for not wanting my Mother to be on FB?

[Imstyledilemma]

She's trying to 'friend' me!

It's just me being funny, right?
Or is it?

[SuperBeagle]

My mum's been my FB friend since she made her account 5 years ago.

I only post pictures occasionally, and never any text. So I couldn't care less what she sees or what she comments on.

I delete people who use their FB as personal diaries

[isseywithcats]

my daughter and i are friends on facebook and its a quick way of her messaging me as she lives in another town to me, i get to see pics of what my grandchildren are doing, but then again im not a mom who noses at everything shes doing if she messages me i answer, if theres a pic of the grandchildren, i like , the same with my son and his girlfriend we talk regularly on facebook and she puts up pics of my grandson

[TheHiphopopotamus]

Yanbu. I'm with you.

My mother told me off on FB for swearing. I'm 43! And she silently stalks people (i.e doesn't comment or like but then tells me about it in person). I wish I hadn't accepted her friend request. It annoyed me so much, I left FB and tbh, I feel a lot better for it (not just because of her btw, lots of other things too.)

[zinniazuri]

YANBU. My grandmother joined Facebook and I accepted her so she wouldn't feel bad, but it's a quick way for us to message so I just block certain things from her if I think she won't like them/they are sweary/sexual/too rude.

[Hmmalittlefishy]

My mum got in a mood over a comment I had put (and she took out of context). And discusses what's happening - she isn't even on Facebook she just looks at my sisters over her shoulder!

[Queenofthestress]

I'm in a messenger group with my mum & sister's, we chat every day because she worries (with good reason) but she's pretty much my best friend lol

[IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday]

My mum is my friend on FB. It means I can keep an eye on her

All our family are friends, but we're spread out all over the world so it's a lovely way to share photos etc. My dds also allowed me to be their friends when they got to about 17. I felt quite honoured

[Nonibaloni]

My mum joined Facebook, maybe 4 years ago. She went through all my old posts. And the gave me a load of crap about my student posts!
Worst was a reference to a cold spell and "smuggling peanuts". She phoned me at work in full on mum mode and insisted I take it down, maybe 10 years after the fact.
Don't encourage this behaviour. The only thing that stopped her was accidentally snooping on my friends pages and nearly having a heart attack.
Now all I deal with it my aunt accidentally liking Britain first pages.

[80sMum]

I am friends with one of my DCs on Facebook, but not the other. They each have a different view on the matter, which I completely understand and accept.

If you explain your views to your mum, OP, surely she will understand?

[caraway33]

You don't need to be fb friends with your mother! Just cancel a request. Shouldn't be difficult to explain why in person.
Fwiw I canceled my mothers' request twice Just told her "we are friends in real life"-it worked. Second time she got overexcited about something although knew that it's not gonna materialise (:

[mortificado]

I've blocked mine

[chocatoo]

I'd be happy to be friends with Mum on FB!

[Talkingfrog]

I originally joined facebook because my mother in law sent me a friend's request. She had a smart phone before me too. I am very lucky in that I get on really well with my mother in law (chat on the phone every day, sometimes shopping with me and at my suggestion is coming on holiday with us again this yr). My mum doesn't understand Facebook and I never bother leaving any type of message in her mobile as she doesn't understand how to access them. Talk every day though and she meets me shopping too. Having said I can understand why people could find it awkward.

[WhatToDoAboutThis2017]

I felt like this when I was 18.

A year later I got over myself and added her; I love having her on there and have for the past ten years.

[Evangelinda]

I was on Facebook way before them (I was a student back in the days when you had to have an email from an academic institution to join it ) so I welcomed them to my world when they came of age (13!) and generously allowed them to be friends with me- LOL! - but we all use it to talk to one another and link funny stuff to. I'm on most social media things but I don't quite get Snapchat so maybe I am getting a bit aged...

[Allthebestnamesareused]

Friend her - then for days post memes from Little Miss Cunty page tagging her so her friends see! She'll soon block or unfollow you 😂

[EarlessToothlessVagabond]

I felt obliged to accept my mother on FB buy initially she did the silent creepy stalking thing and me and my sister told her off for it, she came off fb in a huff and is now back on it commenting and liking all over the place. I'm not sure what's worse!

[TiredMumToTwo]

YANBU

[ImperialBlether]

I hardly use FB but I know my (adult) children wouldn't want to be my friend on there. Why should they? It's like listening in to their conversations.

[WonderLime]

YANBU! My mother is very religious, but she's kind of made her own religion from a variety of 'facts' from the internet.

We don't discuss religion in person, but she keeps sharing all these strange, 'the end is nigh' posts on my Facebook since I accepted her request (big, big mistake)! It's given her a gateway to save my soul.