Today, I decided to delete my Facebook account. My older sister repeatedly called me in tears asking why I'm cutting her out of my life. It seems I can't get rid of social media without my family taking offence. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my mother is mad at me for deleting my Facebook account. I actually deleted the account because I'd had enough of putting up with her criticizing comments on every Facebook post I made. FML
Today, my 11 year-old sister unfriended me on Facebook because I'm not "cool enough" to be seen on her profile. FML
Today, I found an old photo album in my Facebook account, which had pictures of previous hangouts with people I called friends at the time. I deleted it because they progressively cut ties with me over time. FML
Today, several family members, including my mum, deleted me from Facebook in a concerted show of contempt. Apparently, I just can't shut up about World of Warcraft. FML
Today, my now ex-girlfriend dumped me because I refuse to open an account on Facebook, Instagram or whatever. Four years ago, I had to retire from social media for good because another ex-girlfriend was harassing me frequently. No, I didn't have any children with that ex, if that's what you think. FML
Today, my eldest daughter has 'officially' removed herself from our family and will no longer communicate with any of us. Apparently it's my fault that her younger sister is having a baby before her, and she can't be part of a family that 'treats her so unfairly'. FML
Today, some girl's mom gave me a load of abuse for endangering her daughter's health. How? By deleting my Facebook account, which caused her to have a serious panic attack. Apparently she thought we were best friends, and that I was ditching her. I'm confused too. FML
Today, I was excited that my sister called me for the first time in months. She asked me to stop watching "Friends" so she could use the Netflix account. Now, I still have an absentee sister and no Friends. FML
Today, I logged onto Facebook and found out that my own mother unfriended me because she didn't want her new boyfriend to know that she had a daughter. FML
Today, Facebook stopped working and I realized how emotionally dependent I am on social media. FML
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Top comments
twinny_sc 13
Haha that same shit happened to me. I got a call from my mom, sister, and best friend asking why I removed them as friends on Facebook. Then when I said I deleted it they were baffled. Damn social media.
AphyTheBronette 15
Just tell them to take a chill pill and that you love them, just not Facebook.
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Comments (98)
sunkistfitch 4
Calmly explain the situation. Tell her why you deleted. All with go fine.
Meshidaru_fml 7
I think it will be useless, 'cause the OP's sister seems very stupid.
krewer21 1
It's amazing how serious it is to some folks to be "unfriended" on Facebook.
StalkerChick 13
16- yea it's ridiculous. I unfriended a girl back in high school. She thought it meant I wanted to find her. crazy bitch...
PuggieKid 22
Yea.. Facebook can be uselessly addicting :(
RaggleFrock 13
I turned mine off about 6 months ago and the amount of texts I got asking if I deleted people was unreal. Stick with it, I've never been so drama free.
meganfoxissexy 0
Deleting my fb was the best decision of my life.
StalkerChick 13
Sooo I meant fight* instead of find in my previous comment. I don't even understand how my phone did that.
lilhellian 27
26 the overly attached girlfriend meets overly attached friend I see
AphyTheBronette 15
Just tell them to take a chill pill and that you love them, just not Facebook.
SenselessPattern 12
"So we're not friends then, Stan? You don't want to be friends with your father?"
SCBeauty1983 0
South Park reference FTW!
AKGirlinSD 20
I'm with 2. I deleted mine a year ago and I get random texts and calls asking why I deleted them from my Facebook. I respond by pointing it out that it took them so long haha.
twinny_sc 13
Haha that same shit happened to me. I got a call from my mom, sister, and best friend asking why I removed them as friends on Facebook. Then when I said I deleted it they were baffled. Damn social media.
SCBeauty1983 0
Wish I could delete mine! I only log in maybe twice a month as it is, and people get batshit-pissed at me when I don't message them back right away... O_o
KrazieKleo 13
I'd delete mine too but stupid you need a Facebook account to play Zynga Poker :(. Fml.
The_F3rris 11
Im not alone? IM NOT ALONE! Most people think youre crazy if you dont have FB. Once you delete it you see who the real crazy people are.
Nighthunter 11
You sister should get a life other than a internet one, or she should concentrate on playing Sims!
Sandman366 6
Telling someone to get a life other than the internet, over the internet. Oh, the irony...
conholio33 28
Or have both and internet life and a sim life! But then again i like playing the sims and the sims 2.....
AKGirlinSD 20
37, I'm guessing 4 has a healthy dose of using the internet for just the right amount of time. Just as you probably do and I actually do. It's the people who think they are worthless or no one cares about them if they aren't online, getting the attention they crave. Or even the people who will sit and play video games for a half of a day and then complain they never have enough time in the day. My boyfriend was like that when we were first together but, over time, he realized how much more he can get done if he sets a time limit to gaming. And, no, I'm not a controlling girlfriend; he figured this out on his own.
Nightwing98 22
This isn't that big of a deal. Just tell her you'll still inform her of what's going on in your life and she'll inform you.
laurenlovesjb 20
The OP maybe will be willing to call the sister, but some people just are too lazy to get off their Facebooks, Twitters, etc, and they won't even make/take a phone call. Some of my relatives are like that. My cousin doesn't talk to me except on Facebook, and ever since I deleted that I haven't heard one word from her.
TrailblazerSS 5
You're deleting your Facebook?! How dare you do this!! Heaven forbid she picks up a phone and calls you every once and a while to see how you are.
grahambertus 11
Theyre not only deleting their account. Read it more carefully. Theyre deleting Facebook!
Jakespeed207 4
*the next day* All ex-Facebookers: wait a minute, a body! SOCIAL ACTIVITY!!!
SCBeauty1983 0
I +1 this comment a trillion times!!!
SCBeauty1983 0
I meant #6...
sarahshanghai 9
Huh. So you DONT need facebook to get the daily dosage of drama in your life. Who knew?
herpderpherpderp 13
or to know that you're going to hell because you didn't share a picture.
bybib 20
Explain it to her and try to set up a time to call and just talk. Might work. If all else fails Facebook accounts are not truly deleted, just deactivated. Just log in again to reactivate.
SkoomaKi 28
Oh no! It's not like she can call you or meet up with you!
gc327072 31
Exactly! Nobody had friends before social media! It was a world of darkness, and despair! Gotta love some people's logic, eh, SK?
NeonPopRocks 14
Actually, it's a really god way to connect with people, because my real father lives in Quebec and has a REALLY HEAVEY French accent, so I can't understand him on the phone and it's too far away to visit......
metaphoristic 8
Yeah it's a good way to connect in situations like yours, but in short-distance (?) relationships you can communicate more efficiently without the need for Facebook
Bliss391 7
Tell her facebook is not your only means of communication, you still have a phone which she can contact you on whenever she wants.