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?

Just unfollow?

I have a fb friend who in real life is a very high maintenance, very needy person.

She truly believes all men think she's the sexiest woman on the planet declares on statuses things like....

"The same postman 3 times I a row now. He knocked on the door to hand me my post and just couldn't keep his eyes off me #loveletters"

"The Tesco delivery man came back three times today to give me bits of my shopping he'd 'forgotten'. Nice try Tesco man. Maybe just ask for my number? #loveatfirstsight"

She also has a 15 year old daughter who gives no shits over her appearance. She looks quite unhappy actually. Friend will take a selfie of her and 'her Princess' declaring how beautiful her daughter is. Fair enough. Nice sentiments - except her daughter is caught unawares with greasy hair, glasses and a zits and her mum actually filters her own face next to her so her skin looks like it's wrapped in tracing paper and she actually looks younger than her own daughter.

She also takes arty pictures of her meal out but has cunningly placed an arranged selection of 'pills' on the edge of the plate and she's just dying for people to ask her what the pills are for so she can 'pm them'. People stopped asking years ago.

On a serious note, just for a moment, what is this telling us about the mental health of so many people, predominantly women, but not exclusively so?

The posts are hilarious, no doubt, but it is telling a story about unfulfilled existence regardless of all the trappings or illusions they put forward.

When you think about, it's really quite sad that so many people are living and thinking like this, and it's so dangerously pervasive. Children are falling into the same trap.

Ooh.

A new version I have spotted is people who post in a community group: Recommendations for activities for a 5mth old at XYZ EXCLUSIVE HOLIDAY DESTINATION.... Tarquin's first mini break and long haul first class flight so tips gratefully received. #makingmemories #feelingblessed

This has to be a stealth brag of epic proportions to your entire town.... why didn't you just Google it Denise?

I bet Tarquin will treasure these memories...

The same postman 3 times I a row now.

Eh? Don't all post-people just have a fixed patch? We have had the same woman delivering for years. I doubt she fancies me or DH!

I have nobody like this on my Facebook. 😆

On the "same post man three days in a row".... mine is a creepy old letch.

If my husband's car is not on the drive he always knocks to hand deliver my post.

This is NOT because I'm a hot mumma. Dude obviously thinks i might be desperate for a bunk up and probably does it several times a day on his rounds. 🤢

I do not post this on social media as evidence of my sheer awesomeness because my dear friends would laugh me out of town with jokes about the letch's eyesight or some such....

I do however sometimes take my husband's car out and encourage him to answer the door butt naked in my absence.... post man still flirts... now THAT... I put on Facebook... #husbandstillgotit! #makingmemories 😂

Just testing my new username 😄. I'm not sure whether I could have used a # tag actually.

Oh God - my sister is queen of hashtags. #braggingrights #mumofboys.
It makes me cringe.

I have a fb friend always posting about her jag. She's part of a mlm group and has recently been posting pics of her on her yacht that she supposedly bought herself through her successful business #bossbabe #homebusiness #makeithappen

Around us we get about 7 different regular postmen that come. There seems to be a high staff turnover too.

On a serious note, just for a moment, what is this telling us about the mental health of so many people, predominantly women, but not exclusively so?

I actually agree torn. I actually don't post much about my myself on SM these days. My kids are older and I respect that they don't want their every move plastered all over my page.

I have had to have long breaks from SM as I'm in a creative, competitive industry that involves self promotion. I've been through a bad 12 months and experiencing burnout - seeing my peers posting every tiny achievement online just makes me feel shit, and that I'm shit and useless compared to them.

But the worst is the obviously really unhappy people, and yes, unfortunately it seems to be women late 40's/50 that are desperate for attention, any attention or validation. I find very it troublesome and depressing.
I've always tried to tell my teenager that SM isn't real and people lie. She seems to be getting on ok, but I don't always remember my own advice.
The moment the schools broke up there was a flood of posts of sunny holidays, family activities and #makingmemories. Me and my DH were working and my kids were watching Netflix and baking the odd cookie. I did make me feel a bit of a shit parent until I gave my own head a wobble.

My DH does no SM at all and seems very secure and totally uninterested in what others are doing. I wish I was more like this.
It's all a bit of a 'soup' of like/hatred/fun/anxiety for me most of the time.

