What do you think of couples that share a Facebook page?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume the opposite. Sharing a profile means ou have nothing to hide, your lives are intertwined (so you post about the same or similar stuff), and often you share the same friends.

So basically each individual in the couple has no personal identity outside of the marriage.

[Anonymous]

I don’t really know anyone with a joint FB account. I would find it odd for folks my age. My DH doesn’t want a social media presence so I have friended his family and they get to see the kids pictures that way. His cousins text him for anything immediate/logistics. I have also seen cases where the spouse has an account but doesn’t post much and uses it as a way to keep up.

I get the joint email account when you have kids - especially multiple kids. I’m finding class emails and school activity emails thru school just go to the moms which I have to remember to forward to my DH or get him added. It’s less of an issue in high school but in hindsight a family account would have been the way to go back when the kids were in elementary school.

[Anonymous]

It gets really confusing when you get a birthday notification for LarloandLarlasmith. Is it Larlo’s birthday or Larla’s? Hmm.

[Anonymous]

Facebook needs to crack down on these

[Anonymous]

If they're 60 or older, I don't think anything.

[Anonymous]

I'm not on Facebook but when I get an email address from someone that is JimAndJane@whatever, I ask if it's a joint account. If so, I say I don't need it then- I only want to email you, not your husband. I'm not interested in friendships with people whose main identity is "spouse."

[Anonymous]

When I see those profiles I always wonder which one cheated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not on Facebook but when I get an email address from someone that is JimAndJane@whatever, I ask if it's a joint account. If so, I say I don't need it then- I only want to email you, not your husband. I'm not interested in friendships with people whose main identity is "spouse."

PP here. Or "mother." Emails like Janiesmom@whatever- not interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know 3 couples like this - 2 in their 40s, 1 in their 60s.

Couple 1 - 40s, account is in husband's name but only wife usually posts on it, and always writes her first name at end of post, "-Larla".
Couple 2 - 40s, account in both names, last name is missing a letter because there isn't room for LarloandLarlaJones. Both seem to use it but it is hard to tell sometimes which one is posting
Couple 3 - 60s, account is in wife's name but most posts are from the husband, who always starts out with "Larlo here."

I don't really get it - Facebook accounts are free, and clearly these people understand how to use it, so if you want to post on your spouse's account all.the.time, why not get your own?

Maybe so they don’t feel obligated to two accounts? A lot of people I know, myself included, find it odious to have to check in all the time, hit like like like & comment comment comment so no one feels snubbed. If they have one account they can split the chore of FB but still have an account so people don’t ask them why they aren’t on FB? Maybe they are on FB mostly to keep up with the kids school activity groups, SN parent group, professional organization, or just to keep tabs on who their teenagers are talking to. But you can’t be on FB without every damn person you ever knew friending you and suddenly you have to constantly express your interest all day long in the lives of dozens of other people without the benefit of a real conversation or doing something real life with them.

I found it tedious and exhausting so I quit FB. People actually took that as a sign I might be suicidal? I just wanted my life back!

[Anonymous]

Laziness. I do this out of sheer laziness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not on Facebook but when I get an email address from someone that is JimAndJane@whatever, I ask if it's a joint account. If so, I say I don't need it then- I only want to email you, not your husband. I'm not interested in friendships with people whose main identity is "spouse."

These days, what friend emails you? When I make new friends we exchange numbers so we can text.

[Anonymous]

I think it is weird. And I assume we will not really be friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laziness. I do this out of sheer laziness.

Here you have it folks, there are some of us who just aren’t as into FB as you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not on Facebook but when I get an email address from someone that is JimAndJane@whatever, I ask if it's a joint account. If so, I say I don't need it then- I only want to email you, not your husband. I'm not interested in friendships with people whose main identity is "spouse."

These days, what friend emails you? When I make new friends we exchange numbers so we can text.

Lots of my friends email.

[Anonymous]

I know a couple like this. They’re #3. Waiting for the 7 year itch to hit and it to start getting interesting...