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Today's chat
... is online here. I'll leave comments open for anyone who wants to continue the discussion. A preview:
Tara_s_Mom: Everyone keeps asking me when I will be having another child (I have one daughter who is 2 1/2) How do I handle this question? I do want another but my husband says he is not sure.
Robin_Abrahams: Wow, I'd be SO tempted to respond to the question, "When are you having another child," with "When one of my husband's sperm fertilizes one of my eggs. Didn't you learn that in school?" But that would be mean. Stick with an "Oh, we're pretty happy with this one here" (you are, aren't you?) and if they push it, say, "You know, that's a very personal decision and I'd prefer not to discuss it."



To the person who doesn't like their picture on facebook, untag yourself from any pictures you have been tagged in.
That way, they will not show up as "pictures of you" in a link on your profile page.
They will still be on Facebook, but will be harder to find. Only someone looking through your friends album will see them and your name will no longer be listed.
Hope that helps!
Robin says: You young people and your techno-savvy ways! Thanks, Danielle!
To "Clueless," who never heard back about the job interview -- you're not alone. Don't know if this will make you feel any better, but during my job search, I was brought back for a 2nd interview on two occasions and never heard anything. Good luck to you, and if any HR people are reading this -- rejection isn't as bad as nothing at all.
Facebook should really just remove the feature that allows other people to automatically link photos to your profile through tagging. It is possibly one of the worst features. What would be so difficult about having the tag not show up until you approve it? Facebook could notify you when someone wants to tag a photo of you and you could click "ok" or "no thanks". Many people do not have time to be logging in everyday to untag photos of themselves so the plan to just "untag yourself" is not very effective. As it is they might as well give your friends free access to edit your interests and personal information too.
To the commenter that said facebook should remove tagging:
When you are tagged in a photo, you get a message about it in your facebook inbox (and my account is set up that I get an e-mail as well, but not everyone sets theirs up that way).
So, while I acknowledge it may be annoying to untag a photo, at least you're notified the photo exists on facebook, instead of having to hunt for it.
A lot of facebook users, myself included, like being tagged in photos. It is not equivalent to giving friends access to editing your information.
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