How to defriend H on Facebook without causing a scene

[PPaka]

H is such a prick
He's posting things on Facebook, designed to annoy me
I would just block/defriend him, but what I really want to do is tell my friends to delete him, without making a song and dance about it

Any suggestions?

[lottiegarbanzo]

Your friends can think for themselves. They won't notice his nonsense the way you do but if they do, can choose to delete.

[RuthlessBaggage]

Um...

Screenshot everything, but don't respond. It might help during the divorce.

[mammadiggingdeep]

Deactivate yourself. It's surprisingly refreshing...you gain at least an hour a day

[PollyIndia]

Just block him - minimum fuss. He won't appear in your search or news feed and you won't appear on his. No-one will know. Easy.

[Olddear]

I came off Facebook. Best thing ever! Who cares who 'likes' your posts? Why have a status at all? People get tied up in knots over posts on fb, comments, photos etc. I was on it one day, and after reading a whole lot of drivel, I thought 'olddear, you're not 12, why are you on here?' I deactivated my account right there!

my own personal opinion

[CurtWild]

I deactivated after I separated from stbxh. The feeling of liberation was fab. To not be tied in knots by what someone is posting or isn't posting and worrying if people I don't really know don't pop a 'like' on my stuff. I don't need that kind of insecurity in my life.
Of course stbxh doesn't believe I deactivated, he still thinks I just blocked him, because it's all about him. And because he lives on fb.
Each to their own. If you enjoy fb, OP, just block him and carry on as normal.

[BeCool]

I don't have any Relationship 'status' on FB . It's not compulsory.
So you don't have to change to "Separated" - just remove that status completely.

And then block him and ignore.

[EhricLovesTheBhrothers]

Block him, hide your relationship status.

[PPaka]

I don't actually post anything at all on FB, but I like to keep up to date with everyone else

I'll just block him
Does anyone know if he tags me in a post if my friends will see it, if I block him

[CurtWild]

You can opt out of being tagged in posts but if he's blocked he won't be able to see anything anyway (as far as I know!)

[CurtWild]

If he's blocked he won't be able to tag you, that I do know.

[ThePriory]

Can't you just ignore what you see on facebook or don't go on it so often?

[AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore]

I blocked my STBXH (and he kicked off about it as he was using it to keep tabs on what I was doing apparently). It's taken me ages to convince mutual friends that are still on his friends list to stop contacting me with all the vile comments he posts on there, as I simply don't want to know. So now it's all better.

[andyfromotley]

the real problem here is not about you and your x but about your desire to control whether or not your friends remain friends with him. Thats a bit weird and controlling.

[AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore]

Yeah, see, I don't expect my friends to choose one or the other. I DO however expect them not to tell me every blasted stupid thing he posts - because that, after all, is the reason I blocked him.

[Quinteszilla]

Funny how you have more concern for his mum than he has. Disassociate yourself from him by putting "separated". Then block him.

[sooperdooper]

If you block him ( not just unfriend) then he can't even find you if he searches on fb, and definitely can't tag you or message you

[PPaka]

Andyfromotley- me controlling, that's really funny
I'm trying to separate from the most controlling and abusive man. If only you knew
I don't really care that my friends are still his friends, I just find him cringeworthy and embarrassing on FB. They can probably see that too.

[Eekaman]

Actually, you should leave things as they are.

• You don't need to worry about his antics, so rise above him and just ignore them. Don't let it get you down.
  
  
• Should any of your 'friends' respond to or appreciate his stuff, well you've learnt the cheap, quick and simple way that they are not your friends after all.

[Hissy]

Eekaman I think that's good advice, but ppaka can't get herself there yet.

Ppaka you can block him, you can remove relationship status and no-one will bat an eyelid.

Removing the relationship status doesn't set of FB klaxons :) block him and bollocks to him.

If your friends are too stupid to do the same, then more fool them.

Are you getting support with the fallout from his abusive behaviour?

[RollerCola]

I had the same issue after I separated from my exh.

Firstly I just removed my relationship status completely. It used to say 'married to MrRollercola' on mine and 'married to Rollercola' on his. When I removed my status it just changed his to 'married' and mine said nothing. I can't remember if it showed in my newsfeed but if it did I deleted it so as not to draw attention from others. Took exh a while to twig I'd done it as he stayed married for a while longer!

I kept him as a friend for a while but as soon as he started posting anything I didn't like (and he did, offensive stuff) I de-friended him. He started texting me asking me why so I told him.

I thought that was the end of it but I later discovered he'd actually blocked me. It's quite refreshing actually, knowing his stupid posts aren't going to pop up on my feed. I now can't see him at all and he can't see me.

I sometimes think he's commented on mutual friends' posts as they reply and the conversations are all one sided! But I don't see him at all. I've also blocked his OW so she can't go noseying at me and he can't see me through her page.

[AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore]

Yes, I blocked my STBXH. He was doing the "like" thing at every post I did, and if he didn't see me on for awhile, he'd text me and say "i haven't seen you on fb today, what's up?" and I just reached a point where I felt I was being spied on. So I blocked him. He was quite angry about it, sending nasty texts when he realised, but too bad.

[BlissfullyIgnorant]

Just change your status. He should tell his mother you've dumped him anyway, or send her an actual handwritten letter briefly telling her and say sorry if you must. If he's being snarky, Facebook is going to be the least of your worries.

[andyfromotley]

No sorry Ppaka i don't really buy that. You say in your original post 'but what i really want to do is tell my friends to delete him'

Why? Were they his friends too? Do you need to bolster your self esteem by having them 'choose' you? You have been told the very simple solution to what you say is your problem, unfriend him. But you seem mightily concerned about what your friends do.

i'm really not having a go, just pointing out that the issue may not be quite what you think it is.

[AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore]

Just because she wants to tell them, doesn't mean she WILL tell them.

I'd like to say a few choice things to my STBXH. Will I ? Most likely not, because he's too fired up on his own wonderfulness to listen anyway. Doesn't mean I don't still want to say it. I just won't.

For someone who is not having a go, you're having a bit of a go.