Don't Judge Me By Who I Follow

I joined Twitter a few weeks back for one reason and one reason only - my teenager has an account and spends WAY too much time on it.  I decided that the responsible thing to do would be to get my own account and follow her.

I really don't like Twitter that much.  There's little to no interaction.  No privacy settings.  Just random tweets that often have more hashtags and mentions than real content, which make them really irritating to read, in my humble opinion.

At any rate, if you go to my account and see who I follow, you will see an inordinate number of people usually relegated to teens and preteens.  Cody Simpson, Alli Simpson, One Direction, each individual member of 1D, Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber's manager (or something)...  The list goes on.  "Why?" you may ask.  The answer is really quite simple.  I don't sign out of my account, and when Charisma goes on my computer, she gets her kicks out of following people who interest her.  I'd say she is responsible for clicking on a good third of the people I follow.

Now, I know what you're thinking - why not just unfollow them?  It's a simple click, and then I wouldn't have to read all of Justin Bieber's tweets, and I wouldn't know that Harry Styles ate a sandwich until Charisma told me.  It's not like they would notice that their numbers went down by one. I wouldn't be hurting anyone's feelings.

You see, it's like this.  Now I can see what interests my teen, which really was the reason I signed up in the first place.  I can find out for myself what the public life of the people she admires is like.  And when she asks, "So you know what the boys did today?" I can tell her.  And I sometimes know before she finds out, which kind of ticks her off and makes me smile just a little.

And yes, sometimes I respond to these tweets that I read.  I mean, once in awhile, they're actually quite interesting.

So don't judge me by who I follow.  I'm not trying to be young again.  I'm not fangirling.  I'm just trying to be a part of my daughter's life.  And that, my friends, is worth it.