Is Age Just a Number?

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um idk wat the big idea is!!! whoopi he is turnin 37 wat so ur sayin that no1 turns 37 ....... ii mean come 0n people wake up n smell th3 coffe! gosh if ur one of toms friends n ur sayin hes 2 old u should just delete urself as a friend! no lie.......

mmmm idk but wats the big deal! whoopi hes son 2 b 37 wats the big fuss everybody turns 37 sooner or later!!!

As a myspace user and teen I would like to say I DON"T CARE that Tom lied about his age, its not cool that he wasnt honset but what should I care for? I like most teens use myspace as a way of being conected with my friends and the world. If you are a parent and freaking about your child/teen having a myspace then try making one for yourself and being a part of THE NEW WORLD! Jump in and find out for yourself whats new.

As a myspace user and a teen. I dont think it really matters how old Tom is. Everyone has the right to deny Tom as a friend (its not like you have to have him as a friend) If you are a parent and feel as if your child/teen should not have a myspace then talk to them about it. Myspace isn't a bad thing, there is a lot of negativety with it but it keeps people in contact and people help each other with homework, problems on myspace (if you feel as if myspace is a problem then check it out by getting a myspace)

As a myspace user and a teen I could careless what Tom's age is. I know that might be blunt but think of it like this, people don't join myspace just because they want to talk to Tom. They join because they want to come back in touch with friends and be apart of the world. Face it now myspace is just apart of the world and it does help out with a lot of things--homework. So who cares if Tom is 27 or 37 he did something to change the world.
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Jessica Bennett should do a better job fact/math checking. If you were born on November 8, 1970, you'd be turning 37 this month, not 38. Either that or I've been doing the math wrong all my life as I was born that same day a year earlier.

I guess he'd better fire himself and give back his bonuses and stock to himself. If I had a 32-year old daughter, I'd ground her for a month for going out with someone as old as 37.

Now u Know...I don't think that the person that wrote "mind over matter" was referring to the sex offenders in that situation...I think that it was meant to state that whatever Tom's real age it is a pointless discussion...he is not a regular on myspace (pretty sure about it...he has millions...that was why he helped make the site...not to get online and act like a 14y/o and show up at her door ready for sex). Again, he never said that he was underage to startup the website...he only shaved a few years off to make it more exciting and hip for the younger generation. He knew that he needed an "ok" age and he picked a good one, it wasn't far from his age, he didn't say he was a teenager and he wasn't trying to pick up underage girls or boys online.
I use the website, sometimes more than others and I really like it. It is a lot of fun because you can see what other people are talking about in their own conversations, you can see who is friends with who and yes you can get back in touch with people you haven't talked to in a while or people that you have never met.
Here is where the common sense must come into play...if you are an adult you must protect yourself and not give uout personal information (address, etc) just plain good old common sense. If you are the parent of a child on this site or anywhere else you must watch out for them...they are young and impressionable, THAT IS YOUR JOB AS A PARENT!! You need to teach them what is appropriate to give out and what is not. You as a parent can do as stated in other posts...watch while they are online, be more sneaky and have it emailed to you (every single word that they see, what they are typing, where they are going) or you can block it at certain hours or altogether whatever you as a parent feel is necessary...that is up to you. You also must keep in mind that kids will be kids and that may mean that they still do as they choose...if they are 18y/o sometimes you do not have as much hold on them as you want, but you can still make the rules in your home.
****PLEASE DO NOT BLAME A WEBSITE OR A WEBSITE CO-FOUNDER FOR THE FACT THAT YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN ARE NOT DOING WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO....THIS IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE A PARENT AND NOT A FRIEND AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING***
No, this is NOT really a news worthy story, but ALL of the blaming the website for being a non-parent that is a new worthy story indeed!
I do really enjoy the website, it is addictive you let it...you have to limit yourself...pace yourself. I have to remember I have a 5y/o so I don't always have the time and it is not consuming my life, but it is fun!!!
Happy ?? Birthday Tommy boy!!!

As far as Tom saying he was 27 or 37 or 47 what "real" difference does it make? At no point did he attempt to be less than 18y/o and I am pretty sure that he has never tried to contact one of the underage girls on the website for sexual purposes or other. I am fairly sure that he is never really on the website, it was a money maker....not a chick finder for him. Unfortnately, for some of the lonely and whatever people in this world it is a boy/girl sex finder...hey we all know that it can happen either here or on any other site out there..(even eharmony). The computer makes it very easy to lie about your life and make it what you want it to be...so no matter where you are surfing and giving out your personal information you need to be careful. Anyone can lie to you on the computer or in person, when you do not know someone...you just do not know them, where EVER it may be that you are meeting them and then sometimes when you've known people for years...you still don't know them...so why would it be any different here in www.whateverland.com????

