Hilarious FB stealth boasts

[lovelyjubilly]

'I feel so guilty! I have taken my children out doing fun activities every day of the summer holidays so far for the past 3 weeks and today we are having a day at home. I feel so bad that they're going to be bored! Anyone else feeling guilty about having a day at home?'

Any other gems?

God I have someone on my Facebook who constantly relationship stealth boasts. Not just about her husband either (who is a complete twat). Her feed is full of her tagging her friends, MIL, anyone in her life on their milestones with an essay about how much she loves them and how close they are. Followed with a dozen photos of them together, where she's often the centre of the photo.
Prior to her wedding she did daily countdowns, dress shopping photos and tagging herself in wedding shops. It was never ending. Now she does tbt or fbf where she again posts wedding photos. Everything in her life is staged.
When she picked her bridesmaids and her husband picked his groomsmen they both posted about each person they picked as they chose them. Eg Groomsman No 1, we've known each other blah blah blah.
I felt like writing no one gives a shit who you picked to be in your wedding, no one cares but you! They are complete narcissists.

Place marking 🤨🙄

The virtue signalling political ones amuse me such as:- “We had a great training day in (Somewhere) yesterday with the People's Vote team. We will carry on with the street stalls, brexitometers and leafleting but there is a new focus now on the community and business surveys.”

Business surveys my Aunt Fanny! This will be a nasty in your face hectoring of one political view in a place which clearly supports the other team on the whole. The commenter also does this in otherwise pleasant social gatherings. Basically, it’s the fun to be had by poking a dog in a cage with a stick.

I’m not British, but live here permanently. FB has been a godsend for keeping in touch with people and there’s a lot to be said for photos over text.

Almost all my friends shared information about where their children were going to university. It’s news , big news and I don’t view it as boasting.

I enjoy seeing holiday snaps and what they’re doing. In fact, this summer went on a holiday someplace I would not have thought about had I not seen amazing photos of a number of friends going to that country.

I know a number of people who are on track to become citizens here in uk. Do you know they’re advised to “check in” at the airport as you need to keep track and produce data on every trip outside UK during your 5 qualifying years (or more if you don’t have the funds for the fees at that time). Others need to do it for tax purposes.

I love food. I don’t enjoy daily photos of food (regular) but if friends ate at a special restaurant, or are having an amazing dish, I like seeing what they’re having.

There are little dots on the upper right side of people’s posts, click that and you have various choices. One is unfollow. If you choose that, the person is still your “friend” but you won’t see their posts unless you actively go to their page and read. That may be the better option than mock them for the things they post. Some “friend”.

I read one the other day, "Oh I'm so lucky and happy to be renewing my wedding vows to my wonderful, loving and gorgeous hubby of 17 years"...
This was followed by dozens of pics of the 'happy' couple in their bridal wear, looking like loves young dream, stood on a beautiful sandy beach.

What they didn't tell people was that they almost split last year because he was shagging one of her friends and she had a 'revenge' affair

I wish I could post all the things my oldest friend puts on FB. I closed my account years ago specifically because of what her, and now her hubby DH posts. It's so outing she would know it was me.

My DH loves to show me the latest ones to wind me up for a laugh. It's got to the point where her DH has lost a couple of friends over his BS and the rest take the piss below his posts.

The sad reality is, I have known her for so long and so well that I know this is absolutely about her continuous need for attention and to be seen as successful and to be admired. Her real life is dull as dishwater and drowning in debt.

Are there really absolutely no men who do this?

Yes there definitely are, see my post above. I don't think they are as bad as women though. Or maybe they are?

I know a number of people who are on track to become citizens here in uk. Do you know they’re advised to “check in” at the airport as you need to keep track and produce data on every trip outside UK

That doesn't sound right. Surely passport stamps and flight booking records are good enough?

Who still uses FB anyway?

Isn't that in itself a stealth boast? As in "look at me, I'm so cool that I only use Snapchat"?

I also like to see pictures of holidays and nights out and totally understand people posting about children's major achievements. It's when it's accompanied by an attention seeking # or asking for comments that it amuses me no end.

