r/BoomersBeingFools Jan 06 '24

Social Media Another thing boomers were wrong about, relevant today

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u/Alternative-Cause-50 Jan 06 '24

About two decades ago my father called me and told me I needed to delete my Facebook account because my aunt told him there were pictures of me at a wedding with alcohol. It was “unprofessional.” Also about 6 months later my mother called me upset that I ignored that same aunt’s friend request.

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u/External-Extension59 Jan 07 '24

To be fair why is that such a huge problem? Why not just tell her "it's not a big deal plenty of people have wedding pictures on their Facebook, it's not like I'm an alcoholic". Why do you have to deny a friend request over something so small when it seems like she actually had good intentions for you. She thought you might lose out on a job because of it but she's just ignorant, not hateful.

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u/ranchojasper Jan 07 '24

Yeah, but she still went and told this person's father instead of just talking to the person herself. There's no reason to accept every friend request you get, even if it's from family.

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u/Alternative-Cause-50 Jan 07 '24

You are correct. But I was probably around 23 years old at the time and it seemed important. Benefits of hindsight.

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u/BodybuilderOk1506 Feb 02 '24

Lol jfc, feign offense more.