this isn't really advice for your specific social situation (sorry, the person seems like a douche), but i have to say this:
the minor amount of awkwardness i have had to endure and confront by deleting / not having facebook, instagram, etc over the last years is a grain of sand compared the endless, shifting desert of absolute bullshit i used to navigate with respect to keeping work/public/private networks curated and managed.
when you make it push-button easy for people to communicate with you, you also make it push-button easy for anyone to insert themselves into your life at any moment and monitor you.
while my work number/voice mail is in the public directory, only some colleagues/professional contacts have my cell phone. people are much more respectful in using SMS than social media. and nobody does weird dramatic shit over work email.
this isn't really advice for your specific social situation (sorry, the person seems like a douche), but i have to say this:
the minor amount of awkwardness i have had to endure and confront by deleting / not having facebook, instagram, etc over the last years is a grain of sand compared the endless, shifting desert of absolute bullshit i used to navigate with respect to keeping work/public/private networks curated and managed.
when you make it push-button easy for people to communicate with you, you also make it push-button easy for anyone to insert themselves into your life at any moment and monitor you.
while my work number/voice mail is in the public directory, only some colleagues/professional contacts have my cell phone. people are much more respectful in using SMS than social media. and nobody does weird dramatic shit over work email.
That's actually very good advice. Honestly I only keep fb open for messenger, and it's more laziness than anything keeping me from fully deleting it.