AIBU?
AIBU to unfriend lots of mumsnetters on Facebook?
FlamingoAtBingo · 27/09/2022 22:52
I've been here on and off a long time. 15 years or so. And, back in the day, I was somewhat more social than I am now and met with some mumsnetters and added others that I was on long running threads with
Now, nobody on here knows me which is just how I like it (although I enjoy name spotting myself on the 'who's your favourite past mumsnetter' threads 
)
Anyway, I have quite a few mumsnetters as Facebook friends. Maybe 20 or so, they've been there over 10 years. And they'll pop up in my messenger or newsfeed with all sorts of news - usually doom and gloom stuff and so and so being really unwell or such and such having a terrible time
I feel awful but I don't want to know. I've had various things going on in recent times that have caused me anxiety and being told that a mutual
Mumsnet friend is dying or having a horrible time is just more than I can mentally take right now
I suppose I'm saying I want to shrink my world to those people I actually properly know in real life -
Not those I've met once or twice if at all.
But they've been 'there' for years. And I feel all flustered and mean about it. And then I get a message telling me more bad news and I resolve to quietly delete these people but feel mean - and the cycle continues
Thoughts? Am I an awful person? WWYD?
Ticksallboxes · 28/09/2022 09:28
What I'm surprised at is the oversharing on Facebook by these people that you describe OP. Thats surely what the anonymous forum that is Mumsnet is for.
My Facebook is mainly funny, positive, nostalgic or informative. I know some of the people on there aren't currently having the best time, but they've never used Facebook to talk about it.
WGSW · 28/09/2022 09:30
Why would you need a thread on MN to ask about your plan of deleting MN posters off your FB? Unless it's to encourage people to speculate about whether they know you...
If you don't engage with them on FB then the chances are that they won't notice - or care - if you unfriend them.
No drama, job done.
averageavocado · 28/09/2022 10:40
FlamingoAtBingo · 27/09/2022 23:05
@CheezePleeze fascinated by how you think someone will recognise themselves.
They won't. Trust me on this.
What, you think there are so many long time mumsnetter who are dying and have Facebook friends from mumsnet that they won't recognise themselves?
As per Erin's mum from Derry Girls, catch yourself on
properdoughnut · 28/09/2022 10:41
CheezePleeze · 27/09/2022 23:04
This thread is in really poor taste in case whoever is dying/ill/having a hard time recognises themselves, and even if they don't, it may well cause paranoia.
It's your Facebook account, just delete who you want without making this public song and dance about it.
Yeah just delete them and stop making a fuss. Or delete your whole Facebook account t.
WomanStanleyWoman2 · 28/09/2022 15:40
DasAlteLeid · 28/09/2022 15:05
Seems to me OP never got over her minor celebrity status here on MN and thinks we still all need to know her every move and thought 😐
If it helps, OP, I’ve been on here for about six years now and I’ve never heard of you. You can comfortably fade into obscurity.
Kissingfrogs25 · 28/09/2022 16:09
Wow!
This not about deleting is it, you have come on to say your old MN are boring, going on about their own stuff on FB, depressing and bringing you down.
You want them to know.
No doubt they do now, if they have seen this post. If they have friends dying and life is shit for them do you really think it is helpful to post this thread about them?????
It says a lot more about you, than it does about them I afraid.
Not sure you are going to be making anyone's favourite list this year 
PollyAmour · 28/09/2022 19:21
You are the equivalent of the drama llamas on facebook who announce they are having a cull. Very teenage amateur dramatics attention seeking bollocks.
Nobody cares. Least of the Mumsnetters you are planning on unfriending.
How ridiculous, especially the aside that you are a noted mumsnetter. 😂
Of course you are, dear.
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