacher was surprised to learn from my mom that I had already gotten “my time of the month” six months earlier.
Doctor11 over 12 years ago
Just deal with it, Paige, it’s a part of life.
buddytoe over 12 years ago
Shes 14?!?!
lightningsnowstorm over 12 years ago
I did too…
lightningsnowstorm over 12 years ago
Paige, there is a reason I don’t use facebook…
calspace over 12 years ago
I thought Paige finally started sophomore year last year.
Comics Master over 10 years ago
Andy, you can just hug her, just quick lil’ hugs, and they’ll know!
Nister almost 4 years ago
I tried getting Facebook. I used it for 2 minutes and then I got banned the next day for no reason.