*Drama Lama* look here!!!!!

[Allison]

In response to Serena, I believe I'm washing my hands of the situation and him. I see his true feelings for me now and I would rather have nothing to do with him from here on out.

Please say you aren't really going to do this. You are going to cut your brother out of your life because of Facebook? It's the internet. Talk to your brother face to face, call him on the phone. Maintain a relationship that way. You don't need to be connected on the internet to have a relationship.

I would think long and hard about taking such a stance.

 

[Rebelmom67]

I read that she did call him. I don't know, I would be pissed if my brother did that.

 

[minkydog]

To I was never deleted from his facebook page. I requested him to accept me as his friend. Not only did he not accept me as his friend but he BLOCKED me and deleted all of his friends that are also friends with me.

I would have been OK with him just ignoring my friends request. It might have gotten off with me a bit but I would not be as hurt and angry as I am right now. It was totally unnecessary for him to block me.

In response to Serena, I believe I'm washing my hands of the situation and him. I see his true feelings for me now and I would rather have nothing to do with him from here on out.

I guess that is all I really have to say about it. I am glad so many people responded, thanks bunches.

I think this is the most immature thing I've seen all day, and there are a LOT of immature posts on the DIS. You'd really dispose of a relationship with your BROTHER, with whom you claim to have a good relationship, over a stoopid Facebook issue?? I am floored.

My 23yo son has a Facebook account. There is no way in HELL he is ever going to friend me. NO WAY. I don't know if he has something to hide or not. He's an adult. It's none of my business. As long as he's not making meth in my basement, what he does and who his friends are is not my affair. Your brother is a middle aged man. He has no obligation to friend you.

I hope you will rethink this when you've come to your senses. This is not the hill you want to die on.

 

[Allison]

I read that she did call him. I don't know, I would be pissed if my brother did that.

I'm not talking about calling him about this issue. I'm talking about maintaining a relationship with him by actually communicating, not following him on the internet. This whole issue just shows me how much people rely on the internet these days to know what is going on in each others lives instead of actually speaking to each other.

 

[DisneyBlonde]

My 23yo son has a Facebook account. There is no way in HELL he is ever going to friend me. NO WAY. I don't know if he has something to hide or not.

This is exactly my point...it's something kids to do their parents. Not her adult sibling.

I guess it's pretty easy to tell who here has family blocked.

 

[marlynnp]

Is this HighClass?
Maybe your brother heard about your disparaging remarks about his body building son!

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

Sometimes, I wished my brother had not friended me on FB....a little TMI between his friends and him.

Anyway, doesn't seem like a big enough deal to end a relationship with him.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Seriously? You are going to cut off ties from your brother over FB? If that is all it takes then I can see why your brother blocked you. Your actions seem quite over the top. I wouldn't want that kind of drama if I was him.

 

[ma2jr]

Reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld "worlds collide"

 

[AshleyW]

Sometimes, I wished my brother had not friended me on FB....a little TMI between his friends and him.

Agreed! Nothing like seeing pictures and stories pop up about your little brother doing some underage drinking.. But, I've denied requests from some of my family members.. my grandparents and very young cousins. There's just things my friends and I might talk about that I don't really think they need to see. But, in the end.. it's just Facebook. Nothing to get bent out of shape about.

 

[minkydog]

Could this thread have been trolled?

 

[karibritt01]

This whole issue just shows me how much people rely on the internet these days to know what is going on in each others lives instead of actually speaking to each other.

I do totally rely on the internet to keep up with people. I communicate with people on a daily basis now that I normally would be able to call about oncew every 3 months or so. Using the internet as a form of communication is not nearly the bad thing your post makes it sound IMO.

 

[Allison]

I do totally rely on the internet to keep up with people. I communicate with people on a daily basis now that I normally would be able to call about oncew every 3 months or so. Using the internet as a form of communication is not nearly the bad thing your post makes it sound IMO.

That's not what I said. I think it has affected people's ability to communicate directly. To cut off your brother because of Facebook is ridiculous.

 

[powellrj]

Could this thread have been trolled?

Ya think????

 

[C.Ann]

It sounds to me like you are describing two teenagers, not two grown adults. You need to remember that an internet profile is not someone's real life. Who knows what he has said or who he is friends with? And why should he feel pressured to share that with you if he doesn't want to?

Stop trying to make this something important - it's not - and concentrate on making your relationship with him IN REAL LIFE full and interesting.

Maybe he just wants to be able to chit chat freely with his friends without his family knowing his business. I wouldn't have a problem with that. Just because you are family doesn't mean that you have to be part of every single aspect of someone's life.

You are his sister not his mother or his wife - you have no rights to full disclosure when it comes to his life. If he wants privacy he's entitled to that. If you cannot handle him not wanting you to know every little aspect of his life then you need to get a grip. If you are so overboard because of this that you are going to end your relationship over this then it sounds like your brother made a wise decision to keep his online life away from you.

I think this is the most immature thing I've seen all day, and there are a LOT of immature posts on the DIS. You'd really dispose of a relationship with your BROTHER, with whom you claim to have a good relationship, over a stoopid Facebook issue?? I am floored..

Seriously? You are going to cut off ties from your brother over FB? If that is all it takes then I can see why your brother blocked you. Your actions seem quite over the top. I wouldn't want that kind of drama if I was him.

I agree 100% with all of the above..

Talk about making a mountain out of a moe hill!!