Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life

I was thinking this morning how thankful I am for Facebook.  I know some people have problems with Facebook but I never really have had any and it has really been a good thing the last few years.  Especially since we are a Military family and don’t live anywhere near our family and long time friends.  We also move often or our friends move often.  Facebook has helped me keep in touch.

Now if someone is a close friend and moves away it is much more likely that we will talk on the phone or write emails to each other.  I have one friend whom I text with all day long.  If I suddenly didn’t have access to Facebook anymore I would still be in touch with those people.

But what about everyone else?

What about the other Moms I met at my son’s first preschool or friends I went through deployments with or people I have met at Bible study or a playgroup?  People that touched me in one way or another.  I simply would not be able to keep in touch with all of these people.  Facebook makes it possible.  I can see pictures of their new baby.  I can hear stories of their children growing up.  We can discuss the latest movie or book or play a round of Words with Friends.

I think for me it makes the whole saying goodbye part of Military life a little easier.

Have you been able to keep in touch with people after you or they move away?  What is the easiest way for you to do that?

Dear Directv,

I know you are upset that we cancelled our service with you. We would have done it sooner but you have contracts and for some silly reason I signed a two-year one back in 2010. It isn’t that I don’t like tv, I like it a lot actually. But quite honestly, we don’t want to pay for it anymore. We love Netflix. Sorry, Netflix has our heart and has for years. We get the DVDs and have instant. Netflix has almost any DVD we could want and we can usually find something good to watch on the instant version. We pay a lot less for this than we do for you. We know that you offer new tv shows, sports and the news. We know this. I usually get my news online. Very rarely will I sit and watch it on tv. It has been two months since we cancelled with you. We are very happy with this new arrangement. If I want to watch a new show I have to do it online but lets face it, I am more likely to be on my computer anyway. Your DVR service is nice but quite honestly I felt like I had to watch my shows ASAP or something bad would happen. Not sure why I always felt like that but I did. So now we are a Netflix only family and it works for us. I still get to watch my TV shows even though they are older. They are new to me though and that is what matters.

So after reading all this, can you please stop sending me, “We miss you” emails. You don’t miss me. You miss our money. And please, don’t call us about it either. If we decide we want your service again, we will contact you. Although we might just call Dish or Comcast. Who knows? And I can tell you it won’t be anytime soon.

Thanks so much!

Your previous customer!