Worst Thing You Found Out about on Facebook

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  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    So I get on Facebook this morning to look something up for a friend. I learned that my mom is having a heart cath done today. I have 2 sisters and one posted it to facebook. Not a single person told me.

    A couple years ago, I learned my aunt had a massive stroke via Facebook.

    I live an hour from my family and check in with them about every other day. So my question is this. What's the worst thing you found out about on Facebook?

    Sounds like my mom's side of the family. I avoid all social network stuff that isn't a forum.
  • sanderdejonge
    sanderdejonge Posts: 415 Member
    Facebook! Seriously, why does anyone even need it? It's nothing but a site for attention and all it does is break up marriages and relationships. So many people are addicted! What a shame you all can't live without it. Do yourselves a favor and delete your profiles. :)
    It's great for associations, commissions, etc.
    I use the pages of the associations and commissions I'm a member of nearly daily.
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    The worst thing I found out on Facebook was that my cousin was pushing Shakeology.

    Seriously, though, even with the drama, I love Facebook. It's amazing for military brats who spent their lives having to leave their best friends every 2-3 years. I've reconnected with old friends I never thought I'd hear from again. I love seeing the pics of their kids and seeing how their lives have turned out.

    Sorry for the folks with the horror stories, though. :flowerforyou:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Facebook! Seriously, why does anyone even need it? It's nothing but a site for attention and all it does is break up marriages and relationships. So many people are addicted! What a shame you all can't live without it. Do yourselves a favor and delete your profiles. :)


    This^^^^^^^ So glad i'm not on it :bigsmile: :smokin:
    Well isn't that special?

    I'm glad I am. :flowerforyou:
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    A good friend from high school dying in a car crash. But that was fine for me to find out via FB as I wasn't in touch with him.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Facebook! Seriously, why does anyone even need it? It's nothing but a site for attention and all it does is break up marriages and relationships. So many people are addicted! What a shame you all can't live without it. Do yourselves a favor and delete your profiles. :)


    This^^^^^^^ So glad i'm not on it :bigsmile: :smokin:
    Well isn't that special?

    I'm glad I am. :flowerforyou:

    Yep. I've been on Facebook for almost a full decade. Love it! The people that are having "all the drama" would be having that drama no matter where they are. *shrugs*
  • histora
    histora Posts: 287 Member
    That my SIL and BIL were getting a divorce. He'd been dealing with some pretty bad PTSD issues and I had seen that play out all over FB for a few months, but still, hearing about the divorce on FB was just so sad.

    I also found out that I was a transphobic gay-hating bigot, which was news to me, considering I'm bi myself and support the local GLBT on campus. I just had to laugh at that one.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Facebook! Seriously, why does anyone even need it? It's nothing but a site for attention and all it does is break up marriages and relationships. So many people are addicted! What a shame you all can't live without it. Do yourselves a favor and delete your profiles. :)


    This^^^^^^^ So glad i'm not on it :bigsmile: :smokin:
    Well isn't that special?

    I'm glad I am. :flowerforyou:

    Yep. I've been on Facebook for almost a full decade. Love it! The people that are having "all the drama" would be having that drama no matter where they are. *shrugs*
    Precisely.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I recently found out that my mom is in the hospital with blood clots in her heart over facebook. That was devastating.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    i got in touch with an old friend via facebook... then found out from her page that her brother (who I'd also been friends with) had died of cancer. Actually I think facebook was a good way to find this out, because it's going to save her difficult questions that might come from meeting someone you've not seen for years in real life, e.g. "how's your brother?" and it saves her having to explain it. I found out, yes it's sad, but in a way that didn't make her pain any worse.

    I don't know why people are blaming facebook for drama. It's just something people can use for communication. If someone is lacking tact, sensitivity, social skills or behaves like an attention *kitten* on it or starts drama anywhere in real life (e.g. local pub, at the gym, social club, work, wherever) no-one blames the place for that, they blame the person. But for some reason when that kind of thing happens on facebook, people blame facebook. Before facebook, people had their embarrassingly public relationship break-ups in the street (loudly so the whole neighbourhood could hear) or in the pub or wherever. I guess facebook gives those people a more worldwide audience and the potential to go global. But even TV did that (shows like Jerry Springer) before facebook existed. *imagines two Homo erectus people having a similar kind of relationship public spat/break up while around a campfire with the rest of the tribe watching* *is sure Homo erectus didn't blame the campfire for this*
  • Docmahi
    Docmahi Posts: 1,603 Member
    found out my grandma passed via facebook - that was a solid one haha
  • tinglesby
    tinglesby Posts: 96 Member
    I'm so glad I'm not on FB!!!!:laugh:


    THIS. FOR REAL.
  • Singularity84
    Singularity84 Posts: 98 Member
    I found out my dog died on Facebook :( It was a family pet we had for over 15 years
  • thatonegirlwiththestuff
    thatonegirlwiththestuff Posts: 1,171 Member
    A guy I was seeing/semi dating had a girlfriend I didn't know about. That was awesome :ohwell:
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    That all people care about is how big their diamond is and that their baby is cuter than all the others posted...

