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How do you deal with the fact that couples tend to announce things like "We're having a baby" or "We're engaged" or "I'm moving to Utah" on facebook as their pr
by platz 10y ago
How do you deal with the fact that couples tend to announce things like "We're having a baby" or "We're engaged" or "I'm moving to Utah" on facebook as their primary mode of informing social circles of these kinds of events?
- brightball 10y agoIt's been a funny thing. My wife fills me in on this stuff now. Previously, conversations would go something like this... Her, "Did you hear so-n-so had a baby?" Me, "Yep." Now it goes like this... Her, "Did you hear so-n-so had a baby?" Me, "Really? That's great news, was it a boy or girl?" Very similar thing happened with my mom, except with my friends from high school.
- platz 10y agoI'm all for delegating the matter to someone else, sure; but that's different than not doing it at all (someone is still doing it).
- cc439 10y agoIf they, or someone else close to you, doesn't inform you of a major life event like that outside of Facebook, maybe those people aren't anywhere near as close as you believe them to be.
- platz 10y agoSo your policy is to trim as many of your loose acquaintances away as possible? I was under the impression that having loose ties is important for various reasons in life, assuming they aren't taking up significant mindshare with non-essential things. (Then it's not really a 'loose tie')
- dikdik 10y agoIf it's a loose tie, it's not a big deal that I don't know about their big life milestones. Sometimes I hear through the grape vine, but if not then the next time I see them we have a lot of catching up to do! Would rather offer congrats in person than write a generic message on their social media wall.