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Facebook feedback causes friendship to falter

By Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Picture your FB alumni group as if you were all standing together at a cocktail party. Would you commiserate with a friend about his shyness, and mention your son's similar challenges to the group? You probably would.

In that context, would "Sue" chastise you in front of others (or at all) concerning your benign choice to share? She probably wouldn't.

Social media can facilitate lovely and compassionate kindness -- inspiring people to be brave in their sharing and supportive in their responses. Social media also emboldens people to be mouthy, obnoxious and combative.

A wise person is as discreet and aware on social media as they are in real life.

And then there's "Sue." She called you out, she wouldn't leave you alone and now you are no longer "friends" -- in real life or online.

If you choose to critique her, do so privately.

 

Dear Amy: Cellphones give us the ability to make phone calls from any room in the house.

Although we have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, den and a living-dining room, my husband, without asking if I mind, makes personal phone calls in my presence.

When he does, I am unable to watch TV, make my own phone calls, whatever.

I really am not interested in hearing one side of his phone calls (or both sides, for that matter).

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