Act in Haste; Repent at Leisure.

Hitting "send" or "post" takes a second, but what is posted or sent lasts forever.  How many times have I written about Facebook, Linked In, My Space, Twitter and the like?  Not enough, obviously, as here I am, needing to write it again.  Just because you can post something, doesn't mean you should.  Can you please think before you put it out on the internet?  Think about the repercussions of what you're putting out there.  If you're in the middle of a child support modification case, don't post pictures of yourself on expensive vacations, going to exclusive clubs, sending your doggie to daycare, and the like.  If you're in the middle of a child custody case, pictures of yourself partying, drinking, in skimpy clothes, hanging on a different member of the opposite sex every day, are not good to post.  If you're claiming you're disabled, pictures of yourself running around town, exercising and talking about how busy you are is generally not smart either.  The sad part of all this is that under normal circumstances, any of these postings is not damaging, but under the circumstances of a particular case, they're crushing.  The truly tragic part of all this is that at the time each of these things were posted, there was no child support modification, no custody case and no claim of disability.  It is only later, when each of those legal issues raised their ugly heads, that the posts became important.  The point is to be careful as to what put out in the public domain; even though it may not seem harmful at the time, the more the world knows about you, the more it can be used against you.  Plus, it never goes away but exists forever.  Here in the Trenches.