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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 757786" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I agree with Deni and with you Nomad. It sure seems that the idea here is to give the appearance and great love, adoration and wonderment. Like a PDA. Public Display of Affection which can have not one thing to do with love, except for it's illusion. </p><p></p><p>The thing is, it has nothing to do with you and you are not served by spending time in their brains or on their Facebook pages. There is nowhere to go with this that is anywhere good. This family is incompatible with your own, like oil and water. There are opposites that can never be combined. The resolution is to accept that.</p><p></p><p>That said, there are cultural differences in how people use and relate to Facebook. Just like with everything else. In M's culture, which is Mexican, there are these huge displays of tremendousness, of fantasy, of the moment, and everybody takes it in this way. Nobody believes it is anything more than advertisement. Do advertisements strive to display the truth of their products? Only if they are forced to by the government. But most of us watch ads this way, and we add appropriate filters. Or we don't watch at all. That's all I am saying. Nobody would take the over the top images and statements on an ad, as truth, or react to them based upon that.</p><p></p><p>There is a bottom line here. This family is different. You will have less stress, pain and frustration by leaving it there, and keeping interaction to a minimum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 757786, member: 18958"] I agree with Deni and with you Nomad. It sure seems that the idea here is to give the appearance and great love, adoration and wonderment. Like a PDA. Public Display of Affection which can have not one thing to do with love, except for it's illusion. The thing is, it has nothing to do with you and you are not served by spending time in their brains or on their Facebook pages. There is nowhere to go with this that is anywhere good. This family is incompatible with your own, like oil and water. There are opposites that can never be combined. The resolution is to accept that. That said, there are cultural differences in how people use and relate to Facebook. Just like with everything else. In M's culture, which is Mexican, there are these huge displays of tremendousness, of fantasy, of the moment, and everybody takes it in this way. Nobody believes it is anything more than advertisement. Do advertisements strive to display the truth of their products? Only if they are forced to by the government. But most of us watch ads this way, and we add appropriate filters. Or we don't watch at all. That's all I am saying. Nobody would take the over the top images and statements on an ad, as truth, or react to them based upon that. There is a bottom line here. This family is different. You will have less stress, pain and frustration by leaving it there, and keeping interaction to a minimum. [/QUOTE]
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