In
Group 2, I noticed that a lot of the ladies kept using the term 'LJ'. I asked them what 'LJ' meant and I was told
that 'LJ' was an abbreviation for 'Life Jacket', an endearment for their
husbands. That didn't make a lot of sense to me as someone who knows quite a
lot about Life Jackets. I put up a post asking what the correlation between
husbands and Life Jackets is. I had asked my husband what he thought about
husbands as Life Jackets and he was just as blank as I was...Anyway, it seems I
hit a nerve with many of these women. That's when I confirmed that there are
some women in this day and age who are devoted faithfuls to the idols called
"Marriage" and "Ignorance"! I was so relieved when Admin
deleted my post as I was feeling too stubborn to delete the post myself!
That marked my journey as a silent member of the group
until I finally left the group.
I also remember a post that Admin had put up asking
members to cut out writing in native languages without translating and to stop
using mindless abbreviations. The point with the native language was that there
were people in the group that couldn't follow conversations as the comments in
the native languages were getting in the way.
The complaints from the members stunned me. And there was more push back
from those of a particular tribe that parades itself as being more civilized
than others. I think I started learning to comprehend textspeak as a result of
my membership of that group. It's amusing that there were dozens of posts that
I may have liked to contribute to but I just didn't comprehend!
I have to say that I respect the conduct of the Admin of
Group 2...I follow the page; I can't handle the drama from group members,
though.
A couple of friends from Group 1 came together and
started Group 3. I was invited to join Group 3 and before long, I found myself
as an Admin (I actually told them I was a half-Admin and I finally chose to
divide my "half-Admin" powers with my triplet sister, lol). I believe
Group 3 deserves a post of its own too as the drama encountered is enough to
get one or two movies produced, lol.
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