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Parents and FB don't mix!

WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess member
in April 2012 Moms

We told our families this weekend and gave them the go ahead to tell whoever they wanted, but were waiting on telling our friends. Well I forgot my dad is friends with some of my friends on FB because he's a creeper (I'm not even friends with any family besides my brother and sister) so already from that I was getting some congrats messages and had to lock down my wall. Being the FB addict I am that's really bugging me lol. Then if that wasn't bad enough my dad accidentally tagged DH in his apple picking pictures (yes, DH is friends with my dad and I'm not) and R was wearing her big sis shirt. So I got a couple texts from that "oops".

Now I feel like my whole timeline is moved up because some friends know while others don't and people are asking why they can't post on my wall. I don't want it on FB until after I tell work since I have some coworkers on there, but I don't want to tell work for a long time. My dad is very computer savvy, I'm kind of annoyed this all happened. Plus my BFF found out because my mom showed her those same pictures from apple picking THE DAY I was going to tell her. I didn't know she saw the pics, so I told her at dinner and she was like "Yeah, I saw the shirt", ugh.

Last time they didn't have FB so I clearly did not think this through lol. Next time we wait until 14 weeks!

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  • JFH2010JFH2010 member
    I'm afraid of this! I essentially have two moms, and right now one knows and the other doesn't (b/c I wanted to tell each of them in person). I'm so nervous that somehow it will get on FB and my mom will never forgive me! My stepmom has been sworn to secrecy but we all know that doesn't always work out. I'm sorry your "outing" didn't go quite as you had planned!
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  • Cupcake+MamaCupcake+Mama member
    With my family and friends being FB addicts, I blocked everyone from seeing others posts on my wall. And every time we told someone, we specifically said no posting on FB.
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  • TeamHayesTeamHayes member
    This is so annoying, I am sorry. I am afraid of this too but by my sister who is addicted to fb. We still haven't told her about our cousins pregnancy bc we don't want her to soil the beans. It's sad people can't keep secrets these days. It's not your news to share.
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  • Bean47Bean47

    Facebook really complicates things doesn't it? I would have been really disappointed if my BFF already knew :(  I have the fear that this will happen to us. We plan to tell most of our family on  Sat. and friends within the next couple of days but I know once my aunts know they will tell my cousins who will run to post on FB. I think I'll have to do what you did and close down comments until we tell our close friends on Tuesday.

     

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  • gisa886gisa886 member
    That is why when I told my family I told Facebook too.
    i wish i could be joking but my dad is the music teacher at a church so he owuld be mad. we had sex, all the time how bad i know but we dont want to wait and he said GREAT OH KAY! and I was really feeling the wets? down there- too embarsed to say- but he acted like man.
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  • Sclines2595Sclines2595 member
    This happened to me as well!!! We told our families a couple of weeks ago - but are not outing it on Facebook until the 2nd trimester --- simply because we have had a past miscarriage -- and we blabbed to facebook WAY too early last time then had to deal with "I'm sorry" posts for weeks!!! (even worse...people who didn't know about the miscarriage sending me messages weeks later asking how baby was doing!  ~Anyway~  I have a picture of me holding my best friends newborn baby and my mom posted...."This is a good look for you!! I can't wait!!"  Its not really an "out" but still---I am trying to not even elude to the fact that I'm PG for a while...Oh well!!! can't help that mom is excited!

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  • snoangel79snoangel79 member
    I laughed when you said your dad is a creeper! hahaha My dad is a gossip but luckily doesn't have facebook!
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  • LittleBun2011LittleBun2011

    My hubby and I disabled our walls because we were worried about the same thing.  Thankfully, our parents aren't friends with our friends on facebook, so we knew that was all we had to do to keep things hush-hush until 12 weeks.  I am bursting at the seams, though, and can't wait to spill the beans next week!

    We are hoping to start a family page and completely get rid of our personal accounts, though.  Anyone do something similar?  If so, do I just need to use a different email address, or can I use my original one?  How can I invite all of my friends without looking each one up and inviting them?

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  • mrs.messimrs.messi member

    Annoying!

    DH's aunt posted a HORRIBLE picture of me and said "congrats on baby #2" as the caption. I untagged it a couple of hours later. No one commented, so I'm hoping no one saw.

    BTW, Wildcat, how are we not friends on FB?

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  • WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess member
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    Annoying!

    DH's aunt posted a HORRIBLE picture of me and said "congrats on baby #2" as the caption. I untagged it a couple of hours later. No one commented, so I'm hoping no one saw.

    BTW, Wildcat, how are we not friends on FB?

    Ummmm, because I'm lazy and never went through the list lol. I just added whoever requested me!

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