Benito Apolinar was arrested after fighting with his wife for not “liking” his Facebook update.
When Apolinar arrived at his recently-separated wife Dolores’ home to drop off their kids, he was angry with her for not “liking” his status update about the anniversary of his mother’s death.
The man—allegedly drunk at the time—yelled to his wife of fifteen years:
That’s amazing everyone ‘likes’ my status but you, you’re my wife. You should be the first one to ‘like’ my status.
A fight broke out when Apolinar refused to leave Dolores New Mexico home. He purportedly punched her in the cheek and pulled her hair.
Benito Apolinar pleads not guilty and will appear in court on Dec. 22.
Is Facebook etiquette taking over your relationships? Do you get mad at people for not liking your updates?
[via MSN]
daisy / 743 posts
Hahahah! WTF
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damn people take facebook so damn seriously like it’s a life or death situation.. that is the saddest shit ever..
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i dont even…..
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this guy obviously has issues.. I don’t think normal people take FB that seriously.
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What a loser.
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The demented side of me sees twisted humor in this and thinks, must remember to stalk hubby on FB and like everything he posts, likes, and comments on.
The human part of me hopes that this was the last straw for this woman and that this was the last straw and she takes the steps to protect herself and her kids from her should be ex-husband.
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That’s so messed up on so many different levels. Facebook doesn’t ruin relationships. Crazy people that abuse and take internet networking sites too seriously do.
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Stupidity + Facebook = Domestic Violence
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Ok that is beyond stupid. Hitting wife for not ‘liking’? Death is just not something we all ‘like’.
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Just sounds like a regular drunk mother fucker.
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what a fucking stupid piece of shit. domestic violence isn’t fuckin cool at all
daffodil / 1615 posts
God what a terrible woman for not liking a status about someone who passed away….
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O___o
lily / 5148 posts
@ask_ashleyyy@xanga - I betting that is sarcastic, right?
daisy / 639 posts
Good god, maybe the woman just hadn’t gone on Facebook since he posted it
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No, I don’t get mad if people don’t like my status. No wonder she is currently separated from him. He is taking this a bit too seriously.
sunflower / 281 posts
What a fucking psycho moron.
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Not that it’s an excuse, but he was drunk. I can’t help but to think nothing would have happened if he wasn’t, but the fact that it did pretty much means it must be in there some where (drunken words are sober thoughts, anyone?). I also can’t believe he’s pleading not guilty. *facepalm*
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It seems like not clicking Like would be the thing to do when it comes to people being dead.
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Ugh! I can’t stand how much social networking has taken over people’s lives.
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@Xx_SCRiBBLY@xanga - Why can’t you believe he’s pleading not guilty?
Women never lie? Puh-lease.
With that said… What a dumbass thing to get angry over.
He’s probably pretty damn insecure, and if not physically abusive, emotionally abusive.
But if he didn’t hit her, he didn’t hit her.
Or if he hit her after she was done pounding him over the head repeatedly… Then he had a decent reason to fight back.
Either way, there’s probably more to this story than: “Man comes home drunk. Man see’s his wife has burned the toast. Man beats his wife to a bloody pulp.”
I wish we, as a society, would stop with these retarded stereotypes of men.
Domestic violence is a 50/50 thing between the genders anyways and are more often reciprocally violent than they are men being brutish thugs to their wives.
sunflower / 416 posts
Lololol my ex-boyfriend got mad at me for EVERYTHING that was on my Facebook. I still had pictures up of a guy I “kind of dated” before him, not even boyfriend-girlfriend type dating. I still had pictures of a friend that I had slept with ONCE two years prior, someone I had remained friends with regardless, and he got mad about that. Some other guy I had had sex with THREE years prior commented on one of my statuses all flirty-like, and he got mad at me for that too. And I’m not talking just mad, I’m talking like full-out yelling in my face. Eventually I deleted my Facebook altogether because he wouldn’t stop bitching about it. It was easier than going through and deleting every little thing.
I’ve come to the realization that there will always be some guy from my past popping up and saying hello to me, or commenting on something. I cut out EVERYONE for my ex, literally everyone except for my sister, and that got me nowhere. He made me feel like shit because I had a history with a lot of guys I knew, but that was back when I was 16 and 17 years old. I’ll always have a history with those people; it’s not something I can change. But he wouldn’t let me forget about it.
