So my 5 year high school reunion was a couple weeks ago. I couldn’t make it, but a handful of my friends did. A few nights afterward, I was talking to them about it – typical “How’s Person X and Person Y doing” kind of stuff, and as they answered, I realized that I kept saying “Oh yeah, I know!” each time.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn’t even need to go to the reunion to see what everyone was up to, how they were doing, and who got fat. My reason?

Facebook.

It’s not that I’m some sort of post-high school weirdo stalker, but with the Facebook news feed you can’t help but see what’s going on with other people. And when you know what’s going on with them, it kills the opportunity for that awkward small talk you always start with when you haven’t seen someone in years.

“So, I saw you went to Penn State.”
“Yeah, and you were at Northeastern, right?”
“Mmhmmm…..so……”

Has this happened to you? How’s this going to change things?