A recent conversation in a CafeMom discussion group got me thinking: Would I feel comfortable with my husband having a straight, female friend? One who wasn't attached to a guy friend? Hmm. I feel that it's very, VERY rare that two straight people of the opposite gender are truly, 100 percent "just friends." There's more often than not some sort of complicated feelings harbored by at least one of them, during at least some part of the friendship. I have not just personal experience, but science on my side in the matter of whether platonic relationships truly exist. 

Yet, yet, and yet again -- in anticipation of all the comments I can imagine this post getting about what great guy friends you have and how you LOVE your husband's best friend who happens to look like Cameron Diaz ...

Horrible news broke today that two bombs were detonated near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. So far, it's been reported that at least two people are dead and at least 23 are injured. Social media immediately became a lifeline for people trying to find out the status of friends and family. The Boston Marathon sent out messages on both Facebook and Twitter telling people to meet at the Boston Common in order to check in. Within hours, a website run by the Red Cross went up where people can list themselves as safe or look for runners and Google launched a person finder.

First there were the studies that said that Facebook makes us frustrated, envious, and filled with misery. Then there was the study that said, oh wait, never mind, Facebook totally makes you HAPPY! -- as long you look at your own profile, that is. Now there's new research that says if you're "emotionally connected" to Facebook, you're basically a ball of anxiety who, statistically, probably drinks too much.

But the good news is that while you may be a nervous drunk, at least you're not lonely. Because of all your anxious, alcohol-abusing Facebook friends, of course!

Facebook, Facebook, whatchu gonna do when it comes for you? That was meant to be sung in the vein of the Cops theme song, FYI. Cool story. Anyway! What do we got today, folks, on the Facebook catching someone doing something they shouldn't front? How about a woman finding out that the man she just married actually has another wife? Not crazy enough for you? How about a woman updating her relationship status to "married", and changing her last name to her husband's on the site, only to be contacted by the man's ... old wife? Oh, you know, just a regular day in social media.

Ugh. Lately it seems like every day I get a little bit more annoyed with some of the Facebook status updates I see clogging up my news feed -- ones that make me roll my eyes in disgust.

Remember when Facebook was fun? Like five years ago? When we used it as a means of keeping in touch with family and friends we don't see on a regular basis? Yeah, those days are over -- and they have been for a while.

Facebook has somehow morphed into a never-ending brag-fest -- because people just can't seem to resist rubbing every perfect aspect of their lives into their friends' faces.

Recently I had that conversation you never ever want to have with someone you really, really care about. You know, the one where you talk about how you go on with your lives separately now that you're broken up. In the dim light of a small coffee shop over a lukewarm macchiato, I looked into his eyes. My chest hurt. I knew what I had to say, but I didn't want to say it ... at all. 

"I'm going to have to defriend you on Facebook. At least for now. I can't know."

It's sad, isn't it? That these are the things you have to discuss with someone when you're going your separate ways? But it was true. I didn't want to click the "unfriend" button because I wanted nothing to do with him. I needed to click it because I still care, and I just can't handle it.

If you've ever been online (which, clearly you have since you're reading this), you know that the Internet can be a shitty place. When people aren't face-to-face -- or better yet, when they can hide behind screen names -- they've got balls of steel. And the same rings true for social media. Yes, it's your face and your name behind your profile, but still -- people feel protected when they're in the cozy confines of their home. Calling someone a "bitch" is much easier when you know there's zero chance of getting punched in the face afterwards.

But here's the thing: People are losing friends over this behavior. Like, real friends. A new study has found that the more people use social media, the nastier they get online. And 2 in 5 people have actually ended friendships altogether over altercations that have taken place on Facebook.

Today I posted something on Facebook and a couple of friends responded and I liked one friend's comment. Because it was cute and funny and had to do with him saving a rabbit. And then my mind started churning. I started thinking about the other friend's comment and how I hadn't liked it, and whether she'd notice and be offended. And then I thought maybe I should go back and like her comment too. But then I thought maybe that would be setting a bad precedent -- and that I'd have to start liking everyone's comments and how that would take up too much time. And then I realized I'd just spent 10 minutes using up my precious life stressing about some stupid thing on Facebook. Arrrghhh!!!

Here are six ridiculous things about Facebook that make me stress.