tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post196523042747013785..comments2024-02-21T08:58:09.518-08:00Comments on Her Bad Mother's Basement: Etiquette Rules for Facebook (A Guide for Fathers, Dung Beetles and Glenn Beck)Her Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-75995251389171230792010-05-06T09:47:58.342-07:002010-05-06T09:47:58.342-07:00How did I *just* find this basement thingy? LOVE! ...How did I *just* find this basement thingy? LOVE! Everything I've read has been poignant and funny and wonderful.Shnerflehttp://www.shnerfle.com/Shnerfle/Blog/Blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-42816952133238400982010-03-22T08:07:45.494-07:002010-03-22T08:07:45.494-07:00I relate to this so much. My mom divorced my dad ...I relate to this so much. My mom divorced my dad when I was 3. I saw him every other weekend till I was 11 then he moved to LA w/ my stepmom and I have seem him exactly 3 times since then. When I was 14 I took a trip for 2 weeks to visit him. When I was 25 he came to visit me for a long weekend. Last time was 2005 when he came to town for my wedding. I thought things might be different with ElizabethZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083546703205528768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-8894608026856595452010-03-21T17:29:50.135-07:002010-03-21T17:29:50.135-07:00My parents have Facebook and I have blocked them. ...My parents have Facebook and I have blocked them. If they choose not to be a part of my real life, and know my children that way, they don't deserve to know me and my children through Facebook. They don't deserve to know my status updates and my relationships with others. They made their choice, now they have to live with it.<br /><br />Good luck to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-303114000331876252010-03-19T13:50:48.118-07:002010-03-19T13:50:48.118-07:00Thank you so much for your generous support. I en...Thank you so much for your generous support. I ended up posting this on my blog shortly before it appeared here (thank you, Catherine!). <br /><br />I originally submitted it here for fear my father would see the post and read it as an "F-you" letter. I didn't want to offend him. Which might just be the craziest part of the whole story.<br /><br />But then he unfriended me AGAIN,countryfriedmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087065955221754381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-73733331977710378712010-03-19T08:46:33.078-07:002010-03-19T08:46:33.078-07:00Skyo,
About six months after my initial request, ...Skyo,<br /><br />About six months after my initial request, my ex-husband of 28 years added me as his Facebook friend, and I would have described our relationship as cordial. He realized he was missing out on pictures of his grandchildren.<br /><br />I realize I am using a different google email than RSG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-30081955995126151862010-03-19T06:38:16.187-07:002010-03-19T06:38:16.187-07:00This really was beautifully written. I'm sorr...This really was beautifully written. I'm sorry your Father's treating you badly. No one deserves that. And I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Facebook, you made me chuckle a couple of times. I have to agree with the poster at 7:27pm that this may be my favorite basement post ever (except for the fact that your father is an ass).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12615585233433171724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-44311207289010435642010-03-19T04:05:18.310-07:002010-03-19T04:05:18.310-07:00@Redstocking Grandma - I've got you beaten by ...@Redstocking Grandma - I've got you beaten by over 2 years, and I have a Facebook page.<br /><br />My ex-husband. We separated in 1978 and divorced the next year. Got along fine until he married a woman who was threatened by his first family and started twisting things up. Anyway, he's had no contact with his children (3) in nearly 20 years now. They've grown up, married, become Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-9990562515586863212010-03-17T05:55:26.014-07:002010-03-17T05:55:26.014-07:00I could have written this. Except my father's ...I could have written this. Except my father's not my "friend" on Facebook, or anywhere else. He hasn't acknowledged my existance in 15 years, and before that, since I was four years old.<br /><br />Facebook has brought wonderful people back into my life and allowed me to close the book forever on chapters of my life that have caused me pain since elementary school, and for that,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-46930401115384492322010-03-16T20:46:40.506-07:002010-03-16T20:46:40.506-07:00Am smiling b/c I've been seriously considering...Am smiling b/c I've been seriously considering unfriending my sister, except I think it would hurt me and not her. She is no longer the sister who volunteered to stay a month when we had our twins. Instead, she has become someone who finds her godson's autism "depressing" and doesn't want to be "bothered." <br />Family. Go figure.Daniel's Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-6016216417007406182010-03-16T19:38:22.000-07:002010-03-16T19:38:22.000-07:00In the exact same boat...thanks for sharing!In the exact same boat...thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-22117411418098499542010-03-16T19:27:05.528-07:002010-03-16T19:27:05.528-07:00I think this might be my very favorite basement po...I think this might be my very favorite basement post ever. I know all to well from where you speak. My very best wishes to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-5334198110744449512010-03-16T12:29:22.485-07:002010-03-16T12:29:22.485-07:00I hope you dad's friending you is a start.
M...I hope you dad's friending you is a start. <br /><br />My daughters, sons-in-law, brothers, nieces and nephews are all on Facebook. It has brought us closer and helped us enjoy the 9 new babies in the last three years.<br /><br />At almost 65, I sometimes feel like the oldest person on Facebook; I never get out of the blue invitations from high school classlmates.Mary Joan Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910871938974410321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-17453005573931143612010-03-16T09:28:35.945-07:002010-03-16T09:28:35.945-07:00beautifully writtenbeautifully writtenMarithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324898775166852090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-31370392281123985152010-03-16T08:53:02.230-07:002010-03-16T08:53:02.230-07:00If my dad had a facebook he might actually "s...If my dad had a facebook he might actually "see" my kids too.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397000420692626687noreply@blogger.com