*on another subject in your comment...if you didn't want your daughter on myspace, you did the right thing by turning it off, blocking it, throwing out the computer...whatever it is that you did or have to do as a parent; however, when your child turned adult is 18y/o you have to be ready to face the consequences that you have made for yourself and him/her...that may mean that she hits the road to "greener pastures" where she can and does do as she wishes, because again she is 18y/o....***

Kim S, first I would like to say that I am sorry that your 18 y/o daughter didn't do exactly as you would have liked her to...again I will state the obvious fact that your daughter is 18y/o and that alone makes her an adult in the eyes of the law. Your daughter was taught right from wrong by you (and her father??), but when your children grow up...it means that they get to make those big life decisions. I seriously doubt that she dropped out of school just because of myspace. I know that you (and maybe some or many other parents) are upset because your children are not living life the way that you want them too, but sometimes that is just the way it happens. I'm sure that there are things going on in your daughter's life that you are not aware of that made her make the decisions that she has made. You could've been the best parent in the world and children/young adults will still make bad decisions. Believe me I speak from experience. I would say that your daughter going to college had a lot more to do with it than myspace. I was a really good girl ALL thru HS, I never drank or did drugs or any of that...then I went to college, it was a whole new world. My parents were the best, they taught me that I shouldn't drink and drinve, that I shouldn't do drugs and that I should go to school and do well to get a good job. However, I did drink a lot (and drive some), I tried smoking pot for a few months, I did not go to class when I was supposed to either because I wanted to sleep, I wanted to play cards (spades) or I just didn't want to go, because no one was making me go...no one was watching me like a hawk....I was rarely home except to sleep and yes I closed the door a lot when I was there. I knew better, I had been raised better, but sometimes it just doesn't matter, it happens. Having said all of that...I am now a 30y/o mother of one wonderful 5y/o little girl and yes I am protective of her and I never want her to date boys until she is 25 and I never want to to get married until she is atleast 30...but that is just me being a mother that cares. I know that is not how her life is going to go. I am just going to try to be the best mother that I can for her, teach her right from wrong and be there to help and guide her when she makes a mistake (I know that she will, we all fall and have to get back up). However, I do not want to be the kind of parent that blames everyone for her mistakes, I don't even want to blame myself. I don't want to blame anyone it is just a fact of life, a way of life...people mess up and make mistakes. If you haven't raised your child knowing what is right and wrong, etc, then you can blame yourself, but not anyone or anything else. Give your young adult daughter some space to live a little, she knows what you've taught her and eventually she will turn around...I did.

Kim S, first I would like to say that I am sorry that your 18 y/o daughter didn't do exactly as you would have liked her to...again I will state the obvious fact that your daughter is 18y/o and that alone makes her an adult in the eyes of the law. Your daughter was taught right from wrong by you (and her father??), but when your children grow up...it means that they get to make those big life decisions. I seriously doubt that she dropped out of school just because of myspace. I know that you (and maybe some or many other parents) are upset because your children are not living life the way that you want them too, but sometimes that is just the way it happens. I'm sure that there are things going on in your daughter's life that you are not aware of that made her make the decisions that she has made. You could've been the best parent in the world and children/young adults will still make bad decisions. Believe me I speak from experience. I would say that your daughter going to college had a lot more to do with it than myspace. I was a really good girl ALL thru HS, I never drank or did drugs or any of that...then I went to college, it was a whole new world. My parents were the best, they taught me that I shouldn't drink and drinve, that I shouldn't do drugs and that I should go to school and do well to get a good job. However, I did drink a lot (and drive some), I tried smoking pot for a few months, I did not go to class when I was supposed to either because I wanted to sleep, I wanted to play cards (spades) or I just didn't want to go, because no one was making me go...no one was watching me like a hawk....I was rarely home except to sleep and yes I closed the door a lot when I was there. I knew better, I had been raised better, but sometimes it just doesn't matter, it happens. Having said all of that...I am now a 30y/o mother of one wonderful 5y/o little girl and yes I am protective of her and I never want her to date boys until she is 25 and I never want to to get married until she is atleast 30...but that is just me being a mother that cares. I know that is not how her life is going to go. I am just going to try to be the best mother that I can for her, teach her right from wrong and be there to help and guide her when she makes a mistake (I know that she will, we all fall and have to get back up). However, I do not want to be the kind of parent that blames everyone for her mistakes, I don't even want to blame myself. I don't want to blame anyone it is just a fact of life, a way of life...people mess up and make mistakes. If you haven't raised your child knowing what is right and wrong, etc, then you can blame yourself, but not anyone or anything else. Give your young adult daughter some space to live a little, she knows what you've taught her and eventually she will turn around...I did.

Your daughter has other problems rather than myspace! How can any good parent blame a web site for communication on the failures of their child? It is simply for entertainment.

OMG Someone lied on the internet??!!! Who would've thunk it??!!!

OMG someone lied on the internet? Who would have thunk it?!!!