# Wow. The things you find out about people on Facebook **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-things-you-find-out-about-people-on-facebook/922301 "2020-10-06T03:06:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 58
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-things-you-find-out-about-people-on-facebook/922301/58 "2020-11-21T23:57:11Z")
That’s definitely going on in this case. I don’t know what’s happening now, and I’m not going to ask because it’s NOOB and I don’t want to know anyway. > [@Leaving a marriage: that, I understand. Abandoning your children? That, I don't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-a-marriage-that-i-understand-abandoning-your-children-that-i-dont/814594): > > Without going into details which could potentially identify the people involved, this scenario has reared its ugly head in my extended family. (They’re relatives by marriage.) Granted, I’m only getting her side of the story, but it sounds like that’s what’s going on here. That they’re splitting up probably surprises nobody, except for her. We’ve been talking about the possibility of that for more than 20 years. The main reason I’m not surprised right now is that the past few months has seen… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-things-you-find-out-about-people-on-facebook/922301)._