The woman who is involved in some diet shake pyramid-selling rip-off thing and has to be seen getting fitter by the day, posting about how awful she looks - all red-faced and sweaty - after her 5am megametafit arms-bums-tums-neck-toe workout blast despite being on holiday abroad in 38 degree heat. Always with a picture of her sipping said shake to recover. This is followed by all her friends telling her what an inspiration she is and how good she is looking.

Someone on my feed, unlikeable but has had a difficult life, posted a pouting selfie then something along the lines of ‘we had a great send off for xxx today, fly high with the angels beautiful lady’

😯

Peppermint Your example is quite unfair. Your friend is under no obligation to tell people she had an affair and if they have worked through their problems and decided to renew their vows, I can understand why she would want to celebrate that.

But they are not making memories. They run in, take a photo and leave, they never engage with whatever the view or activity is. It is hilarious.

But the person I know who uses this type of horse IS fully engaged with the activity and their children. They really are and she really is joining in, she just happens to take a few seconds out to take a photograph, and then a minute or two afterwards to post a picture to her blog. She's actually a really genuine person who is determined to make happy memories for her children with a record of them all involved, as she doesn't have them from her own childhood.

I also don't really see what's wrong with the parents last week who have commented on being so proud of their children who've passed exams and are going to university. Many people did that last week in FB and I didn't see any who seemed like they were boasting, just proud parents. Didn't see any posting grades though some mentioned universities - had a wide range of universities and courses mentioned. It is it only those who mention certain universities who are boasting??

But they are not making memories. They run in, take a photo and leave, they never engage with whatever the view or activity is. It is hilarious.

But the person I know who uses this type of horse IS fully engaged with the activity and their children. They really are and she really is joining in, she just happens to take a few seconds out to take a photograph, and then a minute or two afterwards to post a picture to her blog. She's actually a really genuine person who is determined to make happy memories for her children with a record of them all involved, as she doesn't have them from her own childhood.

I also don't really see what's wrong with the parents last week who have commented on being so proud of their children who've passed exams and are going to university. Many people did that last week in FB and I didn't see any who seemed like they were boasting, just proud parents. Didn't see any posting grades though some mentioned universities - had a wide range of universities and courses mentioned. It is it only those who mention certain universities who are boasting??

All of my stealth boasters bar one are MLM peoples and as per usual MLM tactics their statuses are not truths or reflections but crafted lies. On my fb i mean. It is why i try not to use in part.

The other is someone who is in deep depression, she posts often on twitter but the focus is on her kids because in such a dark place they really are her lifeline. I dont see hers as stealth boasts though they are very similar to some here and she is a prolific Instagram person. I just see it of indicitive of her need to fake it until she makes it as she says. Which is heartbreaking.

I think social media is a double edged sword as nowadays sometimes people relie on it for validation and attention. I try not to use it but the temptation is sometimes there too. I have been trying for months to talk to my close friends about a very personal and difficult situation but when i say x is bad it is ignored. They have their own lives to lead but they are prolific on social media, sadly i suspect they would have time to hear about it if i put it there.

Years ago I knew somehow who proudly announced that they'd got a 2:1 and someone else commented "yeah but it wasn't a first, was it?"

How horrible. Why would anyone be so bitchy as to pull down a supposed friend over a really decent grade? Urgh.

I do suggest a lot of people just leave social media or stop having people they don't like as FB friends, etc. I only have friends and family I like in FB. If they post about their holiday, a new purchase, a child off to university, etc I'm happy for them. Because they're my friends and I like them I don't see it as a boast. I see it as something nice and positive they're sharing. But then is see FB particularly more like people's little diaries if their life. I don't have some hang up where I believe everyone around me is boating. And I'm not the moral high-grounder type who feels they need to sneer over everyone else either.

Yes, you get the odd one where they are a bit obsessive over health and fitness, or the ones who moan about being tired/ill all the time (when they're not actually really poorly), or the ones who use FB as a political tool and post mostly about their political standpoint in almost every post, and you get ones who do try to make things all about them - but as I know those people in real life I know that's only one aspect of them, and I like the people for themselves.

I have more of an issue with people who like to be nasty about their family and friends behind their backs.

Believe it or not, most people are just living life their own way. Many of the examples in this thread are just examples of people posting normal every day type posts. It's only the select readers who are reading into them something more!

