If you haven't put a photo of your mum/wife on facebook on mothers day did it even happen?

[NutellaEllaElla]

Seems not.

I thought it was lovely looking at all the mum posts yesterday. There’s not much to find offensive in people loving their mums and wanting to publicly tell people that.

@NutellaEllaElla do you presume that because someone publicly wishes their mum a happy Mother's Day on fb and includes a nice picture, that they haven't already told their mum directly, or sent cards / flowers / presents? I can't think that's accurate.
I personally enjoyed seeing all the posts yesterday.
What is Facebook for if it isn't stuff like this? If you don't like to use it then fine but YABU for telling people they shouldn't use it as it is intended.

I haven't told anyone they shouldn't and I don't presume that they had haven't. But if they have, I'm not sure I see why post it on FB too aside from some kind of performance.

You're being quite sneery about it IMO. Unnecessarily so.

Ok

I never post stuff like this on Facebook. I hate all the over the top gushing and competitive family life. Who’s it for? Definitely not my mum. I speak to her regularly and sent a card and flowers. She knows I think the world of her and that’s all that matters. I don’t need the world to know it on Facebook.

I put one up from when I was a child. My mum is dead. I'm lonely and sad and wanted some attention.

I posted a photo of me and the dc, taken that day while we were out for a walk. I don’t normally like photos of myself these days, but this was a really nice one, and for once everyone was looking at the camera and smiling. It made me happy.

My own mum died years ago. I spent a while looking through photos of her, because I was going to post one. But in the end I decided not to. Not sure why. Maybe I just couldn’t find the right photo or the right words to express how I was feeling.

I enjoyed seeing the photos that friends put up.

I unashamedly posted a photo of me and my mum as she is 80 and fabulous. Lots of friends and family are on SM (as is my mum) and haven't seen her this year as she has been shielding. She's not seen nephews, nieces, friends etc I am not virtue signalling but sharing the love and admiration for a woman who has had a shit year, to say I am proud of her. And for those that care about her to see how great she is looking.

She also had a card and flowers.