Post by peabay on Aug 17, 2022 13:02:44 GMT
I will let you know from the outset I'm not going to do anything about this. It's not bothering me that much and it goes against my confrontation-averse nature. I also feel badly for this person and just wouldn't be comfortable making a big deal of this.
So, I'm friends on FB with a guy who was in my dh's fraternity. We were friendly acquaintances - I think he was a year behind me (although he might have been my year - my dh is a year older and I was more friendly with the guys in his year; whatever - not a big deal; but an indication of how well - or not so well - I know this guy.)
For the last year, he has been sending me, via FB messenger, cartoons. Prior to this, we never communicated at all, other than liking each other's occasional FB statuses and pictures and maybe commenting.
Last year, he lost several members of his family to Covid and he was very, very sick himself (like on a ventilator for a long time and had to relearn how to walk kind of sick). I heard about that through the grapevine and sent him a message of support. After that, the floodgate of cartoons opened.
Some are funny, some aren't. And some are kind of raunchy and not my humor at all. A few made me slightly uncomfortable. I fully admit I can be a prude so they may be appropriate and funny to some, but they make me, as I said, a little uncomfortable. 99% are corny, silly cartoons with nothing offensive at all.
Most of the cartoons I just respond with a laughing emoji. The ones I don't like I just ignore. I don't know if he sends them to everyone on his friend's list - we don't interact on messenger other than he sends me cartoons. Fairly frequently. I got 2 yesterday, 4 on Monday - now that I look it's about 2 or 3 a day.
Would you do anything? As I said, I'm fine with how I'm handling it (or not handling it) and I'm not going to do anything about it. Clearly he enjoys passing on the cartoons, I like this guy - he's a good person - and I can easily click and laugh or scroll by and ignore. I was just thinking this morning (as he sent another one) if others would react differently.
So, I'm friends on FB with a guy who was in my dh's fraternity. We were friendly acquaintances - I think he was a year behind me (although he might have been my year - my dh is a year older and I was more friendly with the guys in his year; whatever - not a big deal; but an indication of how well - or not so well - I know this guy.)
For the last year, he has been sending me, via FB messenger, cartoons. Prior to this, we never communicated at all, other than liking each other's occasional FB statuses and pictures and maybe commenting.
Last year, he lost several members of his family to Covid and he was very, very sick himself (like on a ventilator for a long time and had to relearn how to walk kind of sick). I heard about that through the grapevine and sent him a message of support. After that, the floodgate of cartoons opened.
Some are funny, some aren't. And some are kind of raunchy and not my humor at all. A few made me slightly uncomfortable. I fully admit I can be a prude so they may be appropriate and funny to some, but they make me, as I said, a little uncomfortable. 99% are corny, silly cartoons with nothing offensive at all.
Most of the cartoons I just respond with a laughing emoji. The ones I don't like I just ignore. I don't know if he sends them to everyone on his friend's list - we don't interact on messenger other than he sends me cartoons. Fairly frequently. I got 2 yesterday, 4 on Monday - now that I look it's about 2 or 3 a day.
Would you do anything? As I said, I'm fine with how I'm handling it (or not handling it) and I'm not going to do anything about it. Clearly he enjoys passing on the cartoons, I like this guy - he's a good person - and I can easily click and laugh or scroll by and ignore. I was just thinking this morning (as he sent another one) if others would react differently.