Facebook Etiquette with Significant Others

Do you know your significant other's Facebook password? Do they know yours? If the answer is yes, do you mind if they post pictures? Update your relationship status? Update your status? Basically, manage your FB account.

I ask, because this has become a topic of conversation among our Gen Y kids. Here's the current situation: a twenty something pops the question, his girlfriend says "yes" and before he knows it, she's been on his Facebook page, changed his relationship status to 'engaged,' posted pictures of them at the proposal location and updated his status to: she said yes! Turns out he rarely, if ever, goes on Facebook. When he got into the office after his "special" weekend, he was greeted with high 5's, pats on the back and comments like "didn't even know you had a girlfriend!?" "How come we've never met her?" "Way to go!"

He was:

A) ticked off (at his fiancé)

B) embarrassed

C) humiliated

D) delighted she did this for him

E) proud

F) Surprised, how did his office peers even know his "news?"

G) all of the above

H) none of the above, he's still in shock.

Whatever the aftermath, what do you think? Personally, after twenty something years of marriage, I wouldn't be psyched. I kind of think of Facebook and emails, any password protected things, as my own to control, be in charge of, change or update. Not someone else, I don't care how significant the other is. I'll admit, I don't like anyone else opening my mail either. And I don't open others' either, unless I have their permission. Ask my kids.

Is that weird? I don't think so. What do you think?

~Beppie