There was a post on FB from a friend / more of an acquaintance earlier of 20 professional looking perfectly styled photos of their new kitchen dining extension, detailing how hard and incredibly stressful not to mention messy the building process had been, and a follow up post and pic of the couple chinking their prosecco with their 2 perfect angels in their arms, insert "team family name lots of hashtags new beginnings can't wait to put the Christmas decorations up" etc.
Then the instant likes and comments that ran up to hundreds. Omg it's amaze you should be so proud blah blah. Sorry but isn't it just showing off as we used to say at school in the 80's? It just doesn't seem real, it's like being presented with a glossy brochure and you'll never get to know the real person under all the peacocking. I don't seem to meet real people any more, you chat at the school gates and they seem nice and genuine, then they turn into caricatures of themselves online and I am seriously losing hope that there are other people out there who don't want to talk all day about new kitchens and wallpaper, cars, holidays, who don't want the undertones of competing over everything all the times.
Tell me is it real? Is that what it's all about for you? Maybe it's just where we're living, we seem to be in a bit of a stepford wives (and husbands and children) identikit community round here. This is the norm here, and then presenting it all polished on Facebook. Is it like that everywhere else and is this just the norm now? I don't know if I'm just old before my time because I do sound like my Gran, maybe I just need to get used to it and try not to get so frustrated by the competing and consumerism, because I can't seem to meet anyone else not following the latest trends and trying to live the perfect life round here or online from what I see. It's really bothering me for some reason. Anyone else?
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Bonny1980 · 16/09/2016 00:22
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