To think it is upsetting to be unfriended and blocked on Facebook no matter how rational we are about it?

[TrayGertie]

I friend requested some of my old school friends on Facebook and one woman who sat next to me in quite a few subjects initially accepted my friend requests then but has now blocked me! I’m baffled by this anx no matter how rational I try and be about it it’s upsetting

AIBU?

Maybe thats why then.
If you are fb 'friends' who dont interact then what's the point?

Agree with this. I asked a leading question really.

you need to step away from social media OP. I'm not judging, when I had SM there was a period where I had a secondary account for snooping. But it's not healthy.

Wow. You are so nasty.
blocking people is so childish.

100% agree @TrayGertie You won't get much support on here though. Personally, I rarely go on FB now, especially as most people I know aren't faffed with it, and many of my social circle/family now don't use it anymore (especially the under 40s.) I don't think I'd even notice if someone 'unfriended' me to be honest, not for a while anyway. I think it's fine to be hurt by it though, and want to know why.

My sister blocked me because I was asking why I'd been excluded from a family event.
She claimed a friend had taken her phone from her bag and blocked me.

Aye, right 🙄

Yeah, it's pretty brutal isn't it? I would be a bit too and wonder what I had done. Hard to ask the person what you've done wrong when you're blocked though.

Maybe you're mutual friends with someone she doesn't want to know anything about her
Definitely overthinking this. It's a virtual platform ..

If you don't talk I don't get the issue. I unfriended someone because we never talked. I blocked him because he wouldn't stop pestering me as to why I unfriended him. He claimed to be "rather perplexed"

Maybe she has things going on that she doesn't want/may be embarrassed for you to know about?

I don't unfriend people who I actually know, I just stop them seeing my posts. They think I'm boring, I don't get the shitty comments win win. If they are people who I have become "friends" with from games etc then yes I do unfriend those.

Nasty, or simply stating facts? Blocking people is necessary to maintain one's sanity. If (for instance) a random person you knew vaguely at school years ago posts several times a day about subjects you either have zero interest in, or diametrically opposed to your own world view, it becomes tedious. You may find you are so different in outlook that you don't want them to see your own posts, you don't want them as part of your virtual social circle, so you simply remove them. If only it was as simple in real life. Blocking people is so adult, whimpering about it is childish.

Exactly. I unfriended someone who commented on everything I posted and was very dismissive. We met through a FB group. After unfriending her she commented on everything I posted in that group and was still being dismissive. For my own sanity I had to block her

Really? You need to step away.

Wow I’ve blocked actual family members from finding me on Facebook that I send Christmas cards to because I don’t want them on Facebook, I’m trying to quit Facebook, not grow my friends. 🤣🤣🤣

OP you need to get with the times, Facebook has died a death, lots of people don’t use it like they used to, I don’t even view it as social media anymore it’s full of shit media.

This behaviour is a little insight into why you’re blocked.

Gosh! I thought you'd say a lot younger.

Understand completely. The internet is weird though. Without it we might just never see ppl again and be none the wiser. I've had someone ' grey rock ' me which was a bit upsetting. But you just move on. Their loss eh

To be honest - after using it firstly around 2010 - I see a huge difference in FB between 2010 and now

Exactly. One time, this woman walked past me on the other side of our road. She'd sent me a friend request a few years back, which I'd accepted because we were both involved in the same church and scout group. She never interacted with me; not once. When she walked past and clearly there was no recognition, I unfriended her. I don't block.

As I get older I rarely use FB, just for a few pics for my Facebook end of year photo books. I regularly go through, unfriended past acquaintances who I'm simply no longer in contact with.

Aw I agree grey rocking is upsetting - or being grey rocked I should say

Back in 2010 it didn’t seem full of shit media you literally only saw your friends posts

Bet you're one of those types who thinks it's a positive trait to 'tell it like it is?' eh? 🙄

Hint: It's not.

Nice little barbed comment there implying the OP 'sounds young.' 🙄

I see the vipers are out in force on here tonight!

Yes it is. Too old for dicking about.

Stop checking her page using another profile. That's weird behaviour.