NWR finding weird stuff out on FB

ac_in_dc · July 2009

So I'm on facebook a few minutes ago, and I realize by looking at some random feed that one of my sorority sisters had a double masectomy last month. Only 36 with two young kids, the second one of my college friends to get breast cancer...scary.She was a friend in college, but we were never that close. What weirds me out is how surreal the process of finding this out was. I scroll back 2 months on her wall, reading through messages about range of motion exercises, surgery, biopsies, etc. I feel like a voyeur in her life. I also feel useless...clearly she has people that are closer to her to support her, all I can do is gawk.Have you ever discovered something on FB that made you wish you hadn't looked for it?

ThePinkSuperhero · July 2009

All the time. One friend just did a massive fundraising campaign to raise money to pay for his divorce.

wadingmoose · July 2009

Yup. Plenty of stuff.Yesterday I got to see pictures of my ex-H's 3 kids. They're cute.

danieliza1127 · July 2009

Well if she put it up there, then it's for all to see. I think it would be nice of you to send her a message saying something about how you just found out by seeing her posts on FB and you wanted her to know that you're glad she's doing well (assuming her newest posts lead you to believe that) or something along those lines. I don't think I've had that experience yet but I keep my FB friends to actual real life friends and tend to "ignore" those that I knew once in high school or college but never stayed in touch with.

TheSaltyPeanut · July 2009

I FB stalked an ex BF's ex wife. She was gorgeous. Whorrre.

ac_in_dc · July 2009

Yeah, I sent her a message. Sometimes I think I should pare down my FB friend list, but the thing is I get a kick out of hearing what folks are doing, seeing pix of their kids, etc.

atayk21 · July 2009

I mostly can't stand how people talk about how depressed they are all the time and put sad song lyrics in their statuses. THAT annoys me!

kdcwedding · July 2009

So far the weirdest was finding out that 2 people I knew in high school (the guy I dated for about a month or so) had gotten married, still lived in our hometown and had 3 or 4 kids. Yowza. Mostly I get surprised when I see people I knew in HS or college who are now married/pregnant/have kids. Makes me feel old.

SwedishChick2011 · July 2009

I mostly can't stand how people talk about how depressed they are all the time and put sad song lyrics in their statuses. THAT annoys me!Yeah, the sad song lyrics...I can't stand that!

kristinanddan · July 2009

I found out on facebook that one of my cousins is getting divorced. I found this out about a month after my aunt gave me their address for the wedding invites as "Mr and Mrs So and So". Now I have no idea how to address the wedding invite.

crfische · July 2009

I don't even look for it, it just comes to me. Like my ex fiance is expecting a baby. Poor baby.

aimerzkd214 · July 2009

Well actually this was myspace but first I found out that my cousin was dating a guy that I knew my uncle (her dad) and our grandmother would not approve of then I found out she was pregnant by said guy, she was 19 at the time.

LucyD1029 · July 2009

I found out that two of my coworkers are getting divorced. It's awkward at work, since a bunch of us know, but neither of them have said anything (and there's no reason why they should).

eastunder1 · July 2009

I have probably a third of my friends on "hide" to begin with, so I don't have to see all their random crap on my news feed. I found out that a guy I went to high school with who had died had actually killed himself via facebook. Someone chastized suicide in reference to this guy as their status update THREE DAYS after he had died. Are you f-ing kidding me? Have some respect for the guys family. Maybe they're trying to keep that quiet. Maybe thats just not appropriate for facebook. Common Sense, party of one.

georgia_bride09 · July 2009

Last month, I found out that friend from college had gotten divorced... because her married name had been taken off her profile and ALL pictures featuring the husband were gone. They had a picture-perfect backyard wedding/marriage. I have no idea what happened becuase nobody has talked about it on her wall (thankfully). It seems she's gotten more into her faith since then. She was really into it before as well, but now's she has Bible quotes up all the time for her statuses. I've seen a broken engagement this way as well. All of the pictures of her with her ex-fiance are gone. I also found out another friend got re-married; I think her first husband cheated. The second husband sort of favors the first. I guess she has a type.

NuggetBrain · July 2009

I found out the guy everybody had a crush on in high school peaked at 18. Other than that, nada.

goheels05 · July 2009

Yep. The guy I dated before Wes got laid off and was waiting tables for months and finally moved to find work. This is the guy who's status update was about me a few weeks ago. I think he defriended me recently, so now I can't read his passive agressive status updates about me. A guy I dated about 5 years ago just got married and a ton of our mutual friends were there. The girl is pretty but needs to eat a hamburger. And her hair was reminescent of the 1950s. Their first dance video is up.A girl I was friends with in middle school has 5 kids, including one she had when we were in high school. She and baby-daddy finally tied the knot a few months ago. They were putting it off because apparently he has other kids by other mommies and getting married was going to affect his child support payments to the other mommies. Nice.

buttaflai · July 2009

but the thing is I get a kick out of hearing what folks are doing, seeing pix of their kids, etc.Which is why you block YOUR info from being seen and you can still check out theirs.

bbyckes · July 2009

One of my fb friends from high school celebrated his years of sobriety from drug and alcohol addiction on fb. I am happy that he's sober and his life is good, but it was just weird to know that he had those struggles. I thought that was way too personal to share on fb.

Pirata13 · July 2009

I have probably a third of my friends on "hide" to begin with, so I don't have to see all their random crap on my news feed. Sweet! You can do this? I didn't know if you could block a certain person's news feeds or if you had to hide ALL of them. We have a friend who is handicapped (but capable of doing more than sitting in front of a computer on FB all day, but that's a different issue) who does nothing but post links all day, and make comments, and change status and instigate things. Well I guess it got out of hand the other day and someone reported said friend. Friend has been laying low the past couple days after repeated security warnings, but a few of us would still like to hide their feeds.

louisvillebride21 · July 2009

Yeah, you just hover the cursor over their status update, in the right corner of their post. "Hide" will pop up. Do that, you're still friends with them, but don't have to put up with their stupid crap!

wadingmoose · July 2009

linz, that's hilarious. I always wonder wtf happens to make people divorce in such a short period of time.

Pirata13 · July 2009

Thanks, louisville, you're awesome!

thesuninherhead · July 2009

Just pictures of a girl I know in her underwear and her gym 'muscle building' shots. Those were scary. I'm sorry about your friend.

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