Post on DC FB Page

[lovemykidstoo]

On the flip side, I'd feel a bit offended that I wasn't told face to face verses on social media.

For example my BIL's birthday was a few weeks before mine. I bought him a card, put some money inside and told him Happy Birthday when I saw him.

When my birthday came, I got a text at 8PM saying "Happy Birthday".
It felt cold and insincere. Almost like an after thought.

As I said previously, I don't understand alot about FB but wishing someone good tidings for anything feel best (to me) when said directly to the recipient. When posted on social media MY personal thoughts are that they didn't care enough to say it TO me.

OP~ I am NOT saing you were wrong in posting anything.... Whatever works for each person..... it's not my place to say.
I am just sharing my personal perspective.

I'm not sure if you're speaking indirectly or to my situation, but of course I told everyone when they picked up their child on Wednesday to have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we did Thanksgiving crafts etc.

the birthday thing gets me too. My husband does that with his nephews and nieces. He'll post on FB or text or something like that and I'm like "get on the phone right now and CALL them!" Hate that!

[Blackcat31]

I'm not sure if you're speaking indirectly or to my situation, but of course I told everyone when they picked up their child on Wednesday to have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we did Thanksgiving crafts etc.

the birthday thing gets me too. My husband does that with his nephews and nieces. He'll post on FB or text or something like that and I'm like "get on the phone right now and CALL them!" Hate that!

OP~ I am NOT saing you were wrong in posting anything.... Whatever works for each person..... it's not my place to say.
I am just sharing my personal perspective.

Nope, not at all. Like I said ^^ whatever works for each person. My comment was more about a different perspective. There are lots of ways to do things and there is never one right or wrong way.

[mommyneedsadayoff]

It seems silly to respond to the person who cares for your child every day? I think there is a difference between that and what you’re describing. I am also on Twitter and you know the crap that is on there! I ignore 99% of it except when my daughters teachers post something. I go out of my way to acknowledge it.

Clearly I am in the minority!

Nope! I agree with you. I do think that it depends upon the people you're talking too though. For people I know who are on Facebook and actually participate, like post things, like things, Etc, then I expect a response back from those people. The people who I know are on there but don't actually "like" or post or anything...I don't really expect a response back from them. I feel like they they are lurkers and prefer to stay quiet.

Well I think that we can all choose to participate or not, we are in a new time and place. I speak to my long distance family members on the phone a handful of times each year, but I "love" and "like" every post they have so that they know I'm here for them (and also bc they're usually my little nieces and nephew so I think they're adorable).
There's a lot wrong with Facebook, but there can be good if you choose to look at it in that light. I don't think you have to like people's posts, but when it comes to personal relationships, like the person who watches your kid for 50 plus hours a week, your grandma, ect, it takes less than 2 seconds to acknowledge it or even comment in reciprocation of a post directed at you. I kind of find it rude.