Anonymous wrote:FML daughter here . So glad this amused everyone!

She also never got the whole "Schwing" meaning from Waynes World and wrote it all over the baseball pages in my brothers high school scrapbook. Thank God that was before facebook !

Okay, perfect example of how ridiculously immature you are. Why couldn't you just tell her what it meant? What is happening? You literally sound like high school kids who think they have your own special code so your parents don't know stuff. Do you realize how pathetic you are.

Pretty sure my Mom says f.... all the time. Doesn't yours?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. At the very least, can you ask her to not post any pictures of you, old or new, for privacy reasons? The older generation is still working out the novelty of social networking and her fb friends who are her age are probably doing the same thing.

My mother also comments on every post I make with what she thinks is a funny (but it isn't) joke, but she only checks every couple of weeks so she winds up forcing my old posts to the top of the timeline with her embarrassing comments. I cringe but bear it. I know you have it much worse.

+1, except my Mom thinks she's a social networking guru, so there's no way to gently explain to her any sort of etiquette. And she has friended all my friends. *sigh*

We must have the same mom! Mine went back and friended all of my old high school friends, along with some from this area that she has met when visiting here over the years. She constantly comments on their posts as well. The humiliation basically keeps me off Facebook. I haven't posted in six years. I did happen to be on Facebook to check a group page and saw that she had posted a terrible picture of me from high school and I immediately messaged her to take it down. I actually think she does all of these things to get my attention. UGH!!!!!

Older people did not just discover FB, sweethearts. It's been around for a very long time. Everyone is on social media. It's not your little clubhouse.

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Anonymous wrote:Ancient but hilarious thread.

I quit Facebook for other reasons, but no longer having my mom reply to everything I posted with a bible quote was a beautiful side effect. I now live in a gloriously Corinthians-free existence. Bliss.

“The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.”

- 1 Corinthians 14:34

Ok, reason enough to unfriend your Mom for this, but why give up entirely on FB? Meanwhile, that is just your Mom's issue, not everyone's Mom.

Anonymous wrote:I got my 71 YO mom to give me her password by saying I was going to tighten up her privacy settings. I went in and changed a bunch of her settings and have also tweaked some posts after the fact - or flat out deleted them. If she notices I tell her Facebook has been glitching.

She's dumb to trust you.

Why so many rules about who can be on FB, who can comment, who can comment about what, who can friends whom?

Is there a playbook only some received? This reminds me of people who continually wrote, all through the last administration, things Iike " I wish FB could be what it's for- family and friends, pets and food, but not all these politics..."

That was code for "I'm a conservative and I don't like seeing all this anti- Trump stuff."

Who is anyone to decide what FB is for, dangerous things aside, of course? Your parents have just as much right to post, comment, be friends with, etc. You all seem to think older adults have no place on social media. Meanwhile I see plenty of FB posts by the 30s and 40s age group that looks pretty much like what you are all complaining about. I see endless scrolls of babies, school functions, milestones, job complaints, dumb memes, tik toks, birthday greetings, cut and paste diatribes, lots of annoying things-everything! What's the difference which age group is doing it?

This entire thread sounds patently immature.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. At the very least, can you ask her to not post any pictures of you, old or new, for privacy reasons? The older generation is still working out the novelty of social networking and her fb friends who are her age are probably doing the same thing.

My mother also comments on every post I make with what she thinks is a funny (but it isn't) joke, but she only checks every couple of weeks so she winds up forcing my old posts to the top of the timeline with her embarrassing comments. I cringe but bear it. I know you have it much worse.

+1, except my Mom thinks she's a social networking guru, so there's no way to gently explain to her any sort of etiquette. And she has friended all my friends. *sigh*

We must have the same mom! Mine went back and friended all of my old high school friends, along with some from this area that she has met when visiting here over the years. She constantly comments on their posts as well. The humiliation basically keeps me off Facebook. I haven't posted in six years. I did happen to be on Facebook to check a group page and saw that she had posted a terrible picture of me from high school and I immediately messaged her to take it down. I actually think she does all of these things to get my attention. UGH!!!!!

Why are you humiliated that she's friended your friends?
What is the problem here? It seems like you all are in middle school in some secret club that your parents infiltrated. Why is she not allowed to post?

