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tishtash77
tishtash77 Posts: 430 Member
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So I am quite hmmm I guess a bit brutal lol when it comes to keeping people on as friends on MFP. If you are not active for 2 or 3 months I remove you. If you use MFP to make excuses constantly in your statuses, or use them to post about bf probs and so on and go on about a lot of drama, I remove you. I am not saying I do not care, and if you are a member of this group and that has happened feel fee to vent in the group and I will offer advice, hugs, sympathies. I just do not want my MFP status feed to be constantly negative or all woe is me. Of course we all have those occasional types of posts where things are tough. I am talking about every other day something else is going on. I like to offer well dones for logging in and tracking, for exercising, I enjoy the odd amusing comments some of you make. But for me this is not facebook. The group here is where we or I am happy to get more personal. Not there. I am bringing this up because I had a little purge earlier but I did so before checking group member names ;)

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  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    Um, okay. I'm mostly the same. I hope that my recent deep thought blogs and introspection hasn't caused you any stress... Hugs, C
  • tishtash77
    tishtash77 Posts: 430 Member
    No C, I am talking a couple of people who posted drama filled posts for the sake of getting attention, alll the time.
  • maoribadger
    maoribadger Posts: 1,837 Member
    I have very few friends. Way easier. My facebook is the same though I routinely purge and hide things that I am bored of eg ongoing drama
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    Glad we are all purging the nonsense! Reducing stress and the like are so critical to keeping sane!!!
  • carostad
    carostad Posts: 161
    How does one purge on Facebook without causing a ruckus though? LOL. I have a few friends that do nothing but moan and groan and while I hide their posts, so I'm not inundated by that negativity, I feel guilty as heck sometimes and check in.

    Life doesn't have to be sunshine and roses all the time, but move forward people! Fall down, pick yourself up, let the dust settle and get back moving again.

    So, agreeing. And noting that I haven't friended everyone here and I could really use the peer pressure to keep moving. It's so much easier to keep forward momentum when there are others moving forward with you. :)

    Caroline
  • tishtash77
    tishtash77 Posts: 430 Member
    Added you :)
  • carostad
    carostad Posts: 161
    :)
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    Um you avoid the ruckus by not allowing it? If I unfriend someone, they probably wouldn't even notice for a while. I have to do what is best for me. I have done my best to banish guilt from my vocabulary. If I want to check in, I do, but not because I feel guilty! That is a horrible way for me to feel. I just try to do it as little as possible anymore... It isn't an easy road, though. I've lost friends along the way, but I'm stronger over all for it.
  • melissasue0317
    melissasue0317 Posts: 338 Member
    I believe I have done that on here as well. When I started, it was fun to get new "friends" on the same journey. But yes as time as passed I have noticed more and more drama postings. I enjoy the funny fat-fighting comments or the occasional vent/bad day post. Or the things that only "fat" people understand. Though majority of my activity is in our group or within our group members friends :wink:

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