AIBU to not accept 2 year old child's Facebook friend request?

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I have a friend who has created a profile for his 2 year old son on Facebook. He mostly uses the page to post photos of his son, and talks in his son's voice on the profile, e.g. "I went to the playground today and enjoyed the swings". He also occasionally posts updates about his own life in the form of "My dad has gone to Manchester on a business trip, hope he brings me back something nice" (these are not actual quotes but you get the gist).

My friend has now abandoned his own profile (of which I am friended) and uses his son's profile as his main one. All of his friends/colleagues are joined to it and he is annoyed that I won't accept the invite and keeps bringing it up. When I tell him that I think it's weird he says I am being silly and unreasonable.

He says I am the only one of his friends who hasn't accepted, which obviously makes me feel bad! So AIBU?

you are being terribly unreasonable

i accepted a request from a cat, dog and hamster so as not to hurt their feelings you know!

Or you could just accept them and hide it.

YANBU. I decline all friend requests from children.

I think YABU actually lol.

I can't be the only 1 that thinks its dead cute that he's gone to this effort for his lo?

I think some of u are naive, catch up with the times, this is how we're gonna communic8 in the future.

hth hun.

Chaos.

I have never been more glad that I do not FB.

Children today have no control over the 'digital footprint' that is created for them - this will be on the net forever whether this child likes it or not. I think that is a strong reason people shouldn't create a FB or any other page for a child - there are enough photos of them on the web already without creating such a clear online persona for them.

"I can't be the only 1 that thinks its dead cute that he's gone to this effort for his lo?"

How is it for his LO? LO is 2, they couldn't give a crap about facebook.

[rumbled]

Clytaemnestra, I wouldn't take chaos too seriously...

LOL @ Chaos

facebook for pets. cool and funny.

facebook for babies. eugh

The whole point is I doubt he even understands he has one-for some reason the father thinks it is fun. It isn't really like a child being on-it is very like my friend the dog-couldn't care less!

YANBU your friend needs to get a life. Seriously. I bet majority of other people were a bit including those who accepted his sodding friend requests. They just couldn't be arsed to deal with his whinging. Wonder how many have hidden the 2 year old's status updates from their feed?

sounds a nutter tbh

and yes i ignore all requests from children

esp my friends children

why the hell do i want them on my fb

"Children today have no control over the 'digital footprint' that is created for them - this will be on the net forever whether this child likes it or not."

I very much agree with this. I am expecting a baby and am not planning on putting any pictures of him or her up on facebook. What happens when they become self aware and decide they hate me for splashing their image all over facebook? I would rather they hated me for more traditional reasons, like me making them eat their broccoli and clean their room.

But I don't put any pictures of me up, or any personal details, and I have also recently offended someone by not friending their cat.

YANBU

Imabee FB for pets is equally annoying.

OP YANBU. Report the page. If he's going to bang on about it, you could always accept but hide him from your news feed.

Don't get the paedo comments at all, tbh...

This guy's mates who don't have kids must think he's a complete twat. I have two kids and think he's a twat. :)

Didn;t you know that paedophiles can actually send transported beams through your computer that will dematerialize children and rematerialize them in their flats? That's why children should wear tinfoil hats at all times. Especailly when being left alone in cars at petrol stations...........

Accept the request and just post really inappropriate stuff on the wall.

Hopefully you will be de-friended by them both

Thanks for all your comments. It?s good to know I?m not being ridiculous.

tyler80 - I think that?s how the page started off ? a place to share info/pics on the new baby with family etc. ? which is probably a good idea but now it?s his only profile page and all his contacts are attached to it. Because he uses it to communicate information about himself (albeit in a "My daddy is..." way) he is then annoyed when I?m not aware of things he's posted.

I guess I will carry on in my refusal, despite him hounding me about it practically every time we talk. He really is a nice guy honestly and not a twat. He totally adores his son and this is one of the ways in which that love manifests itself. So it?s kind of cute as well as sick-making It's a PFB thing I suppose.

(Btw I think the paedophile thing isn't a valid criticism. The page is private and all the controls are set correctly.)

Going to be awesome when future employers Google up the little one's name to make sure there's no dirt/drunken FB rants slagging off current employers etc etc and get "today I did a poo in the toilet for the very first time".

I wouldn't be accepting him anyway - mainly because the inevitable "I love my mummy (who is writing this to feed her own ego) very very much" statuses would make me want to punch my PC screen. Wonder how many of the friends who HAVE added for a quiet life have got the status updates blocked?!

why do some parents not get that apart from themselves and the grandparents others are not fascinated by every little thing their child does

he has obvioulsy got too much time on his hands

You can hide your FB and put everything to private. If you google me- FB doesn't show up. If you search on FB you get name and picture only-it doesn't even show my friends.
I agree that he has too much time on his hands and is very PFB but future employers are not going to see it if he sorts out the settings.