Birthdays

In this day and age of network sites galore .. just how DO you tell someone Happy Birthday?

I send a card. Fine. Simple.

But then on the day, I send a text. Then I worry, should I be going onto Facebook now, and sending a cyber present and writing something on the wall? Then onto MySpace and leaving a comment? Have I done ENOUGH?

Am I failing as a friend if I just send a card and then perhaps a text on the day?

And then there is the choice of communication problem. I prefer email to keep in touch. You can write a lot, it's (probably you hope) private, you can file it, print it, delete it, forward it etc etc. Lovely.

But then you get the odd friend that suddenly takes to writing on your Facebook wall. Or sending you a private message on MySpace. Or you have part of a conversation on email, only for them to suddenly pop up on Friend Reunited messages ...

Arrrggggghhhh. Too much choice. Stress nowadays all comes from the technology that was invented to make our lives easier. I wouldn't HAVE a job if PC's hadn't been invented - created to make processing tasks easier.

Mind you, you wouldn't be reading this now if Babbage hadn't been a clever clogs would you?? Bet he just sent his friends a card.