Midwestern mother in law laming up my social networks, what to do?

[slackerinabox]

So my mother in law has been on my nerves of late - first she posts really cheesy inspirational shit and tags me in it, like those horrid cat posters that say "keep hanging in there!" Now, recently, I have a tendency to post things that reflect my dark sense of humor and she's been replying, almost trying to censor me for dropping the f-bomb occassionally. I'm 34 and don't need a public lashing by mommy and it's frankly getting on my nerve... What to do, what to do?

 

[Drako]

This can't be a serious question, can it?

 

[BoomerD]

Block her?

 

[Printer Bandit]

send dick pic to her

 

[11thHour]

If you wait long enough, perhaps by 2015 or so, there will be privacy and other facebook settings to manage something like this.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I guess you'll just have to change your entire personality to accommodate her.

 

[Brainonska511]

Add her to a custom FB list and change your privacy settings for that list such that they can only see what you want them to see.

 

[futurefields]

shes gonna ask why he blocked her though

i agree with OP this is a serious issue

 

[Ns1]

"hide posts by this user"

 

[brianmanahan]

stop being a horrible son

problem solved

 

[gorb]

your wife should talk to her. in laws should be handled by whoever is related to em.

 

[nakedfrog]

Add her to a custom FB list and change your privacy settings for that list such that they can only see what you want them to see.

Yep.

 

[jpiniero]

Don't use Facebook

 

[slackerinabox]

shes gonna ask why he blocked her though

i agree with OP this is a serious issue

Exactly, she'll bitch and whine

 

[AznAnarchy99]

"Hide posts by..."

I do this to all the stupid people from high school. There's been a lot of them.

 

[soulcougher73]

Tell her to F off? You get your F word in and accomplish something at the same time. 2 birds with 1 stone.

 

[olds]

Tell her the next time you want any lip from her you'll scrape it off your zipper.

 

[slackerinabox]

Tell her the next time you want any lip from her you'll scrape it off your zipper.

Words to live by. My wife will have the "don't be lame" conversation with her, thanks for letting me vent

 

[Jeff7]

Find Jesus.

Then give him her address so they can hang out. That might at least get her off of Facebook for awhile.





Find a nice list of demotivational slogans, and post it under the heading "Chicken Droppings for the Soul."

(I can only assume that the books on the market are simply titled incorrectly due to an ongoing misprint.)

 

[brianmanahan]

if i was your mom, i'd report your swares

shoot, i might report this one

 

[notposting]

Like others have said, this is super easy.

For her posts, hide posts by user.
As for her seeing you, just change privacy setting by user - I think it's the restricted list IIRC.

That way you aren't technically unfriending them, but for all practical purposes in your (online social) life, they are gone.

edit: I've done this to people like my militant vegan sister. You can still chat with them, but it's way better.

 

[slackerinabox]

Like others have said, this is super easy.

For her posts, hide posts by user.
As for her seeing you, just change privacy setting by user - I think it's the restricted list IIRC.

That way you aren't technically unfriending them, but for all practical purposes in your (online social) life, they are gone.

edit: I've done this to people like my militant vegan sister. You can still chat with them, but it's way better.

The problem is that we have numerous relatives in common on Facebook and she'll know very quickly that I'm shunning just her. I could block all of them, it seems like the whole lot of them have 10 year old knock knock joke senses of humor, like the flanders but without the self awareness

 

[waggy]

ok. it seems you don't want to do anything..

your choices are easy. block her, restrict her but above all grow up some.

also talking with her about could help (if you haven't tried)

 

[Harrod]

Create a 2nd facebook account and add her to that one, and then block her on the regular account.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

So my mother in law has been on my nerves of late - first she posts really cheesy inspirational shit and tags me in it, like those horrid cat posters that say "keep hanging in there!" Now, recently, I have a tendency to post things that reflect my dark sense of humor and she's been replying, almost trying to censor me for dropping the f-bomb occassionally. I'm 34 and don't need a public lashing by mommy and it's frankly getting on my nerve... What to do, what to do?

I believe there are ways to add her to a group (or add everyone but her) to a group. From there you can make posts sending it only to a particular group.