Social Media Rules for the Men (Compliments of my son-in-law)

Hello folks, let’s chat… My immediate family uses a smart phone app that allows us to converse at the drop of a hat without stopping to copy everyone in to the same group text.  Two things: One, this means I can talk to them all through the day whenever something interesting, humorous and/or trivial crosses my mind and you can only imagine how popular this is with the whole group. And two, I once said group text in front of a large audience and heard a collective gasp. Apparently, if I’m not careful, the remnants of my childhood speech impediment can make group text sound like something else entirely. Mama’s still fanning herself over that blooper and if you can’t figure out what I’m talking about, I’m not going to tell you. By the way, that has nothing to do with today’s chat, I just got sidetracked.

I wanted to share something else with y’all. Over the holidays my son-in-law Patrick composed some Social Media Rules for our little family chats. Get a load of this list:

1. Smiley faces and/or frowns shall be limited to one per post.
2. Yes and no are perfectly acceptable answers.
3. Delayed response from the men of 48-72 hours is totally acceptable.
4. What’s said on the chat stays on the chat. (I’m trying not to be all hyper-sensitive but I really think that may have been directed at his mother-in-law here.)
5. Sharing deer pictures is strongly encouraged.
6. Post hunt reports are always welcome.
7. Whatever the admin says is usually very funny

And then he adds—

8. Email complaints to me, group admin

And they say I’m the ham in this family. Personally, I have issues with Patrick’s little list. I wanted to discuss the obvious gender bias in it, but I have a feeling it’s not going to happen. It’s been at least 72 hours since I complained to the admin!

Hugs, Shellie