I have recently just gone through the process of splitting my facebook account up into two. Reason being that I’m trying to be “out” on my primary account, and my secondary account would be the “conservative” one for family and church friends (there are many). It has now been about a week or so. And I’ve got to say, this ain’t easy! It would be easier if my brother and I had less mutual friends, or less extended family members on facebook… I might have just dug a bigger hole for myself and spun an unnecessarily tangled web of lie.
But I was going to address my name change, not how complicated I have made my life with a simple fb change (and all because this “closet” thing!). Basically, my new name came from my “new mother”. [caveat: I just realized that I can’t actually mention my name and what I’ve changed it to, because that would be identify who I am… though I’m pretty sure those who are reading knows anyway] A “new mother”? Yes. What I’ve noticed with my gay friends is that they have their biological family, and then they have their “gay family” comprised of their close friends. Now, I am not trying to catch a trend or anything by acquiring a “new mother”; no, it sort of just happened… all because of how you can declare relationships (including family/ relative ones) on facebook. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing and it was mostly a joke. But the name that came as a result was something I really liked and kept. It was a name created especially for me and for her to address me. There’s just something special about that! (I should mention that I’ve also acquired a drag name! Very exciting!)
Anyway, I forget what my point is in bringing this up… perhaps more reasons to come out of the closet and just amalgamate my poorly set-up facebook accounts? Or I’ve come one step closer to becoming a “normal” Western lesbian woman?
Where's My Dime? 