[qak]

I am not sure why I am feeling so cranky about this, am after some perspective please!

On my FB I shared a post which was promoting a sport/club that my DD (age 4) does. It is enrolment time, so the club is keen to get new members - that was pretty clear from the post.

One person commented along the lines of how she was (to paraphrase) emotionally scarred for life as a result of doing that sport (which she did some 35 years ago, and not for very long)

I sent her a polite text asking her to remove the comment, and she replied "Why?", and I replied that I was trying to promote the club and it was not for her rude comments. She then replied "Welcome to social media, I have no happy memories of (sport)".

I feel quite upset about this, and I have deleted the share so the comment is gone too. I have also unfriended her

WDYT? Am I overreacting???

[Mercurial]

It's obviously something she feels strongly about still. Unfortunately that is a part of social media. Being as it's your post can you delete her comment?

What sport is it to give such a strong reaction?

[erindiv]

You can delete her comment.

What a moron.

[Marquise]

well, you DID put it on fb. people are allowed to say whatever they like - and the point of social media IS to share your own experiences. And heaps of women were traumatised as kids by their experiences with sport/ballet/other icky pom pom things.

that having been said - you could have deleted the comment yourself, not waited for her to do it.

and yes, I think taking the whole thing down and defriending is a silly over-reaction. But then again I court controversy on my fb wall all the time and do love a good political stoush.

[mel43]

You could've just deleted her comment?

[Ally'smum]

I would just delete the comment and then hide them. Have done this for a number of people and it makes for a more pleasant experience without the conflict.

[Spotted Giraffe]

Overreaction. She wasn't rude, just stated her opinion. By all means delete the comment or unfriend her. I would not expect her to happily remove the comment given she stands by it and was sharing her personal view.

[Pompol]

A good portion of my family is certifiably insane, hence, I'm a serial deleter. I would have read it, deleted it, and never thought of it again.

[Magnus]

I don't think it's a really big issue. She might have some bad memories, but chances are many adults have fond memories of playing that sport when they were children too. I don't think her comment is that likely to affect the enrolment.

I think it would have been better to just reply and say something like 'that's interesting, some of my best childhood memories were on the [insert sport here] field. It was such a wonderful experience for me. I loved being part of a team and I learnt so many new skills.'

I do think you have overreacted a little bit.

[erindiv]

Overreaction. She wasn't rude, just stated her opinion. By all means delete the comment or unfriend her. I would not expect her to happily remove the comment given she stands by it and was sharing her personal view.

Not rude? Are you kidding?

OP shares post saying her daughter is doing this, loves it, would other people like to do it. Person then replies with "it scarred me for life".

That's rude.