so, it seems that facebook has evolved for one primary purpose in my life. for former acquaintances to "friend" me so that we can both see what the other person is up to after many years of never speaking.
this is all fine and good. But you see, I come from the midwest, where, lots of people get married. (as opposed to SF where everyone is 30 and single). So, when someone "friends" me and happens to be married and happens to be a girl, I often have NO CLUE who that person is.
this is very confusing. I generally go through a seven step process of understanding.
1. who the hell is this? it must be spam.
2. perhaps it's one of those married folks, maybe i'll see if I recognize them.
3. no, they look much older than anyone I knew in high school, definitely spam.
4. wait wait, even i look older than i did in high school, it still MIGHT be a married person
5. ok, several of my other high school friends are friends with this person, either they've all been taken in by this spammer, or it really IS a married person.
6. hmm, it says that they're married on their profile, ok, i'm pretty certain that i knew this person once.
and finally
7. OH! it's so-and-so! holy crap! they got married?
and now i arrive at the point of this post. facebook needs an option where you can enter in your maiden name so that all your friends from your previous single life know who you are. it would make the whole thing much simpler.

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