Aibu to delete facebook 'friend' for child posts rant?

[thefourgp]

A guy who is a friend on facebook (more a friend of a friend in real life) has posted a rant about a number of things but primarily that he's sick of others posting about their kids. Saying he 'doesn't give a toss if your kid just got their first tooth'. I post about my children occasionally and find this rant offensive. He regularly posts about things I have no interest in but I would never trivialise what's important to him. I also know it's not a personal attack and he's probably having a crappy day and letting off steam in the wrong direction. Do I delete and block him possibly causing a bit of awkwardness next time we meet (which is few and far between) or just ignore his stupid rant?

I'm so glad that I found the restricted button on fb. I have an old friend with some 'interesting' points of view, and he has an opinion about every little thing. He would start arguments with my other friends on fb. It was embarrassing. I feel so much better now that I've restricted him.

Telling about little funny moments or the odd mile stone is lovely to read. However boasting about wining this , coming first in that. Wonderful report / parents evening. Just look how wonderful my child is does drive me potty. Praise the person who deserves it - your child and celebrate with your family. But I do love nice funny things that happen.

There's two sides to it. Of course I like to hear about my friend kids. You went for a nice day out or it's his first day of school? That's great. When it gets to posting about every single little thing they do or uploading an album "Me and DC bake a cake (154 photos)", it's time to chill out.

It could be worse, at least it's original stuff rather than sharing an unfunny picture by an American radio station or fucking Minion Quotes.

I have family in Ireland and Canada who I rarely get to see. We all share stuff about our kids and I love seeing what everyone is up to. This is the main reason that I stay on FB. Sometimes I will share funny things that have been said or done by dc, it helps keep me sane if I can have a chuckle about the latest armpit farting competition.

I have a fb friend who I have known for years, who doesn't have a family who recently posted some very snarky comments about people over-sharing on their kids, food and cats. I was annoyed for a bit and nearly posted a snarky reply about the constant pictures of his latest flashy holiday/ lads night out and the pretentious mini-reviews of posh restaurants he has visited. Then I thought better of it. I can't delete him as he's one of dh's best friends, but I'll definitely be hiding things from him in the future. I intend to carry on as normal and people can hide me if they like!

Mrsfrumble you summed it up perfectly! I scroll past what doesn't interest me, knowing someone else will enjoy it.

My biggest FB pleasure is having found a group of people who love one of my favourite authors. I'd keep it for them alone - no rants, no Britain First, just good humour, courtesy and intelligent chat. Oh yes, and there's a very sweary Archers group that's fun too!

OP sounds like you've done the right thing!

I post an awful lot about my DD on facebook but then I have family in the states, opposite ends of the country, accross europe etc so it's so much easier to just tag them all, who do love seeing it, than fiddling about with emails.

I don't expect anyone else to care, as long as it reaches the people I want to reach then I'm happy.

Shouldn't he be the one deleting you if he's that unhappy with what you post? People like him, and people who post cryptic messages having a pop at people in general really piss me off.

It is your facebook profile, post whatever you like, as much as you like! I have a newborn and a five year old, I'm sure I annoy some people with post about my children but so what? If they don't want to see it, then they have the option to remove me as a friend. He sounds like a dick head to be honest, rather than posting his ranty status he could have just had a friends list clear out.

I tend to agree with him, I like my friends children, but I won't care one jot about daily updates. These sorts of posts don't annoy me I just skip past them. Il just hide/unfriend him if he's annoying you.

I can understand what he's saying, although I think he's better to just hide or unfriend the baby bores.

My friend's DD gave birth a year ago and she seems to have lost her entire 'identity'.

She's literally posted nothing but baby pics/updates since the birth.

It's boring but it's her timeline and her choice to do so.

You can hide his posts and just check his wall when/if you feel like it. I've done this with a couple of very religious friends - I really don't want to see the endless prayer related memes but I do check every so often to see if I've missed any news.

I don’t understand the anger towards people who share baby photos on Facebook. Usually the same people who dislike them are the ones who share and love pictures of every cat in existence!

I'd comment on his rant with this;

I can see his point. He may not be directing his rant at you, but there are plenty of over-sharers out there. So many people I know now share more about their kids than themselves. It's never half as 'funny' or 'cute' as they think it is, sometimes just plain gross. I've stopped using Facebook, that way don't get I don't find myself irritated by other people's lives.