I'd love to know what some of the posters here actually post on their SM to be honest. Because they seems to me that you're not allowed to use SM for anything these days without it being deemed as 'wrong' in some way.

@Aragog Do you really not see the difference between posting a holiday snap and posting photos of your first class ticket to the destination? Or posting a photo of your kids playing and posting a photo of them playing with the hashtag #mykidsarebetterthanyours?

It's the latter that people are rolling their eyes at here, not the former.

Hashtags - yeah. It's not my thing and my SM is just for family and friends, so I don't want bit beed hashtags : which are just really a method for searching similar types of posts. Is use them when posting on my workplace SM for that reason only. Never in my private SM as it's not necessary.

I suspect many younger people use them for different reasons but, as I say, I only have people I like on my SM. Two use hashtags a lot but they also have more blog like accounts where hashtags are required to make the accounts work in they way they're designed to.

But yes I have photos from holidays and days out. I have photos of my child. I post about things I've been doing. I sometimes check in to places though I don't use hashtags. Don't like it? Don't follow me. Very very simple. Much simpler than going back over your friends SM and copy/pasting stuff they've written and plastering then on threads like this for strangers to laugh and snide over.

I guess I'm just not really bothered. I learnt long ago to take people for who they are. If they annoy me but I'm friends with them, I unfollow. If they annoy me and I don't like them I delete. If it's just occasionally then I either hide he post or keep swiping up.

But I love seeing my friends holiday photos. I love seeing pictures of my family and friends enjoying days out or being proud their son got the grades they worked hard for. I like the people so I like to see updates of their lives, especially when they live a distance away and we can't catch up so often.

I am sure I'm guilty of some of these so called crimes above - seeing as some are really just your average SM posts rather than boasting. But so what - Id rather that than be nasty about people I am supposed to like or love!

Hashtags - yeah. It's not my thing and my SM is just for family and friends, so I don't want bit beed hashtags : which are just really a method for searching similar types of posts. Is use them when posting on my workplace SM for that reason only. Never in my private SM as it's not necessary.

I suspect many younger people use them for different reasons but, as I say, I only have people I like on my SM. Two use hashtags a lot but they also have more blog like accounts where hashtags are required to make the accounts work in they way they're designed to.

But yes I have photos from holidays and days out. I have photos of my child. I post about things I've been doing. I sometimes check in to places though I don't use hashtags. Don't like it? Don't follow me. Very very simple. Much simpler than going back over your friends SM and copy/pasting stuff they've written and plastering then on threads like this for strangers to laugh and snide over.

I guess I'm just not really bothered. I learnt long ago to take people for who they are. If they annoy me but I'm friends with them, I unfollow. If they annoy me and I don't like them I delete. If it's just occasionally then I either hide he post or keep swiping up.

But I love seeing my friends holiday photos. I love seeing pictures of my family and friends enjoying days out or being proud their son got the grades they worked hard for. I like the people so I like to see updates of their lives, especially when they live a distance away and we can't catch up so often.

I am sure I'm guilty of some of these so called crimes above - seeing as some are really just your average SM posts rather than boasting. But so what - Id rather that than be nasty about people I am supposed to like or love!

What are you on about? There's no need to be so defensive. Like I said, no one has complained about holiday snaps etc - it's blatant showing off (eg first class ticket photos) that posters have an issue with.

I've got one who posts about her love life - wonderful man, pics of down on one knee engagement etc. He was shagging everything with a pulse and kicked her out with not a pot to piss in. Six months later she's met another "soulmate". This one's an alcoholic with a history of domestic violence...

I use the memories thing on Facebook to delete old posts now - I'm very sparing in what I post.

The instamummies are up early

No, Samantha - read the examples. Lots and lots of the examples used are not like those you say. Many are just your every day SM posts.

I'm not defensive for myself. I don't care what people thing of my posts on SM as I self select my family and friends, and regularly cull people I am no longer in contact with, etc.

But I do hate the whole SM snobbery thing that goes on a lot on MN.

But hey it's fine - one persons post appears to be another's boast.

I've said my thoughts. It's different to yours. That's fine.