Fake Facebook

Facebook is an interesting thing, you can take on almost any identity. A couple years back, my sister, Taryn and I, created a fake facebook account to play a trick on our really good friend. We were on vacation in Montana at the time and we thought it would be hilarious to make up this guy that we met on the trip. His name was Jase Matthew Bronzen and we put a lot of effort into his profile to make it legitimate. The point of the trick was to have Jase add Renae to facebook so that he could talk to her and tell her that he heard of Renae through me and Taryn. We wanted to see how far we could take this before she realized that Jase was not real. Looking back now, it was a cruel and immature joke because we were playing with Renae's feelings. After we unmasked Jase for who he really was, she told us how wrapped up in him she was. Surprisingly, she had told all her friends about Jase and how they were going to meet up sometime because he lived in Lethbridge. When she found out, she laughed, took it really well, but to this day I still feel bad that I took on someone else's identity at the expense of my friend's feelings. As heartless and immature that joke was, who would have thought my own uncle would do something similar. I have three uncle's on my mother's side, two of them have a friendly sibling rivalry. My Uncle Rodi has always wanted to be the favourite uncle but my Uncle Ryan receives attention all around. The other day I saw that my Uncle Ryan had facebook and so I added him as a friend. The next day he accepts my invitation and starts talking to me on facebook chat. To my surprise, the first thing that he says is "who's your favourite uncle?" This is a common question I hear from Uncle Rodi every time I see him, therefore, I was a little suspicious when I was hearing it from Uncle Ryan. I respond with "you are" because that's what I tell all of my uncles. His next response clears everything, "now now ky, are you sure?" Only my Uncle Rodi calls me Ky, in fact, he started that nickname. I caught him red handed. He explained that he created an account under Ryan's name so that he could trick people. I have never laughed that hard in a lont time. However, it proves this, you can never fully trust people on facebook; they may not always be the people you think they are.