Fiction: Facebook Stickers

**Edited Dec 27, 2014: I've decided to just be myself and not hide behind a fictional character. I'm taking my name back. She'll come back under another name, I'm sure, because her story is rather interesting.**

I found myself in a quandary the other day, wanting to use stickers while messaging someone and, when I went to choose the stickers The Author would use, they didn't seem right for me. While she adores "Adventure Time," for example, I passed right over them. I've never seen A.T. and probably wouldn't enjoy it if I did.

"Kitties," I thought, "I want to use cute kitty stickers. I love being Mr Myrrh's kitty."

I scrolled through the sticker options and didn't immediately see kitties I liked. I settled for the Meep series of happy faces. Kind of bland but maybe I'm kind of bland when it comes to images. I'm not as visually-oriented as The Author; I'm more interested in feeling.

The small moment of panic had passed. The chat continued and I opted to stick with typed emoticons. Once the chat was over I went through the sticker sets more thoroughly, looking for any sets I might like. Turns out I'm picky! Maybe I've got better things to do with my time than collect fake stickers to use in conversations with others.

I like "cute" but not "weirdly cute," so Pusheen the gray cat would be something I'd like, while Hamcat definitely doesn't work for me.

And then I found Snoopy, near the bottom, and knew those were for me. It was obvious then that I equate stickers and cartoons with my childhood. I don't think stickers are something grownups should use, in general. For me, personally, I wouldn't use a sticker in a Facebook conversation unless the conversation somehow evokes childhood, innocence. . . Snoopy.

I'm sure this dates me, far more than simply listing my birthday. Perhaps there will be potential readers who will realize that I'm not a college-age female and will lose interest (I learned recently that, when men search for porn, in general they search for porn with young-looking actresses). But my personality can't be denied. I equate stickers with being young and silly. I am not young and silly. I am a sweet, intense, submissive adult and I'm very secure in that.

Warmly,
Ms Myrrh