To believe that I can be friends with who the hell I like?

[MrsExpo]

Someone who used to be a very close friend seems to have fallen out with me, because I have recently become FB friends with someone she despises!! My new FB friend is someone with whom I am acquainted but am not close (they live 250 miles away), but with whom I share a common interest - photography. I have recently joined a photography group on FB and this person is also a member. Long story short, we have exchanged comments on each others images and are now "friends".

But now, my RL friend is not talking to me because of this association. I think she needs to grow up and get over it. I'll be friends - in RL or on FB - with who the heck I like and don't need hers, or anyone elses, permission to communicate with other people.

Why are some people so pathetic? So much for friendship ..... ARGH!!!

I agree with bluebeck. If you weren't friends with her ex-sil but appeared to have sought her out on FB then in her shoes I would feel that was extremely odd and probably want to distance myself from you just because it's such a strange thing to do.

FB sucks

Your friend can block your FB friend, and neither of them will see each other or their content in FB. Easy, really. It's what I did when I realised that my DH's ex wife was still friends with my SIL on FB. I continued to be friends with SIL on FB, assumed she would have her reasons to continue being FB friends with Ex wife, and just blocked ex wife so she would not see any of my content and I wouldn't see any of hers.

Easy, mature and drama-less. Highly recommended.

It's about loyalty isn't it.

Given their connection I would be thinking the ex-sil treated your RL friends brother appallingly in some way and that's her family. But your RL friend hasn't said to you because that's private to her brother.

I agree you knowing how your RL Friend felt before you friended this acquaintance was disloyal on your part.

Yes you can be friends with who you like, but there's a consequence to that and in this case it could be losing what sounds like a good friend for an acquaintance hundreds of miles away.