Facebook is always going to bring up petty issues between couples, but if you’re mature, you won’t let those things bother you. That’s why I call them “petty” issues – they’re not that big of a deal. Pictures of an ex-flame? Yeah, I can understand being upset over something like that. But status updates or comments or likes or whatever – who the fuck cares. It’s Facebook, not real life.
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thats crazy!
rose / 791 posts
@AmorVomnia7@xanga - it’s not an excuse. If she hit him or provoked him, he should have left, not hit her.
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Oh. Mah. Gawd.
daffodil / 1615 posts
@Hinase@xanga - Yes, it is sarcastic. In all honesty this dude is crazy, and people take Facebook waaaaayy too seriously
lily / 5148 posts
@ask_ashleyyy@xanga - I couldn’t agree with you more. Facebook is not worth all that now..
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This isn’t really about Facebook; this man was messed up in the head to begin with and on top of being drunk.
dahlia / 2103 posts
Looks like it’s time to hire a divorce lawyer and rid her life of an insane moron.
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@AmorVomnia7@xanga - I didn’t say he “beat her to a pulp”, nor is that written above. And I’m not stereotyping men. A lot of time people that perform domestic abuse (men OR women) don’t believe what they’re doing is wrong = pleading not guilty.
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people these days..
tulip / 13 posts
Is this real life? Because if so that’s ridiculously dumb. WHAT? haha question: Why is it sooo crucial for people to display their relationships on facebook, as if, it weren’t posted you’re not “officially” together?
*facepalm
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He drove after drinking with his children and then smacked his ex wife over a facebook status?
Classy.
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@written_conversations@xanga - I would say it’s a relatively decent reason to hit back if you are being pounded on. “Provoked”… Maybe not a good reason. But still understandable IMHO. But out of self-defense… I’d leave that up to the person being victimized to decide what is the correct course of action.
The fact is, if she hit him… Then it should go down like this:
1) They both get punished
2) Neither of them get punished
Obviously this isn’t going to be the case because nobody gives a shit about a man being abused… And so they’d much rather lock him up than be fair and just.
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Wtf?
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@Xx_SCRiBBLY@xanga - And what if it comes out that he had hit her after she had been wailing on him? (happens A LOT MORE than people think)
She wouldn’t even have to plead guilty because NO ONE would see her as guilty when she clearly was.
Also.. A person doesn’t always plead not guilty because they believe they didn’t do anything wrong.. They sometimes plead not guilty because they don’t believe they physically abused the person making the claim. When someone asks this person: “Did you hit her?”… He doesn’t say “I didn’t do anything wrong!”… He says “No, I didn’t hit her.”… That’s possibly what his not guilty claim means. Why can’t we accept that as a possibility?
Why can’t we also accept this possibility: The guy was emotionally abusive… And as revenge, she figured she could fuck him over by claiming physical abuse, even though there was none.
Seems as reasonable as concluding that the man is lying by saying he didn’t physically abuse her. Both are possibilities within the realm of reason. Based on what we know of humans. Women are not sugar and spice and all things nice. They do lie sometimes. I’d say about as often as men do.
I don’t know what happened here, but I’m not going to just conclude that the man is “clearly guilty” of physical abuse just because a woman says so. Simply not enough info.
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LOL that is so freaking hilarious!!!! xD
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@AmorVomnia7@xanga - I agree with you, that she could have been beating him, or emotionally abusing him. And yes, maybe the story is a lie. But I assume there is physical proof of the assault. If there is, why waste time pleading not guilty?
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That’s just silly
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Really?!
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@Xx_SCRiBBLY@xanga - There is no mention of whether there is physical proof or not. One of the reasons why I claim ignorance on what actually happened.
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@AmorVomnia7@xanga - So maybe if it didn’t happen, then yes, plead not guilty. But if there is physical proof, you have to admit that it it’s a waste… and kind of stupid on his part.
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It says simply, he was drunk. He was angry. They were estranged.
He would have hit her if she thought pink was a pretty color and he didn’t. It’s not Facebook’s fault.
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of course I do, and then I punch them in the face and pull their hair!!!
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I think there’s probably some other reason buried deep down because that shit’s not worth beating another person over — nothing is. I’m pretty sure that there’s something that’s been bugging him for a long time and he finally snapped over the petty shit.
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His status: “Boy, I sure could use a sandwich.”