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FB and MIL question

Julie_AnneJulie_Anne
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Would you be friends with your MIL of FB?  I am not too sure how I feel about it. 

If you are friends with your MIL on FB has it come back to bite you in the ass?

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  • MSC03MSC03 member
    I'm FB friends with my MIL and it hasnt' been a problem--we get along really well.
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  • mchupiemchupie member

    My MIL doesn't have Facebook, so I've never had to worry about.  But if she did, and she asked to be my friend, I would accept the request. 

    I feel like her feelings being hurt from your declining her would probably be worse than her finding out about something in your past or seeing a drunk picture of you.

    Do you have a good reason that you are unsure about it? 

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  • Teach84Teach84
    I am friends with MIL on facebook... it's a nice way for her to keep up and see pictures I've posted and whatnot.  I'm also friends with people from work, other relatives, etc, so I make sure not to post pictures and information that I wouldn't want them all to know
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  • Julie_AnneJulie_Anne
    She hasn't asked to be my friend yet, but I know it is coming.  I don't have any real reason not to be friends on FB.  I was more wondering what other people's experiences were.  I was actually thinking of asking her to be friends first.  We get along well but we are not really buddy buddy.
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  • Teach84Teach84

    imageJulie_Anne:
    She hasn't asked to be my friend yet, but I know it is coming.  I don't have any real reason not to be friends on FB.  I was more wondering what other people's experiences were.  I was actually thinking of asking her to be friends first.  We get along well but we are not really buddy buddy.

    We are not buddy buddy either, but my MIL is pretty quiet.  She enjoys seeing the posts and whatnot and will leave nice comments, but it's not overwhelming

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  • kimsandekimsande
    I;m friends with MIL on FB but I do sensor some things I say!  so far so good!
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  • synchrosallysynchrosally member
    My MIL knows how to turn the computer on and find her Casino game.  That's it.  I don't think I'll ever have to worry about that one.
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  • Julie_AnneJulie_Anne

    imagesynchrosally:
    My MIL knows how to turn the computer on and find her Casino game.  That's it.  I don't think I'll ever have to worry about that one.

    HAHA nice!

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  • njohnson1972njohnson1972 member
    I am friends with my MIL.  I don't put anything on FB that I would need to hide from anyone, like MIL or a boss.
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  • NBNurseNBNurse
    I am friends with my MIL on fb, and I wish I wasn't. She drives me crazy. She posts snarky comments on my statuses all the time. Even my friends will ask me about her comments because they notice them too. She even stole some of our wedding photos from the photographer's website and starting posting them on fb (we have mutual friends) and got mad when we asked her to stop. She is a nightmare.
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  • TLM08TLM08
    I logged in to FB one day and there was a friend request from my MIL.  I couldn't deny her due to hurt feelings, so I clicked accept.  She doesn't do anything too bad on there.  However, I'm sick of the farmville invites.  It also makes it weird because most of my FB friends are my good girlfriends who I keep up with and vent to on occasion.  So I can't ever have my status be anything regarding my annoyances with my MIL (she's a good FB friend, but we have our in person differences).  But when I give it thought it's not the greatest idea to post "craptastic day with the in laws" as a FB status everyone can read. 
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  • renafaithrenafaith member

    I'm friends with my MIL, but we get along really well and she stays out of our business for the most part. No problems here.

    But, if you don't want to hurt her feelings, accept her, then go under your privacy settings and block what you don't want her to see. (You can now let only certain friends see status updates, pictures, wall posts, etc...I haven't used this feature much and can't get on FB at work or I'd walk you through it. It's under privacy settings, though)

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  • *MamaRose**MamaRose*
    I'm FB friends with my MIL but I have her on a limited profile status where she can't see my status updates and things friends post on my wall. I get along with my MIL but we're not super close, and I just feel that i don't need her to have a window into my private life with my friends.
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  • Kitty1225Kitty1225 member

    NO WAY!!!

    my MIL tried to be friends with me numerous times and I declined.  her 3 kids did too, lol

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