Facebook exposure

I finally broke down and got a Facebook profile about 6 months ago after the horrible nagging of my wife. You see, my wife has an addiction. A Facebook addiction. There is not one day that goes by that she won't get on Facebook to "check friend's status' " or "post some pictures." The list goes on and on. Fortunately for her, it's a great way to stay connected with old friends from St. Louis (where she grew up) and also maintain (somewhat) her social life. I find that in some ways Facebook is the new email or new forum. People feel free to post whatever they like, inappropriate or not, on Facebook.
Take for example, my wife's recent facebook status: Do you still continue to produce breastmilk once you've stopped breastfeeding for six months?

My jaw dropped. Seriously?? Did my wife just put something that personal on Facebook? And not all her friends are females on Facebook, she has plenty of males that read it as well. What makes her think that putting something of that personal nature on Facebook for everyone to read? She didn't see anything wrong with this post. She argued that there is such thing as freedom of speech. I continued to bicker with her "would you say the things you say on Facebook to people personally, as in, up in their faces??" She says she would and that everyone is known to post personal things on Facebook...well, most of the time.

Unfortunately, I too have been guilty of posting the "TMI" of my life (too much information for those of you who don't know what that means).
Take for example, the birth of our daughter 16 months ago. The birthing process was nothing short of amazing (and gross) and I felt it was necessary to capture the entire adventure on tape...and with my camera. Fortunately our little video tape is now tucked into my wife's bottom dresser drawer for privacy purposes but my photographs...well that's another story.
Let me just say before I go on that this was not done intentionally to embarass my wife. This was a mindless stupid error that I will forever pay for the rest of my life.
Excitedly I got onto my wife's Facebook to post the most candid moments of Averi's birth....all of which I knew were tastful in nature and was sure to excite those who were waiting to see pictures of our first daughter.
I uploaded the pictures -- 20 to be exact -- and waited for all the feedback from the pictures.
Instead of feedback, I got a phone call...from my brother in law (my wife's younger brother).
He cleared his throat "um...Matt, I saw those pictures on Facebook of Jess and Averi, man they were great but..." he finishes quickly "I saw my sister's boobs on Facebook and I just thought you would like to know." He ended the conversation quickly. My face reddened. My poor wife. Along with her brother many others had already viewed these porn-like graphic images on Facebook.
I broke down and told my wife who insisted that I delete them immediately (which I did as quickly as I could).
Lesson learned: sometime the openness of the world wide web can be scary and you should always be careful what you say...and what you post....on Facebook.
Now to go update my Facebook status.....