Molly and I have recently discovered how hard it is to keep a secret from getting out to everyone on Facebook. Our secret began with the results of an EPT test. We took a picture of it that weekend, went skiing in Breckenridge, and then packed up for Cabo. Excited about skiing one day and hitting the beach the next day, we hastily employed iPhoto’s Facebook export feature to post our skiing pics while we were waiting for our ride to the airport. We selected the 6 skiing photos, hit export, and then saw “exporting 15 pictures to Facebook”. Doh! Sure enough, the pregnancy test photo was now up on my wall. We were able to delete the pic right away and crossed our fingers that none of our friends were getting updates during those 45 seconds.Little by little, the secret started making its way out. Our sleuthing friends have a radar these days for any woman ordering just a cranberry juice at a restaurant. We’d admit our exciting news with the caveat that we’re not telling everyone yet. But a lot of people don’t understand that posting on one’s Facebook wall is equivalent to telling everyone.
The first comment on one of our walls was, “keep us posted on the baby news!”. I quickly learned how to delete comment threads. And I reminded the poster to keep it on the DL. Then Mol had a friend say, “I heard some good news. Congrats!!!”. More deleting. And another comment mentioned future diaper changing. We almost gave in and let the comments stand, but held out for the standard three month waiting period.
We tried to tell most people directly. That used to mean face to face. Or by phone. These days, even emailing the news still seems kind of direct. Perhaps, I’ll feel the same way about Facebook some day. And my apologies to those who are learning the news right now. :)
Yes, we're expecting a little one the week of christmas. Mol's doing great, and she looks great with her little baby bump, too!
