How do you deal with the fact that couples tend to announce things like "We're having a baby" or "We're engaged" or "I'm moving to Utah" on facebook as their primary mode of informing social circles of these kinds of events?
Previously, conversations would go something like this...
Her, "Did you hear so-n-so had a baby?" Me, "Yep."
Now it goes like this...
Her, "Did you hear so-n-so had a baby?" Me, "Really? That's great news, was it a boy or girl?"
Very similar thing happened with my mom, except with my friends from high school.
I was under the impression that having loose ties is important for various reasons in life, assuming they aren't taking up significant mindshare with non-essential things. (Then it's not really a 'loose tie')
Would rather offer congrats in person than write a generic message on their social media wall.