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FB question
Just for fun I'm wondering how many of you have family members who are your friends on FB? I'm not talking siblings, or even cousins, but more like aunts/uncles/parents or even grandparents?
I have always had cousins on FB... they are all around the same age as me, so it's no biggie. Recently I ton of my extended family have gotten onto FB and become my friends. Even my mom. <-that one freaks me out and makes me think twice every time I post something! LOL. I just think it's funny that FB seems to be "uniting" friends & family of all ages. It's cool for me because 90% of my extended family live in MA, so this is an easy way to keep in touch. It's also just a little bit strange, but whatevs. 
Also - do you think it's Ok for parents & children to be friends on FB? I have asked some people, and it's like 50/50. Some people have said No, they think it's weird and don't want to feel like their parents are always watching. Other have said it depends on the situation. Like for me, I'm 26, married, and relatively normal so it doesn't bother me too much. I don't think my mom is "watching" me at this point in my life, lol. On the other hand, I DO think it's weird when parents are friend with their teenager. Then I do feel like parents are trying to keep tabs... but is that really wrong if your kid(s) need watching?? Thoughts?
Re: FB question
Just for fun I'm wondering how many of you have family members who are your friends on FB? ::raises hand::
I'm not talking siblings, or even cousins, but more like aunts/uncles/parents or even grandparents? Yes, my Aunt & my Father.
Also - do you think it's Ok for parents & children to be friends on FB? Sure, why not?
Then I do feel like parents are trying to keep tabs... but is that really wrong if your kid(s) need watching?? Gotta be smarter than the parent...it's called privacy settings.
Thoughts? I have groups set w/ certain privacy settings. People that don't need to see my "regularly scheduled programming" are in a group that doesn't get an "all access pass."
I win. My GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW is my friend on FB. How do you deny that friend request?!?! You don't.
I don't really worry about it because I know I don't really have anything to hide... and I know that she isn't ever actually ON facebook. At first when aunts and uncles started joining I was totally creeped out - but now I love it and I use FB to keep in touch with everyone, so its nice.
most of my aunts, 2 of my uncles, my mom (who always posts on my stuff!!), and cousins are my friends. My family has reconnected with a couple of cousins who moved to TX with their mom after their parents divorced. It's pretty cool. We even have a secret family group to keep people posted on events or whatever.
I am also friends with old professors, a well regarded principal scientist of my company, old bosses - if I need a reference for anything I have people from each internship, graduate assistantship, job, etc right in the same place! haha.
Like you, I am not a teenager and have nothing to hide. I've gone drinking with my parents and plenty of my colleagues, so that's certainly not something I'm worried about them seeing! My teen cousins are friends with their parents - they just limit who can see certain things :-)
Haha... could you imagine?? lol. I have to say that if a future employer did see those pictures you have, that the would understand they were from a bachelorette party... not your every day life.
When DH was working with his family they had a girl apply to work at the flower shop, they did a little "background check" and found her My Space page which was ALL about smoking pot, it had pictures of her smoking, etc. They didn't hire her.
When DH was out of work he applied at a place where one of their rules to get hired was you had to give them access to see everything on your FB or My Space page. I think that is CRAZY.
Oh, and I thought on FB you could make your photo albums private, to where only friends could see them?
This.
My mother and a bunch of my aunts are on facebook and I am their friends. I have had to make some of my profile 'private' from them. When I post status updates my mom and aunts always seem to think it's family related so I would get texts / calls saying "take that down" because they assume I'm talking about a family issue EVERY time I post something. Plus those of you who are familar with my mother situation know that she's all drama.
I have blocked a few of my cousins as well as my 'brother' because of all the drama.
By the way there are rules in CA about this sort of thing. They can't deny you a position because you refuse to divulge this info.
Yep, you sure can.
only if you allow them to.
None of my family except my sis & bro are my FB friends, although I'm sure my cousins have it. However, there are many people from DH's family that are on FB. It doesn't weird me out too much, but then again DH's family is "special". I'm more worried about what I might see on their profile's than what they'd see on mine!
Recently I logged into my Myspace account which I really don't use anymore. I happened to look at my cousin's profile since I haven't seen him in over a year and got a huge surprise. I quickly recognized someone who had left a comment, it was his deadbeat Dad! The last time I saw my ex-uncle was when I was maybe 6 or 7. He up and left my aunt and disappeared with some woman. I still haven't told my family about this because I know my mom would call my aunt and I don't want to cause problems if my cousin wants to have a relationship with his biological Dad.
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