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Couples facebooking when they're in the same house - oh come on!

86 replies

Bennifer · 10/09/2011 11:03

Anyone else find this irritating. Couples who post their status for the other person to comment on it, and so on, when they're in the same house. Why do it? AIBU?

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LikeACandleButNotQuite · 10/09/2011 12:19

Gah, I have a SIL like this. Especially now she's on mat leav. generally its "hmm...what to make my sexy man for tea tonight?"....an hour later "just making Sepherd's Pie for my man for him getting in from work"...followed by him saying some shite back, and on it goes.

Inevetably followed up later on by her man posting "thanks for the yummy SHepherd's Pie, you know how to keep a man happy"

JUST SAY IT TO HER FREAKING FACE

If she was just friend, I would de-friend, but as a SIL, I don't want to remove her. It's very tempting though.

SayCoolNowSayWhip · 10/09/2011 12:27

Don't even get me started on the stupid FB games that people spend their life on and clog up the newsfeed with 'So and So has just harvested their turnips' or some such rubbish.

Or the stupid personality quiz results - I don't want to know how freaking good in bed you are!

And yes, people holding conversations on FB is ridiculous. And FGS stop posting attention-seeking / stealth boasting statuses.

Harrumph!

BallantyneBird · 10/09/2011 12:27

LikeACandle - I have relatives like this too. Endless bloody drivel every single day about what's being baked today 'for my gorgeous xxx' followed by 'nom noms' and sloppy YouTube dedications. BARF.

And unfortunately I can't hide them either as it's family and we also use it as pretty much our only family interface as they're not local. But it does make me dread switching on FB as I know I'll get so irritated by it.

BallantyneBird · 10/09/2011 12:29

SayCool - you can sometimes selectively hide Game stuff by hovering to the top right of the Game post and clicking on the X. You sometimes get an option to hide the Game but not the Friend.

usualsuspect · 10/09/2011 12:30

you can hide all the games feed

confusedpixie · 10/09/2011 12:32

SayCool: You used to be able to block updates from certain applications as opposed to certain people. Try doing that and it may free up your newsfeed :)

Cavvie · 10/09/2011 12:33

I think it's really sad. A number of my facebook "friends" post things like
"Oh I really wish hubby would make me a lovely cup of tea xxx"

only for "hubby" to reply and ask what else she wants taking upstairs etc. saddos!

LikeACandleButNotQuite · 10/09/2011 12:33

A cousin once posted "can't wait for my sexy bf to come home tonight, am gonna make him a sausage sandwich"

I genuinely think it was a euphamism. Either that or the poor sod actually did get a sausage sandwich. It was mortifying. I hid her.

BallantyneBird · 10/09/2011 12:37

Ack at sausage sandwich. Do these people really think that sharing intimacies in public is amusing / sexy / cute? Do they actually hate all their FB friends and do it on purpose just to make them feel nauseous?

SayCoolNowSayWhip · 10/09/2011 12:39

One of my friends actually once posted 'Damn, that was a good lay!'

I was just Shock that anyone would post this. Why do they want people to know??!

garlicnutter · 10/09/2011 12:57

This thread reminded me of my putridly loving couple friends. Popped onto FB to see their latest mushy update, and found they've disappeared off my list! Oh dear. What a shame. How sad Grin

Bandwithering · 10/09/2011 12:59

eurgh! to the "that was a good lay"

Somebody should tell them that that's TMI. I would but no doubt smug couples would think "oh poor bandwithering is single and is so jealous/lonely/envious". eh no. Bandwithering is appalled in an old-fashioned tmi kind of way.

5inthebed · 10/09/2011 13:10

YANBU

However, what i worse when husband and wife have a joint FB account, so you get MarkandTracy Smith. What the actual fuck?

5inthebed · 10/09/2011 13:11

is

LikeACandleButNotQuite · 10/09/2011 13:12

A Joint Account Shock

That is the true defenition of madness.

usualsuspect · 10/09/2011 13:14

I don't get why some people have fb and then spend all their time moaning about how other people chose to use it

mo3d · 10/09/2011 13:23

I don't have fb, never have, and now I've read this thread, never will Grin.

WidowWadman · 10/09/2011 13:28

Joint accounts are especially bad if they're just in one partner's name but used by both. Ick.

Bandwithering · 10/09/2011 13:28

oh the joint account, yeah I have a few of those JonathanDenise brown.

pyooooooooooook

BallantyneBird · 10/09/2011 13:37

UsualSuspect - I use FB to keep in touch with lots of people who I would otherwise lose touch with, including family. Most people use it amusingly and well. Some, however, use it in a way which makes them come across as a bit, er, stooopid. And irritating. Usually I hide those types, but for various reasons I can't hide all of them.

jasper · 10/09/2011 13:39

OP I agree. It annoys me so much I actually enjoy it.

"can't wait till my darling hubby gets home "
"I'm on my way, beautiful"
"I love you xxxx"

gah, hurts my teeth to think about it.
I reckon they'll be divorced soon

jasper · 10/09/2011 13:39

Joint account?
Kill me now

SayCoolNowSayWhip · 10/09/2011 13:40

usual - like the people who have MN and then spend their time moaning about how people use it? Grin

And what Ballantyne said.

usualsuspect · 10/09/2011 13:43

I just hope all your fbs are full of witty and intelligent updates Grin

SayCoolNowSayWhip · 10/09/2011 13:43

Like everything I post Grin