I find the worst stealth boasts are the ones where the posters dc's are obviously forced to pose for the camera.
The fb poster I've mentioned up thread also posted recently, "went shopping in London to buy shoes and a bag, but couldn't see anything I fancied. At least it wasn't a wasted trip though as xxxx got his shoes!"

This caption was next to a pic of her ds, who is only about 15, looking extremely uncomfortable and embarrassed standing outside a Gucci shop, holding awkwardly a bag with the Gucci sign facing the camera.
It is so obvious that his mum used force or bribery to get the poor lad to pose for a pic.

A friend of mine has LOADS of fb friends and followers - too many to possibly know in real life. She's always posting pics of #blessed type things - new car, trips out, tagging in places, new toys, clothes etc.

In real life they've not got a pot to piss in, massive debts badly managed, she's struggling to buy food whilst trying to live up to insta expectations. #boilsmypiss #twosidestoeveryphoto

I wonder if it fosters narcissism? And what are the hashtags actually for? does it mean you can link to it or something?

I know for some it is a kind of masking / boosting thing, for example I know someone who I think is quite unhappy and separated due to a drug problem and they constantly are having a great time, the 'best' most exciting etc and it's constant, feels like filling life with it. Wonder if it all fills a hole or something.

It's not just women though the worst one I know for it is a gay man

I know someone who tries to stealth boast constantly.
Thing is she’s not that well off but is desperate for people to think she is.
Her and husband have average wages and no savings and massive car loans. Everyone knows, no one is impressed.
She keeps putting pictures of her ‘house renovations’ up which is basically somebody painting a wall and hanging a picture as both her and her husband are too feckless to do it themselves.

I also know a dad who makes a big deal every time he does something with his kids (i.e taking them swimming once a year) about living best life and making memories shit. Thing is I know them well, him and his wife do ANYTHING to be rid of their kids and only have them at the weekend if they are forced to.
He also posts when he obviously does his kids homework for them and how the teachers are going to be sooooo impresssed - I don’t think they’re that stupid to think a 4 year old did that somehow...

I'm on holiday at the moment and have put a lot of pictures of the landscape and things we've been doing. I don't write anything too sickly though and don't use hashtags but people are free to unfollow. I do it to keep a record, I have a fb page going back 10 years and I love seeing what I was doing years ago plus seeing pics of the dcs.

giveitfive activities for a 5 month old: eating sand.

On a serious note, I think if people get really upset by people showing off then they shouldn't be on fb. My dsis gets obsessed by what people have put on their fb, she talks about it constantly, not in a good way. She gets obsessed and jealous. It's not good for her. I'll admit I felt wistful when friends were posting their dcs uni destinations as due to ill health dd has had to repeat a year, but really I enjoy seeing what everyone is doing.

I have someone on my Facebook who constantly sends pictures to the local baby boutique of her DD wearing new clothes she bought from there. One or two I understand but she sends about 5 a week, it really makes me cringe

I knew someone who posted about her forthcoming wedding every single week for about a year.
Nothing exciting just
Can't wait until this time near year when I will be Mrs X.
In 11 months and 3 weeks I so I be Mrs X
Only 11 months and 2 weeks to go now.
In exactly 11 months and 1 week I will marry my soulmate.
In 11 months time I will be marrying X , the love of my life.
So exciting 10 months and 3 weeks until I become Mrs X.
Shout out to X who will make me his wife in exactly 10 months and 2 weeks.
And so on.......

Strangely now that they are married i no longer see any such posts. Not even sure if they are still together......

Bakewell I always link to said websites of prestigious place when such questions are asked. With a nice explanation on what to type into google next time they did to know!

I agree about being happy for others and said my friend who does it is sooooo nice I can't think she means to stealth boast.

I think the reality is that some people just post the most inane shite on FB and post too much information that's neither relevant or a news story - because they can

But I also think anyone who posts their every move on FB can't actually^^ have a busy and fulfilling life - or they'd be out there living it.

I dread to think what people think of my FB feed as it's purely filled with holiday photos (easy way of sharing with friend who live a distance away) and ds swimming achievements (he's a competitive Para swimmer).

No hashtags though

A few Instagram ones

My kid never gets anything new for him . He has to manage with wooden toys that have been passed from one generation to another so we can reduce waste .

I never take my kids to toddler groups . It's too structured for us . Am I depriving them ? We tend to go on about 8 long haul holidays a year though so when we're at home we prefer lazy days rather than set activities mixing with the masses