Is your mother in law your friend on facebook?

[SamRoc]

My mother in law just started an account on facebook. just wanted to know if anyone else had their Mother in law as a friend there.

sorry i originally put myspace!!!

 

[RadioNate]

no but she is on Facebook and I don't like it one bit. Of course my own mother is my friend too and I don't like that either but I really hate my MIL being my friend.

But really what was I supposed to do??? I couldn't NOT friend her, could I?

I don't know about myspace but on Facebook you can choose to limit your profile for certain friends. That is what I have done. I have a category that I put my mom and MIL and my mom's friends etc and the can hardly see anything I post and not much of anything my friends post.

 

[CathrynRose]

My MIL is in her 80's - so no.

However, my rule is "No kids, No co-workers (I dont like), no bosses, and no family members (I dont like)"

HTH.

 

[Stacerita]

Well, my mother was my SIL's friend until her and my brother decided to divorce. Then she "un-friended" all of us.

 

[SamRoc]

I cant believe i posted myspace. I meant facebook!!!! sorry! My mother in law is 79 and heard that her 5 daughter in laws are on there so she started an account. i just think its odd.

 

[GraysMom]

I friended my DFIL on FB a few weeks ago. He's only 61 and recently retired from the computer industry. He uses his FB account to view pics of the grandkids (DSIL is on there too) and keep in touch with old friends who have moved away.

 

[EMom]

Thank goodness MIL is too ditzy to maintain anything like that or she'd expect me to join. Considering she can't even remember her password to log onto her bank accounts, a facebook page is unthinkable. She calls several times a week to ask DH what her password is and she's usually on speaker. It's so frequent that DD9 can shout from the other room or backseat of the car, "Your password is XXXXXXXX." Heaven help her if our DD ever gets greedy.

 

[mvazul]

My MIL is on Facebook, but is not my friend. Of course, she thinks I am the one who took her grandkids away from her. We lived across he street from her in Chicago and saw her, literally, twice in 6 months. And that is when I called to invite her over. We moved to Pennsylvania to be closer to my family. MIL is friends with her kids - my husband, his sister and brothers - and some of her ex-in-laws, but not me!!

Michelle

 

[SamRoc]

MIL is friends with her kids - my husband, his sister and brothers - and some of her ex-in-laws, but not me!!

Michelle

I just think that her requesting me as a friend is odd because we barely speak. She was horrible to her 5 daughter in laws in 2001 (really long story) Only one of us speaks to her. Dont know if she is trying to reach out and ask forgiveness, or shes just being nosy! could be either one!

 

[Galahad]

My MIL is in her 80's as well and not likely to do facebook. Don't mind if she does though. Several of my peers (in our 50's) are on facebook and friended with their kids and sons/daugheters in law. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

 

[jeepgirl30]

Oh my NO! I think I'd ignore the request.

I just joined facebook recently to reconnect with old friends and catch up. MIL knows enough about my life!

 

[Galahad]

Oh my NO! I think I'd ignore the request.

I just joined facebook recently to reconnect with old friends and catch up. MIL knows enough about my life!

But what in the world would you put of Facebook that you wouldn't want your MIL to know? Facebook is not a good place to put anything you don't want people to know.

 

[EMom]

Even if she was, I'd never tell her anything anyway. She has no sense of boundaries. Years ago, when we were doing IVF, she called me and asked how many eggs they thought they were going to be able to retrieve. I wondered why on earth she was sooooooo intent on knowing RIGHT THEN. (I did not have an immediate answer.) So I asked and she said, "Well, I'm going to my hairdresser later today and she wanted an update. I told her I'd fill her in on how many eggs you had." Yep, my female working parts and their output were going to be the daily hot topic at the local Cut-N-Curl. It's a wonder she didn't put an ad in the newspaper to alert all DH's high school classmates and her running buddies.

So no......Even if she had a page, we'd never share any info because heaven knows what would wind up on the internet for all the world to read........AND with her own twisted spin on it to boot.

 

[LoraJ]

Yup, mine is as is her husband.

 

[kristilew]

Yes, mine is on there. It is much easier for her to see pics of her dgd that way, without me having to email them to her.

Of course, my minister is also on my friend list, so I figure that right there ensures I won't have anything on my page that I wouldn't want mil to see!

 

[jeepgirl30]

But what in the world would you put of Facebook that you wouldn't want your MIL to know? Facebook is not a good place to put anything you don't want people to know.

It isn't that I would post anything bad but I would just feel weird having my MIL reading posts from friends. My MIL is not my "friend" in real life why on the facebook?

It isn't that I dislike her but she is very distant and not a warm person. One of my friends posted how much my son looks like my DH. This is a college sorority sister I have not seen in many years. She knew DH way back too. I posted back to her saying yea but thank goodness he doesn't act like him! Meaning how he did in his frat brother days. Now I'm sure she would take that as an insult or me being mean but it was a joke and all my "friends" on facebook would know I was teasing.

I only accept friend invites from people I want to connect with, not strangers.

 

[NMAmy]

Well, MIL passed away a couple of years ago so...no. FIL is great at email but I can't see him branching out from that.

Even if they were, I'm old enough that my friends wouldn't be writing anything I'm not comfortable with my mom or my boss reading.

 

[eh24fan]

I'll do you all one better...my ex-MIL is now my Facebook friend! We never got along all that well when ex and I were married, but now she is my friend on Facebook...it's funny really. I don't mind, I like her a lot better now that I don't have to deal with her much.

 

[GoldieSaysMeep]

My mother's BFF friend requested me the other day.

I was baffled.

 

[Kycha]

I cant believe i posted myspace. I meant facebook!!!! sorry! My mother in law is 79 and heard that her 5 daughter in laws are on there so she started an account. i just think its odd.

No, my MIL doesn't own a computer. But, my Mom(66 years old) is. In fact, she was the one to invite the rest of us(her kids, grandkids, siblings, etc) to join Facebook. It is a nice way of keeping in touch with the family. I think it is great!