For this to be a deal breaker?

[HonestLie]

Met a man who I get on with really well, he's a good friend of a good friend he treats me well but one thing annoys the hell out of me...

He's one of those annoying ranty people on FB. Every disagreement, annoyance in his life is publicised. I find it childish, cringy and quite honestly it irrationally bugs the shit out of me. He's actually not ranty in RL at all so I just don't get it.

Would this be a deal breaker for anyone else or is it just me?

No I didn't actually get the chance to give any kind of explanation

Doesn't matter what it is, if it's a dealbreaker to you, then it is. You are not under any obligation to see a person, associate with them if there is something you don't like about them. Nothing 'harsh' about it. You don't owe him anything and he doesn't owe you anything.

Well done! Move on.

Are you now obsessively checking his fb?

Ooh what if he de-friends you before bitching about you?

Never thought about that. Our mutual friend would probably screenshot it to me. He's a bit of a gossip

Is he really young?

Would be a deal breaker for me too. My friend's husband is like this, loveliest guy in real life and I am so fond of him... on facebook there are regular rants about anything and everything that annoys him, the most recent was when he was just off night shift and the builders making too much noise and disturbing his sleep. He had arranged for the builders to come that day as he would be home! Sometimes facebook rants can be quite comical but most of the time I just think the person needs to grow up!

He's 31 so no. Can I not upload pictures on the mumsnet app? A quote has gone up ??

Yes would put me right off. I like the odd update so I can keep tabs on people but displaying all your emotions and business on FB looks terribly needy and that's never attractive.

He should've given you a chance to tell him why to avoid the further humiliation of proving your point by uploading cringe worthy quotes directed at you :L

I used to have a boyfriend like this. It was so attention seeking, drove me mad.

Some people are like that, age doesn't seem to be a barrier, weirdly! Has he posted a semi-cryptic status update alluding to being dumped yet?

He didn't waste time updating he status, did he?

You need to comment "have you not realised this is why I dumped you???"

I would have done the same.

I can't abide people on facebook who have no sense of what should remain private.

Oh dear lord, if I had a any tiny little doubt it's been blown the smithereens, he has changed his relationship status to single even though prior to today it was blank.

He has also posted the attached quote pic and then a status simply saying "feeling sad" with a wee sad face.

And between all this he has sent me two text messages. So yup, definitely made the right choice.

God. And CRINGE!! That is almost painful to read.

My DP used to live his entire life on Facebook - every single bloody thought, observation, rambling or fart used to go on there. His face was buried in his fucking phone every couple of minutes. I ended up sitting him down one evening and saying 'Sweetheart, you're 38. And you're getting really fucking old, but not in the way you think you are.'

He admitted himself that when he was with his ex wife he used FB to get the attention she didn't give him. 'Likes' made him feel good. I rolled my eyes - I'm REALLY fucking intolerant about social network attention seeking - but it took him seeing another friend on a night out, face buried in his phone ALL night, to realise just how daft and actually unsociable FB actually is!

Choice incident. Group of us out one night. DP glued to FB, posting song lyrics (twat). A couple of us told him he was being bloody rude. He replied 'Social networking is important to me'. Our response? 'We ARE your fucking social network.'

And embarrassing, yeah, you can't be associated with that!

I'm actually tempted to text him back saying something along the lines of that FB shit is the reason I broke it off in the first place. However, I think a screen shot of the message would appear

I would, if he puts a screen shot of your message he may be surprised by how many "likes" it gets. It all seems very self indulgent and juvenile. Nothing about him missing you, just that he thinks you'll miss him.

Deal breaker! Well done OP. Perhaps the message should read "I'm a fairly private person but you seem happy to broadcast your life in detail on social media. It's nothing against you as such, it just makes me think we're not compatible."

I'm copying and pasting that

The cringe of that quote made me lol op. Glad that he confirmed your decision was the right one. Please let us know if he does anymore

Do! and report back

I have a friend who I've actually really gone off because of this behaviour. I think we just keep each other as FB friends for old times' sake. But I want to shake him while screaming "you're a grown fecking man!"