I see things daily like what you are mentioning..both generations posting, pictures of their parents and their parents posting pictures of them. Thet both comment. Where is the problem?

Are YOU the problem?

I got my 71 YO mom to give me her password by saying I was going to tighten up her privacy settings. I went in and changed a bunch of her settings and have also tweaked some posts after the fact - or flat out deleted them. If she notices I tell her Facebook has been glitching.

Anonymous wrote:Ancient but hilarious thread.

I quit Facebook for other reasons, but no longer having my mom reply to everything I posted with a bible quote was a beautiful side effect. I now live in a gloriously Corinthians-free existence. Bliss.

“The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.”

- 1 Corinthians 14:34

Ancient but hilarious thread.

I quit Facebook for other reasons, but no longer having my mom reply to everything I posted with a bible quote was a beautiful side effect. I now live in a gloriously Corinthians-free existence. Bliss.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. At the very least, can you ask her to not post any pictures of you, old or new, for privacy reasons? The older generation is still working out the novelty of social networking and her fb friends who are her age are probably doing the same thing.

My mother also comments on every post I make with what she thinks is a funny (but it isn't) joke, but she only checks every couple of weeks so she winds up forcing my old posts to the top of the timeline with her embarrassing comments. I cringe but bear it. I know you have it much worse.

+1, except my Mom thinks she's a social networking guru, so there's no way to gently explain to her any sort of etiquette. And she has friended all my friends. *sigh*

We must have the same mom! Mine went back and friended all of my old high school friends, along with some from this area that she has met when visiting here over the years. She constantly comments on their posts as well. The humiliation basically keeps me off Facebook. I haven't posted in six years. I did happen to be on Facebook to check a group page and saw that she had posted a terrible picture of me from high school and I immediately messaged her to take it down. I actually think she does all of these things to get my attention. UGH!!!!!

Anonymous wrote:I unfriended my mom years ago and am so glad I did! I go over and visit almost every Sunday but I never bring up facebook and neither does she. If you want to get your mom to stop some of her excessively annoying facebook stuff, unfriend her and tell her you won't friend her again unless she stops doing whatever is annoying you the most. Then she might take you seriously, but only if you stick to your promise.

OP’s mom is probably dead now.

Do you get how lucky you are that your mom doesn’t literally post a meme saying how “Christmas is finally back at the White House” with Donald Trump in the Oval Office with JESUS AND SANTA?

I unfriended my mom years ago and am so glad I did! I go over and visit almost every Sunday but I never bring up facebook and neither does she. If you want to get your mom to stop some of her excessively annoying facebook stuff, unfriend her and tell her you won't friend her again unless she stops doing whatever is annoying you the most. Then she might take you seriously, but only if you stick to your promise.

My MIL pretends to be a sweet and loving person on FB. She also likes to present herself as Mother Theresa, letting everyone know about the causes she supports, the 3 times she volunteered in her entire life and of course the dogs she recued. You would never know her kids needed years of therapy to deal with all her verbal and emotional abuse or that she hasn't matured one bit since she was raising her own kids.

Oh and she harassed and shamed my BIL because he refused to "friend" her. He finally gave in and just stopped using FB. She also throws a fit when we don't "like" her post and add loving comments. I closed my account and opened a new one with a name only my friends know.

Anonymous wrote:My sister and I had to make a rule with my mom - What's on Facebook, stays on Facebook. Any time either of us would post, she would call us within 10 minutes to discuss said post with us. Then she'd call the other of us to see if we had seen our sister's post, and did we care to discuss it. Mind you, my sister and I do not post real thought-provoking pieces of writing - this is just typical asinine Facebook posts. Nothing that required a separate follow-up conversation!

She also likes to call us to see if we'd seen her Facebook posts yet. Sigh....I just *like* anything she puts up immediately to avoid the "Did you see my post?" phone call.

(And I'm not avoiding talking to my mom - I just don't want to talk to her about Facebook!)

Oh wow, your mom is nuts! My mom would do the same thing if she were on Facebook, though. I'll text her a pic of her grandson, and next thing you know my phone is ringing. Or I'll send an email, and she will email me back, but also call me.