Defriending

In life when you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend, do you keep in touch with their friends via phone/text after? Probably not, unless its one of those situations in which you were all friends before we started dating (and I have my own thoughts on that scenario, to be revealed at a later date). So why do I need to keep my ex's friends as my friends on Facebook? We all hate to admit it, but Facebook has become a way of life. You get to work and post a status, comment on your friends pictures, browse your friends to see what they are up to, check it on your phone... we are constantly Facebooking. So if Facebook it such an integral part of our lives why should people that are no longer a part of our lives be privelaged to see what going on? I'm sure some people are hurt when they are "defriended" but honestly get over it. If you are not longer a part of my life and my circle, I really don't care to know what you are up to and I don't think you deserve to know that I'm doing.