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I would tell most newcomers to try to stay off FB, and to tell as few people as possible to keep the road home paved and smooth, but I wonder if my sitch is different.

I've been DBing for a solid 15 months with no change in H. He's not my friend in FB and I spend very little time on my real FB account but I have a lot of family and friends through that account.

Once we told the kids and my parents and H actually moves out of the house, I thought it would be appropriate to finally be able to be out in the open about my sitch. It would be a quick and easy way to let everyone know so that those who care might be able to know what's really happening in my life.

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M24 total
6/15/11-12/1/12 From IDLY to H moving out
9/15/15-3/7/17 From negotiating SA to final D at age 50
5/8/17-now: New relationship with an old friend
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Personally I just deleted the "relationship status" from my profile when we separated.


Me: 60 w/ S18, D24, D27

M: 21 years; BD: 06-14-12; S: 09-10-12; D final: 03-17-14; XW:57
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Same as AS. I also deactivated my account for a couple of weeks just to get my head around other things.


Together for 8,5 years.
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Interest in OM.
She left 29.09.12 b/c we couldn't work things out.
No signs of OM, not digging.
Living in seperate homes, sharing custody.

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AD right now I would do nothing. Personally it felt good after I began to tell people. But I did it face to face. It was liberating. I think you may get lots of comments and statements that you may not want on your page. I heard that things are not official until they are said on FB. I say kaka. Wait whats the rush?


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D 20
Separated 6/22/11 moved out 10/24
Together 26 yrs
Married 16
W Filed for D 7/21/11
Served 9/6/11
D final 8/28/12

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I did the same thing as as UF, I was afraid I would post something stupid and I didn't want to do that. After 2 months I reactivied it and just blocked my H and the OW. I don't put anything on there unless it is about my S17 or S19 good times, nothing about my stitch or R status. Nobody needs to know.


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Originally Posted By: AnotherStander
Personally I just deleted the "relationship status" from my profile when we separated.


Snap!! The last thing you need is people on facebook bombarding you with questions and so sorry's.


Me 34 W 32
D 9 S 6
M: 9 years
T: 12
Bomb: 02/11/12
EA/PA: 12/17/11 - ongoing
Moved out: Oct 2012
Joint Filed for D: 2/11/13

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I also deleted the relationship status from my FB.

There was 99% no backlash.. One person... out of 500.

BUT it was also very empowering as well. That day and the day I deleted xw was the day I started taking control over my life.

You would have thought tears... but just sighs of relief.

So it's not a question of should you? The question is why do you want to?


M(f): 40
D'ed: 8/12

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You can just change your relationship status so that only you can see it and then change it to whatever you want. That would save anything being posted about the status change. No one will likely even notice.


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D: 9
S: 8
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M: 9 Y
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I agree with Val, what's prompting you to want to change it?
Depending on your answer, I agree with most everyone else, just hide it. smile

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What's prompting me is the idea of telling people who will eventually know, without having to have a conversation with each one. I'm leaning toward letting the grapevine handle it.


Adinva 51, S20, S18
M24 total
6/15/11-12/1/12 From IDLY to H moving out
9/15/15-3/7/17 From negotiating SA to final D at age 50
5/8/17-now: New relationship with an old friend
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