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17 April 2007

[NOT AGEIST!] However, there is a reason why people my parents' age shouldn't use the Internet.→[More:]

I just helped my mom import her email contacts from Outlook into Gmail. I had to make a CSV file for her in Excel. In doing so, one email address jumped out at me.

The address was for friends of my parents, a married couple. My dad used to work with the guy. I assume they're my parents' age -- mid-60s. Both of their first initials are B, and their last initial is M.

Still, there's no good reason AT ALL for their email address to be bdsm238@domain.com. No good reason at all.

I changed the number to protect their anonymity.

I wonder how many people are laughing behind their backs.

I also wonder if they have a secret life, but I'd really rather not know about it.

They have kids my age, too. Why didn't the kids say something?

I'm LOLing.

post by: mudpuppie at: 17:00 | 11 comments

Or maybe that's just who your parents WANT YOU to think they're talking to at bdsm238@domain.com.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 17 April | 17:03

Oh, I soooo did not need to go there in my mind.

posted by mudpuppie 17 April | 17:04

The safe word is 'banana.'

posted by jonmc 17 April | 17:12

*smile*

Well if your parents are in their 50's they more than likely still DO IT, and moreover, ENJOY IT! With maybe a little kink tossed in there. . .

(oh, I reread and it said they were in their 60's. . . .EWWWWWW)

posted by danf 17 April | 17:16

My Dad joined MySpace after I told him to, and now he's a bigger MySpace whore then me. Scary.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 17:18

MySpace and LiveJournal. . .I try to keep track of Daughter's antics, and have a "dummy" LJ acct for that purpose, but I can't see myself "participating."

posted by danf 17 April | 17:20

My aunt has always been passionate about attending antique auctions where for years she chose the number 69 for her little bid sign. Two summers ago during a reunion with her sisters and my father, she asked one of my other aunts why people snickered about her choice of number.

My other aunt replied, "Leona, you really don't have a clue, do you." At which point, my father, the youngest of the four siblings, gleefully informed my aunt just what exactly 69 meant.

posted by mischief 17 April | 17:34

My Dad joined MySpace after I told him to, and now he's a bigger MySpace whore then me. Scary.

As long as we don't see him on one of those Dateline "stings," pink... carrying condoms and a sixpack. ; )

posted by Pips 17 April | 17:41

my mom stalked me thru my blog and found me on yahoo messenger....

i have no words that can entirely explain the squick factor of my sixty-five year old mother using chatspeak slang.

ew.

posted by lonefrontranger 17 April | 20:08

I'M on myspace. And I'm 48.

My daughters (not my son, he's on facebook and has no time for even that) and some old friends of mine are on there, so it's all good.

Hey, even Weird Al Yankovic friended me. (and a gajillion other people, but still.)

posted by bunnyfire 17 April | 22:22

I miss the way my father used to send emails that were all caps. HI JAN, WE MISS YOU HERE, GIVE US A CALL SOON.

posted by JanetLand 18 April | 08:21

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