QOTD: Is removing a family member, friend, significant other or co-worker from a social network bad?

Okay in this day and age its safe to say most of us use social networking on a regular basis to keep connected with people and sometimes post just random information. Some of these information you may want to keep private from certain people in your life. Rather than going through the many different setting to protect what is shown to whom, is it okay to just delete or unfollow people who in real life you are close to? Could doing this cause drama in the relationship? If you were deleted or unfollowed (or with the new google +, kicked out of the circle *in my Evelyn voice*) would you be offended in any way? Speak on it!