to think my mum is over reacting AGAIN over

[TLESinChristmasStockings]

my fb status.

Tonights was

"I kissed 2 girls and I liked it"

she doesn't know the back of that that I was singing with 2 friends and we happened to be sinign I kissed a girl by katie perry.

every blasted status she jumps on ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH

[notjustapotforsoup]

Take her off.

Or stop posting (yawn) suggestive comments.

Or tell her to keep her nose out.

What did she say?

[TLESinChristmasStockings]

"do you realise that your son can read what you put on the net have you no self respect"


It was a friggin joke.

Like the others

she has the hump because I am going to my local on new years eve with the DC and not travelling to go out with her and my sister

[TLESinChristmasStockings]

it wasn't meant to be suggestive, was a joke among friends in the pub tonight

[BigChiefOrganiser]

You can block your status updates and in fact your wall, from your mother's view

[TLESinChristmasStockings]

how????????????

[BigChiefOrganiser]

Go into Privacy Settings, then there is an option to customise settings. sO you can set to friends EXCEPT.... certain people

[jessiealbright]

Click on the padlock beneath the status window. Then select "custom".

[JaneS]

Eh?

Why on earth do you have your mum on facebook when you use it for posting pissed jokes you know she won't appreciate?

[JamieLeeCurtis]

what is Facebook?

[Rosedee]

So glad my mum can't work a computer!

[2rebecca]

I think you either have facebook as a family affair with benign comments, or have it with mainly friends and possibly similar age relatives who you're also friends with and have more jokes and suggestive comments. Trying to do both doesn't work.
I have the former as I don't broadcast many details of my life in public and rarely go on facebook.
It sounds as though you want the latter. Delist her or change what she sees.

[onceamai]

So glad I don't do facebook. My mum can't use her mobile phone!

[sparkle12mar08]

People who can't work out and use FB privacy settings should think carefully about whether they ought to be posting in the first place, surely?!

[TrillianAstra]

"do you realise that your son can read what you put on the net"

Unless he is 13 and has parental permission then no, he can't read your facebook updates.

Put her on limited profile, so she can't see anything you do, then if she asks just say 'yeah I don't use that as much any more'.

[TattyDevine]

I will not be censored with what I write on Facebook or anywhere else - if my mum doesn't like it, she can hid me. Yes, I do have her as a friend, and that's fine but she's not one to tell me what to say or not.

If she did, she'd be disinfriended very fast and I would tell her why, politely but directly.

Having said that, I dont really do anything in terms of status updates that could be considered too controversial...one or two she might have been miffed about have usually been clarified pretty quickly by friends joining in and putting the joke in context.

Just deal with her somehow rather than putting up with it and having to moan - either limited profile, disinfriend and brace yourself for the fall-out but be honest and adult about why, or censor yourself a bit IF you value her opinion and think she has a point (for what its worth I think she is overreacting and muscling in on a private joke)

[Longtinsellyjosie]

TLES - you asked how

The answer is to put her on a limited profile. I'd suggest you put your son on one too if you have any concerns.

Go to Account (top right)

Then Privacy Settings

Then "Customize settings" (at the bottom, small blue writing)

Then the first option is "Posts by me" which includes status updates

Go to "customize"

You'll see a "hide this from" option. Enter your mother's name.

Don't forget to press "save setting"

[JaneS]

Well, it sounds very much as if she has told you what to say and what not to say!

[TLESinChristmasStockings]

I am going to have to censor what she see's will be easier than her moaning...

[TLESinChristmasStockings]

reality, it was a joke between friends. Mum really did over react.

[Ephiny]

She did overreact IMO, but you probably should bear in mind that if you put something on fb it may be visible to a lot more people than the 'in-group' of friends you meant to share the joke with...so if it's not something you'd say in front of all those people, you might not want to say it.

[lifeinagoldfishbowl]

I have put my friends into groups so sometimes my status can be seen by everyone - sometimes just work colleagues, sometimes just by family. Just click on the little lock icon by the status bar.