It's been a while since I've talked about something random so I thought of something that I wanted to discuss...joint accounts. This post will be directed toward those of you with a joint email, or social networking account. I don't mean to offend, but that drives me nuts!
Here's why:
- Even though you're married, you're still a person in and of yourself. I'm not opposed to a woman taking her husband's last name (obviously), but sharing accounts like that is like saying 'whatever you have to say to me, you can say to my husband/wife'. Which brings me to...
- Maybe I don't want your husband/wife reading what I have to say to you. I'm not saying that I have anything really interesting/scandalous to say, but a lot of times the stuff I say doesn't mean anything to anyone but the person I intended to send it to (and could potentially be embarrassing for anyone else to read). Inside jokes, or stories from years gone by are not interesting to anyone outside of that situation. Case in point, go to any high school reunion and check out the look on the spouses faces...they can not wait to go home (unless of course they went to the same high school, in which case this point is defunct)...
- They're free! It'd be different if you had to pay for email or networking logins, but they give them away to anyone for free! Take advantage!