Sometimes I find myself feeding my Lily girl in the middle of the night (read: every night, several times). She saves her best eating for when she’s mostly asleep. This doesn’t bother me – I love nighttime baby moments, maybe because I work full time, maybe because I don’t sleep that well anyway.
Often I find myself drowsy, however, and keep myself awake by browsing the internets on my phone. Last night I decided to see with whom I had the most “friends” in common on Facebook. I noticed right away (and it’s perfectly obvious) that the people with whom I shared the most friends were people with whom I interact in more than one context. For example, social friends who are / were also coworkers, or family members with whom I went to church or school.
The results:
Julie (friend / cousin of sister-in-law / graduate school): 27 mutual friends
Erin (coworker / student / friend): 45 mutual friends.
Marsha (cousin / track team / college / friend): 49 mutual friends.
Jill (sister-in-law, friend, social hub): 61 mutual friends
Karen (sister / student wards): 104 mutual friends.
Cami (sister / co-Boston-er / high school): 132 mutual friends.
But the person with whom I share the most “friends” ??? ???? ???
My mom: 142 mutual friends.
I have no idea what this says, other than we know (and presumably like) a lot of the same people, but this exercise kept me awake for at least five minutes. And now you’ve wasted about two minutes.
Yay Facebook.
