I think I can see this from both sides. I know that feeling of "everyone is having fun but me!" (though less so as I get older and have more perspective), and I also know the frustration of going out, having fun, and then having someone resent me for it when, really, it was never about then.
(When the latter happens in the context of a relationship? It's time to get out. Because being unhappy will not cure the other person's unhappiness; it will only add to yours.)
I don't think it's a facebook issue per se--these things were issues when I was in school and knew everyone was going to parties and such but me--but I can see how facebook might make it worse. Which doesn't mean getting rid of fb is the answer ... though maybe teens could benefit from learning the value of gafiating in an online context, or of time away in general?
I love facebook now, privacy issues aside. But as a teen, it would have been a pretty painful place for me in so many ways. Don't know the answer to that, either.
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(When the latter happens in the context of a relationship? It's time to get out. Because being unhappy will not cure the other person's unhappiness; it will only add to yours.)
I don't think it's a facebook issue per se--these things were issues when I was in school and knew everyone was going to parties and such but me--but I can see how facebook might make it worse. Which doesn't mean getting rid of fb is the answer ... though maybe teens could benefit from learning the value of gafiating in an online context, or of time away in general?
I love facebook now, privacy issues aside. But as a teen, it would have been a pretty painful place for me in so many ways. Don't know the answer to that, either.