I got this entertaining and “informative” letter from a reader a few days ago. She shares how she was able to catch her husband cheating through the combination of Facebook and Gmail. It’s a really interesting letter and I asked her permission to repost the entire letter in it’s entirety in this blog. She just replied a few minutes ago saying yes but she asked me to change their names. This is a short but pretty sweet letter and definitely a good read. Consider this a warning to all of you who haven’t made accounts yet on Facebook! Hahahaha! Read it after the break.
Dear Carl,
First, thank you for writing excellent articles on social media and blogging. I always make it a point to read your articles especially when you post the links on your Facebook account. Anyway, I just wanted to make kwento how I was able to find out and confirm that my husband was a cheating b*stard.
I’ve been on Facebook for several months now and I’m very happy with it! So much fun connecting with old friends and rediscovering childhood classmates. I’ve been bugging Ralph (not his real name -Carlo) to go on FB to but he keeps telling me it’s a waste of time. This was ok with me until one time when he came home I saw lipstick marks on his handkerchief. This made me crazy. I didn’t want to confront him though until I confirmed it. This is where social media kicks in.
I made a new e-mail account and made a Facebook account for Ralph. I posted his pictures and started uploading a lot of information to make it look like it was really him. I then gave it to him and told him he can use it. Eventually sinubukan na niya and he started logging in regularly and he got to around 500 friends.
What he didn’t know was that each time someone sent him a message on FB, I would get a copy on the email that I created even if he already changed the password.
To make a long story short, I found several women messaging with him in a not so “nice” way. I confronted him about it and he tried to defend himself but I showed him print outs of the messages. His face was priceless! We’re still in one house but he’s sleeping in a different room. He’s trying to make it up to me and I’ve yet to decide if I can be with him again.
Epic fail for him, and a huge win for social media.
Sincerely,
Trisha (not her real name -Carlo)
Trisha said it pretty well: Epic fail for him and a huge win for social media. LOL!
In the US, that’s already identity theft. Good thing it’s not yet a law in the Philippines.
I think, merong invasion of privacy dito… getting married doesn’t mean partners can sneak in each others’ noses. Kaya maraming nag-aaway kasi masyadong close; walang boundary… kaya nagkakafriction (physics gyud).
On the other side, magpaalam lang ng tama sa asawa na kailangan niya pa ng isang asawa… kung kaya sa pananalapi, isip, diwa at tuhod, why not.
Facepalm :p
Perhaps it would have been better for this Ralph if he hadn’t accepted the Facebook account.
Anti-Wiretapping Law?
Wait… do their nicknames begin with C and F?
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Interesting article, Carlo. But IMO, what your reader did is bullshit. I know these are bad examples, but that’s like secretly setting up a camera in your teenager’s room to catch her having sex with her boyfriend, and confronting them about it. Or rummaging through your sister’s cabinet to read her secret diary. Or confronting your kid after you find a few pages torn off your hidden, yellowing stack of 1970s-era porn magazines.
Let those who are without sin, throw the first stone.
This is not indicative in any way, shape or form of mine or any other person’s personal life (just had to make that clear)
LOL, I’ve to say the on-line dating or electronic dating has come a hell of a way from the days of straight forward chat rooms. More and more people are turning to on-line dating web sites to display likely dates.