Article November 19, 2012 Issue

I'm chosen. And so are you.

Jenny Sawyer

TMC Youth’s website, time4thinkers.com, recently featured this article as a blog with the title “True confessions of a Facebook stalker.”

There he was. With her. Arm looped comfortably over her shoulder. Their heads turned toward each other. Smiling. Happy.

The photo appeared on Facebook when a mutual friend posted an album chronicling a recent party. There they were, crudding up my otherwise-sunny Tuesday morning. Instantly, I clicked over to his profile to gather more intel. They weren’t listed as “in a relationship”—not yet. But the flirtatious posts she’d left on his wall, coupled with his cutesy responses, left little to the imagination.

The more I looked, the more jealous I got.