I am 39 years old and pregnant with our second DD. My mom has been on FB for years now and been one of my 'friends'. She is almost 60 but insists on being called GlamMa. She has become overbearing on FB. Every time I comment on another friends page, she 'likes' my comment. If I like a store, she likes that I liked a store. I feel like she's watching every move and I have no privacy. I feel like a kid who's being policed. If I post something, she has to like and comment. Even if it has nothing to do with her. If someone posts on my page, she has to like and comment. My DD, DH and I are all very sick and have been for over 8 days. I wrote a post and went back and forth with another friend over our situation. It wasn't a good post, but my mom 'liked' every comment. They are not comments that should be liked. Then she posts a whole statement on my wall tonight for all to see, starting with "oh daughter dear..." Came across as condescending and made me think if this was personal and you are really worried for us, why write on my FB wall for all to see? Shouldn't that be private? She emails and txts all the time so it makes me think she posts for her own social self. My mother is not easy to talk to. It all always goes back to HER. I tell her how I'm upset, she will respond how my being upset upsets her. Somehow I end up being the one to calm her down instead of the other way around. If I tell her I want to delete her off FB, it will be a lot of drama. I'm the one who is almost 31w pregnant, sick and on our own island with no help other than our DH. We've been going through a lot the past 2 years and I don't emotionally have it in me to put up with her drama. But, her FB almost stalker ways is killing me! Wwyd? I can't just block her either because I have other cousins, etc that are on my FB and she's find out she's been blocked. I think that would be worse. Should I get rid of all family or just bite the bullet and tell her I don't want her, my only parent on my FB anymore? I've seen teens have problems with their parents on their FB but never grown adults. I'm at a loss.
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Re: Do most of you have your parents on FB? Need help.
Sorry I didn't read all of it. Was having problems with the dogs.
I'm pretty sure you can- if you add any family members that you want to have limited viewing to a particular group, you can pick which posts that group can see. I think this also works the same for when you post pictures, so you could let them see pictures of DD that you post, but not others.....if you want them to be able to see DD pictures that other people tag you in, that might be an all or nothing scenario.
It really does pay to take the time to put people in groups and reset the privacy settings. I had a "stalker" too that would comment on my comments to people she didn't even know- it was really creepy. After I put her in her own special group with limited access, I haven't had those problems!
You can also block your mom from posting on your wall, but she'll probably realize that right away if she can see other people posting stuff.
Make sure you're doing this from a computer, and not a phone or tablet. The "app" versions of FB are much more limited in what they can do than the web based version. Once you get to the web, you have a lot more options on limiting people. GL!