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Ex’s friends and family spying on me on Facebook

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Doolallyally · 17/07/2025 11:47

Separated from ex recently and I’ll be moving out soon. Ex has been receiving screen shots and messages about my Facebook posts - one was when I took our youngest out for food (She’s up to something!) another was taking our teen out for the day on a very hot day (she shouldn’t be taking him out in that heat!)

the latest - I shared a photo of a new book - Women Living Deliciously - it’s a great book and I shared inspirational quotes from it - feminist stuff about living your best life and respecting boundaries etc. I am leaving due to emotional abuse and found the statements powerful and positive. Ex’s friend screen shotted my post saying WTF! and how insensitive I was being? To me the book is hugely inspiring especially how much crap I have put up with and how I’m trying to lose my people pleasing ways! Was I insensitive and rude considering I’m moving out very soon? I did not intend it to be passive aggressive. I’m the one who ended the marriage. Thanks.

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Auroraofthedawn · 17/07/2025 18:40

Block anyone that is connected with your ex and post whatever the fuck you want. Hope he gets his karma OP.

Auroraofthedawn · 17/07/2025 18:41

Also, all the incels on MN from Reddit can get to fuck, you’re boring and obvious and will die alone. HTH.

Cheeseplantandcrackers · 17/07/2025 19:07

You either restrict what you post or who sees it.

Cheeseplantandcrackers · 17/07/2025 19:09

How do you know what they have said? The going out on a hot day etc?

Doolallyally · 17/07/2025 19:21

Cheeseplantandcrackers · 17/07/2025 19:09

How do you know what they have said? The going out on a hot day etc?

I’m still living in the family home and they are texting ex when he’s sat next to me lol.

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Doolallyally · 17/07/2025 19:23

SixteenClovesOfGarlic · 17/07/2025 16:32

Who was it that said you're up to something, and that a teenager can't go outside on a warm day?

If someone forwarded me posts about someone's day to day life I would think they were an absolute freak.

Ex MIL after ex BIL showed her my posts.

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HappyToSmile · 17/07/2025 19:32

If you dont care who sees your posts and what they think of them, carry on as you are.
If you do (which, presumably you do, else youd not have posted), then change your Facebook settings. Either unfriend these people, or set posts so they can't see them. But that all seems like a lot of hassle.
I'd just carry on as you are. As the new saying goes..... Let them.

Bridgetjonesheart · 17/07/2025 21:41

I suspect you’re probably posting antagonistic things. Don’t air your dirty laundry in public and people won’t screen shot it.

GremlinDolphin4 · 17/07/2025 23:20

My sil used to tell my in-laws things about me from fb before my exh and I split up and when exh and I went to court he had powerpoints of posts id shared to try to prove that I wasn’t traumatised by his behaviour and that I was mad! The magistrate was not impressed as his argument didn’t make sense and my posts were irrelevant to the situation. However, I don’t post as much as I used to definitely now.

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