Were you able to quit cold turkey, or did you have to scale down to Glamour and Fine Cooking?
I’m starting to feel the same way. It’s not my bias talking when I say that my nieces have a better than average grasp of the English language, but probably in an effort to fit in, their facebook updates are plastered with horrible txt-spk. and over-use of the ‘word’ “lol”.
But for now, they know that their mum, dad, and both uncles are in their friends list so they know not to include teenage-girl stuff on there.
*ETA: Same reason I know not to include adult-stuff on my own FB - like swearing 
I had to set my 18-yo cousin on “ignore” because I just couldn’t take the non-stop inanity.
I’ve friended my niece as well.
I tend to mock her teen angst. She (pre)tends to find it funny.
I think you should upbraid him for using the plural of vertebra instead of a singular.
Gawd a’mighty, Mommahomie expects me to justify my *facebook posts *to her. I can only imagine what she’d do if she found out my username here and started lurking! :eek:
Hey Mom: I smoke pot! My house is a mess! I look at lots and LOTS of porn!
I created a facebook group called “olds” and disallowed them to see my status updates or my wall. Now I can swear and talk trash with impunity without concern for my dad (or other elderly relatives’) disapproval.
I so regret the day I showed my mom how to use Facebook. If I’m having a bad week & vent about stuff, I start getting messages (or worse, phone calls) about what’s wrong and how worried she is about me. And why don’t I talk about my family more? 
The sad thing is that I’ve done this to some of my fraternity brothers who don’t seem to realize that we’re all 30 now.
Heh, my mom sent me an e-mail the other week:
“Just in case you noticed, I joined facebook. I only did it to talk to a few of my friends and see your little brother’s pictures of his new house construction. I know you probably like your privacy more than he does so I’m not friending you.”
Translated as: “I’m scared enough by the things you sanitize/filter for me.”
This is why I only allow my parents and all older-generation relatives limited access to my FB profile. No grumpy status updates for them.
Please PLEASE tell me how to do this! I’ve heard it was possible but never quite figured it out. If you want to IM me instead of posting it here, that’s fine, but I imagine I’m not the only one who would want to know.
Settings at the top right. Privacy Settings —> Profile, choose Customize in the drop down lists that you want to change.
I think I saw that thread when it popped up a while ago, it seemed familiar and then turned up in a search on the other site. Not that knowing some random person online now sees this from both sides helps any.