Back in secondary school days, life was pretty much easier and everything felt so. Technology was introduced and everything felt much better. I came from a home where children were restricted from internet and social media till we got to a certain age.
When 2go was introduced i didn't have a phone as at that time, I'd see all my school mates talking about 2go, I usually stay away from such conversations because i had nothing to contribute. For it felt like I was in the dark and i was outdated.
After some years went by, Facebook was introduced in the social media world. I haven't even recovered from the pressure i got from 2go users, then Facebook came out again, it's felt like i was going to face another peer pressure from my friends and school mates again.
Whenever i go to school Facebook was always the topic every teenager as at that time. Well, this time around i refuse to be pressured by anyone so i joined the trend.
As at that time i was using a visa phone, the phone wasn't even working well as it's a button phone. Due to the fact that i really wanted to join Facebook so badly, i had a friend that has an android phone, I begged him to help me open a Facebook account, he saw how desperate i was and he took advantage of it. Some days i will buy lunch for him so that he could open a Facebook account for me with his phone.
At a point i got fed up of all his demands, my neighbour's daughter had a Samsung smartphone, i don't usually talk to her on a normal day, but because i was so desperate to open a Facebook page, i started making friends with her. I was able to convince her to open a Facebook account for me, i was so happy and excited. It felt like i was i complete teenager 😅. No one could intimidate me, i was feeling like a big girl.
It got to a point that i was always following my neighbour's daughter everywhere she goes. I can't i actually did that 🤦♀️.
Desperation put me into trouble
At a point i got tired of always following my friend around just because i want to always check my Facebook notifications. I had some money saved up already, then i decided to get myself an android phone. While i was getting this phone, i knew my parents were going to be mad at me if they find out. I kept it a secret to myself, i didn't tell anyone i was getting an android phone.
After getting the phone, i logged my Facebook account to the phone. I became fully in control of my account, i started adding friends and sending friend requests to lot's of people. Here's a thing about Facebook, if you create an account, it's going to ask you for permission to access your contact list, this feature would help you to add people in your contacts as friends.
Now this is where things got shaddy. In my quest to gain more friends, i i sent my mum a friend request, i didn't realize this at first, after some hours of sending her a friend request, she accepted my friend request. I was shocked, it was then i realised i had sent a friend request.
Remember i mentioned earlier, that there was a certain age you need to get to before using an android phone in my family. As at that time i wasn't up to the age to use an android phone talk more of having a Facebook account. I knew if any of my parents found out about me having an android phone and being on Facebook, i was going to get the beating of my life.
My mum confronted me one day, asking me if I was on facebook, i denied it because if i said the truth she would've roasted me. She didn't believe me, she started monitoring my movements. After some time has passed, my school hosted a party, after the party everyone was posting their pictures on Facebook, i wanted to feel among, then i made a post on Facebook, Bammmmm! My mum saw it, this time i can't even deny it.
This was how i implicated myself, my mum asked me which phone was i using to login in to Facebook, i brought out my phone gave it to her, in my very eyes. My mum smashed the phone on the floor, she continue to smash it till it spoilt completely . She flogged the hell out of me that day.
That was the end of using Facebook down till today. Sometimes my mum would streak some funny videos on Facebook to me. Time flies and things change, imagine the same person that flogged me for using Facebook is now the same person that send me links on Facebook.
After that whole situation i lost interest in Facebook even as an adult.
This is my entry to the digi-prompt of the week