    Not on Facebook anymore, not my scene... I left high school almost 15 years ago and even then I didn't fit in :)
  • weightedfootsteps
    weightedfootsteps Posts: 4,349 Member
    The worst thing I found out on Facebook was that my cousin was pushing Shakeology.

    Seriously, though, even with the drama, I love Facebook. It's amazing for military brats who spent their lives having to leave their best friends every 2-3 years. I've reconnected with old friends I never thought I'd hear from again. I love seeing the pics of their kids and seeing how their lives have turned out.

    Sorry for the folks with the horror stories, though. :flowerforyou:

    ^^^ This! Navy Brat here! And I have reconnected with several really great friends through facebook. Yes...it can be drama...but usually that is the people that live nearer me for some reason...LOL
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    I find out everything about my family on Facebook. They don't let us know jack.
  • Natmarie73
    Natmarie73 Posts: 287 Member
    Nothing from family or friends thank God, no drama on my page. I "like" my local RSPCA feed though, and some of the stories of animal cruelty they share are horrible.

    Oh, and that my old high school friend who got a job as a peggy (cleaner) earns more money than me :(
  • pookiepie1
    pookiepie1 Posts: 13 Member
    That my then-husband had a girlfriend.


    Same here.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    That's OK, OP. Nobody tells me anything, either. I don't find out about something happening until AFTER they've already left the hospital or sometimes months after someone's wedding, birth or funeral. I've complained before about being left out of the loop, but for some reason the answer is always that everyone assumed I already knew or surely someone must have told me...Whatever, people. I would say it's because I live far away from the rest of the family, but it was the same story when we all lived close together. :laugh:

    P.S. I've never found out about anything on Facebook because I've never been there. Maybe that's why I'm missing all the "good" news. :wink:
  • jennifries227
    jennifries227 Posts: 113 Member
    I found out my uncle had been hit by a truck on Facebook. He survived, but that was nearly two years ago and he's just now relearning to walk.
    I also found out my cousin had died in car accident while moving to Kentucky. Since I live in Kentucky I contacted my uncle and other cousin to see if I could be of any assistance (they live in Texas), and found out it was all a stupid scheme hatched by my two cousins... Something about wanting to break connections with bad influences... They let everyone on my mom's side of the family believe he was dead for DAYS, including his own son. Utterly ridiculous.
    I also just found out today that another uncle who had been admitted to the hospital in a diabetic coma had had a stroke and two seizures last night.

    Usually my family is pretty good about calling, though. Sometimes they slack, like recently, but there's been a lot of health issues going on, so I can forgive them.
    The worst non-family thing I've learned from face book was that a former classmate and friend (I've lost touch with) was inspired by my healthy eating and weight loss so she started a juice cleanse. She got mad at me when I showed her evidence that it wouldn't work, so I dropped it. Drama is as drama does.

    Most of my Facebook is my friends and family posting about their day to day, food porn, and George Takei. Not much drama there.

    Edited for typo. Oops.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I found out my eldest son impregnated that woman he married and that she lost the baby. Several months later, I found out he (we're going on the assumption it was him, at this point) did it again. She is due in July sometime. He still hasn't told me. *shrug*

    Best part? This is the FIRST grandchild out of three sons. Not sure this was how I envisioned it...but then I also envisioned him marrying an actual HUMAN BEING. :huh:

    Really? Re-read what you wrote. It's not very nice. I think you'll be a happier person if you let go of the bitterness and focus on the positive things in your life. :brokenheart:
  • HunterKiller_deleted
    HunterKiller_deleted Posts: 458
    That i keep getting tagged in photos drunk pulling stupid faces. On the plus side FB does come in handy when trying to find out what i did the night before :)
  • SuperC_85
    SuperC_85 Posts: 393
    Deactivated my account an have never looked back. :)

    2 weeks for me and life is a hell of a lot better without it :)
  • CYaPRN2
    CYaPRN2 Posts: 18 Member
    Facebook is the devil's den. Lol
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    Facebook! Seriously, why does anyone even need it? It's nothing but a site for attention and all it does is break up marriages and relationships. So many people are addicted! What a shame you all can't live without it. Do yourselves a favor and delete your profiles. :)

    I'm not even on Facebook and even I think this post is ridiculous..
  • warriorprincessdi
    warriorprincessdi Posts: 617 Member
    I found out my ex was cheating on me.....
  • bd0027
    bd0027 Posts: 1,053 Member
    I found out my first love went back to the girl who had cheated on him. All power to him if he's happy I guess.
  • ImaWaterBender
    ImaWaterBender Posts: 516 Member
    I found out my husband was cheating with ex wife. Facebook sucks.
  • kewpiecyster
    kewpiecyster Posts: 154 Member
    I found out my husband was cheating with ex wife. Facebook sucks.

    Sounds more like the husband sucks. Facebook didn't make him do it.

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