Facebook is so behind the times…

Sean and I have been slowly getting our feet wet in the morass that is Facebook.  I’m always nervous about new ways to give out all kinds of personal information to the entire world.  The other day I finally filled out the “spouse” field in my profile, and because Sean also has an account, Facebook had to check with him to make sure I was his wife. Do random people arbitrarily report that they are married to perfect strangers?  Is this sort of verification actually necessary?

Let the bizarreness of that sink in for a second, and then get this: Once Sean confirmed that yes indeed, this person is my wife, we both got notifications from Facebook.  His said “You are now in a relationship with Kiersten.” 

NOW?!??!

Somehow that ruined the whole “up to the minute” gimmick they’ve got going.

I have been dreading this day…

Some of you know that Ellie has been, to this point, utterly oblivious to the origins of the meat she eats.  We used to go through a litany with her once in a while:

Parent: Ellie, do we eat cows?

Ellie: NO!!!!

Parent: Are they delicious?

Ellie: NO!!!

Parent: Are they foodable (her word)?

Ellie: NO!!!

Parent: Ellie, do you like cheeseburgers?

Ellie: YES!!! YUMMY!

To tell you the truth, I thought she was starting to suspect.  I mean, the girl is four and a half years old.  She’s a smart kid.  Did she really not understand that chicken nuggets come from chickens and fish sticks come from fish?  I thought, until tonight, that she was just continuing to play along in the funny game with Mom & Dad. 

Nope.  She was clueless.

Dad: Ellie, do you like cheeseburgers?

Ellie: YES!  YUMMY!

Dad: Where do cheeseburgers come from?

Ellie: McDonald’s.

Dad: But where does McDonald’s get the meat to make cheeseburgers?

Ellie: (pause) I don’t know.

Dad:  Burgers are cow meat. (Ellie jumps in shock and stares in horror)

Ellie: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!  I don’t want people to eat K.C.! (her stuffed animal cow…named after a steak…come ON!)

Dad: Honey, nobody’s going to eat K.C., but the cows we see along the road when we’re driving?  We eat them.  We get steaks and burgers and roast beef from them.  And it’s ok.

Ellie: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Dad: Do you like what you’re eating?

Ellie: Yes!  YUMMY!

Dad: That’s cow meat and pig meat in that spaghetti sauce, and you like it!

Ellie: NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Dad: Ellie, if you’d rather be in denial for a while longer, that’s ok…

Ellie: MMMMM HMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!