Social Media Engagement… with a Diamond Ring

By November 17, 2010February 9th, 2018Gossip Genie Blog, Social Media

Once again, I find myself updating my blog from 30,000 feet. However, this time I am on Southwest and I am practicing self-control by not immediately connecting to the Internet. I am en route to LA for a total of 30 hours to attend a client’s event.  If I was not booked to go to LA for the day, I would be headed to New York to attend my best friend’s engagement party this evening. I will be there in spirit and I know that whatever I miss will be documented on Facebook. My best friend is not a huge “Facebooker,” she has never even uploaded an album but luckily her sister documents and posts all of the social happenings between the two.

A recent engagement spreads like wildfire on Facebook. Whether it is people congratulating the newly engaged couple on their walls or posting a status update, “engaged” to illicit a response. It is also quite practical in terms of getting the word out. My boyfriend and I were recently invited to a wedding and the bride-to-be sent me a Facebook message to get my address to send an invitation. It’s nice to know that some traditions are still observed, that being paper invitations. My boyfriend did not send the RSVP in on time and therefore, I received another message from the soon-to-be newlyweds asking if we were attending the wedding. In this case, this couple could have saved the cost of the invitation and stamp because our uncertain attendance was confirmed through Facebook.

On the weekends, my Facebook newsfeed is heavily loaded with wedding chatter. “Headed to Boston to attend Mike and Lisa’s wedding.” “Congrats to Ben and Sara on their wedding.” A blurred cell phone pic of 2 Jews signing the Katubah with the caption, “The Newlyweds.”

Foursquare check-ins have been another way to post about wedding attendance. “Headed to Emily’s wedding, “Jax is at O’hare International Airport (w/55 others)”

My friends’ recent albums are bachelorette parties, engagement parties and most of all weddings. Oddly enough, I have even seen friends post pictures of their newly frosted finger. Keep the bling off the book!

One friend had a late afternoon wedding in Napa and by 4pm her last name was changed on Facebook, as well her relationship status from “engaged” to “married.” As her guests were sipping on wine and munching on appetizers, she was on her computer on her wedding day updating her Facebook page.

If it has not been done yet, it will be soon, a proposal on Twitter, “@Lisa5466 will you marry me?”

I have a friend that is a few years older than me and she says her news feed is filled with baby pictures and due dates. My only request, keep the birthing video out of my network.

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