I have long sus­pected that the peo­ple behind Face­book have a pecu­liar under­stand­ing of rela­tion­ships.

Imag­ine my sur­prise at being unable to con­firm my hus­band’s request to add me as a mem­ber of his fam­ily. Why? Of all the many rela­tion­ship options offered, “hus­band” or “spouse” does not appear. Step­brother, cousin (male) are included as options — but no hus­bands!

Give me a break, Face­book! This is insane.

Fam­ily mem­ber request