Comments on: “You never visit, you never call, you never post on my wall…”

By: Jean-Francis

Jean-Francis — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:09:48 +0000

I don’t tell my mom anything I don’t have to, on therapist advice. She is way too negative and judgemental, so it’s not worth the drama. To her, I’m still an irresponsible 16 year old. Mind you, I was extremely rebellious! Unfortunately, that’s the image that stuck.

There’s no issue about FB, since my mom has no idea what to do with computers. much less the net.

By: Gail O'Connor

Gail O'Connor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:38:33 +0000

I love having my friends’ moms as my Facebook friends. I can totally count on them for a kind or helpful comment anytime. Complain about my weight? “You were really too thin before, dear.” Going to the beach? “Wear SPF 50!” And they never laugh at your old pictures–just insist how cute you were in your plaid pants and Donny and Marie T-shirt. They’re the best!

By: Emily Listfield

Emily Listfield — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:23:43 +0000

A REAL sign of being a formerly is when your 15-year-old daughter tells you not to even THINK about friending her, not-on-your-life, are-you-insane???

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:14:03 +0000

When after a hard day my friends still leave fb comments like, “roll yourself a fattie,” I am relieved that my kids refuse to friend me.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:46:49 +0000

It was a bit awkward to get the friend request from my mom- I couldn’t very well NOT befriend her. And then her sisters and some cousins, etc. etc. I had to put them on a special list that can’t see that my relationship status is not just “married” but “in an open relationship.” If I want to post a status update regarding that I reference it vaguely via 90’s pop culture references. If she goes and google them it’s their own damn fault.

By: Joel Jacobs

Joel Jacobs — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:13:35 +0000

The moderator lady wanted me to clarify my previous post.

When Aviva first joined FB, I sent her a friend request, and she accepted. But then she defaced me a few days later when I had an “embarassing” status update. Ever since then, we’ve had an on-again, off-again FB friendship, where we go through a cycle of friend request by me, acceptance by her, maybe, and then being defaced a few days later.

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:57:32 +0000

I have ignored the friend requests from my son, and the children of my friends. I have allowed my former students who are in their late 20’s to be my “friend”, but they still have to call me Ms._______(last name). I figure since I have seen them at parties and at the bar, I can give them a pass. We spent 6 hours a day together for 180 days and in some cases more than 1 year.. They already know who they are dealing with.
I wont allow my colleagues to be my friends, although I have been guilty of searching their names and looking on their unprotected pages.

By: Joel Jacobs

Joel Jacobs — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:42:59 +0000

I was kinda relieved when my parents lost the ability to access my blog about my wife’s cancer, and they didn’t seem to be able to regain it. There’s something comforting about being able to control the flow of info to one’s parents, even when one is 41.

In other news, my 11-year-old Aviva is FB friends with me about 10% of the time, depending on my status update. She’ll be my friend when my status is not embarassing, cuz, y’know, her friends can see my status when they view her list of friends. I’m on her good side at the moment, but I’ll need to be careful.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:06:13 +0000

My mother doesn’t know about my tattoos. Not worth the drama.