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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don’t you just ask her what’s new, how she is, and listen to what she’s willing to share with you. She likely accepted your Friend request to be polite, but doesn’t see you as a peer, and doesn’t love that you are not only reading her posts, but….keeping track of them.

Just ask how she is and see what she wants to share with you, personally. Revealing that you read her every post and remember them is a little much.[/quote]

NP. It’s not a little much. My goodness, people are so sensitive and delicate over the smallest things. DIL has posted these photos, and OP has done nothing wrong in mentioning them. It is the DIL’s cringing that is a little much/odd. Nonetheless, it’s important to follow her cues and not mention her Facebook posts again; respecting boundaries, even those that are different from the norm, just makes for a better relationship. DIL might not be comfortable with the level of closeness OP would prefer, and again, while thst might be disappointing, it should be respected.

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DP. I agree that it’s a little much because it wasn’t one thing OP mentioned from FB—it was several. Like she had almost been saving up a list. That’s what was weird, to me. One mention, sure. Numerous mentions of her FB feed was weird. Plus, most people want FB to be peer-to-peer and don’t like it when ILs or friends of parents or bosses or other older people make a Friend request. It’s awkward because they have to accept.[/quote]

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