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Mom wants to be facebook friends
I have been asking my mom for a facebook for over a year now. Finally, she agreed as long as she got one also and became my friend. Um, no. First of all I would be her only friend, which means she would basically go on and look at everything in my profile all the time. I know my mom, and she LOVES to snoop. I do not want to be friends with her. No. I don't want her seeing what people write on my wall and everything. How do I convince her not to do this??? I desperately want a facebook and can't get one otherwise... How can I get her to let me get one but not to become friends with me?
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Maybe give some free advice about: Families?
Well, I have one "public" profile which is for family, prospective employers, and potential mother-in-laws. This one is minimal in info, I maybe post once a week, usually some inspirational-sounding quote. Very bland and professional.
My REAL profile is altogether different. I'm not telling you to lie, here, just do some creative information management.
After all, the fact that your Mom doesn't trust you should have no bearing on the fact that you don't trust your Mom, should it?
I mean, if you are having this much of an issue over a Facebook page, then you are at some point going to have to talk to Mom about why she doesn't trust you and what you can do to get her to encourage her trust.
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Unfortunately, you can't.
Your mother wants to be your friend so that she can monitor your behaviour. She's worried that you'll get into trouble on there.
By telling her you don't want her as a friend on there, you're telling her "I'm totally planning on doing stuff you won't approve of" so she won't let you get one.
My advice? If you really want a Facebook, agree with her and warn all of your friends that your mother is monitoring it, so to watch what they say on your wall. You guys can still talk via message, where she can't see it.
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Well,
I'm not sure how old you are but your mother may want to monitor the behavior that goes around on facebook. If you really would like your privacy then create another account and add her to that one. Worried about her seeing if you have all your friends added to your second account? Welp, You can simply hide who can view your friends by clicking the pencil icon when you highlight "Friends" on your profile and you can customize it so only you can view your friends! Welcome to Facebook
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