Things you think people get too obsessed with?

[BeckyRac]

Money I would say

Watching football

Zoflora

Oh so many things! I'm an under achiever though so I would say that

dogs
18th birthdays
gin
theme parks

Sex

Definitely cars - DH and I constantly marvel at all the expensive cars around us when we have the most bog standard family car.

Football - people who get really upset because their team isn't doing well, or cry when their country is knocked out of the World Cup. Enjoy football by all means but don't let it rule your life.

Dogs- especially my DHs family. They can witter away for hours about dogs and I think WTF! It's a dog ffs!

Weddings and the eye watering cost of them.

Interior design, at the moment the craze for grey everywhere.

Definitely Cars,

Cleaning- I have a couple of friends who spend nearly all their waking hours doing housework-just why?

Weddings and proposals definitely

Diets (whether it is keto, plaeo, low carb, eating clean, etc) people are just too religious about it

Looking young

Going on holidays

On here is the first time I've ever seen people say it's bad for kids to share.

Yep, I grew up in a 6 bed house with 4 siblings & we swapped & shared with each other all the time out of choice.

For me it's the social media influencers who 9/10 aren't bringing anything actually new or exciting to the table etc & yet people buy the crap they peddle. I find it weird.

Cycling.

Being an 'eco mummy' second hand everything. Saving the world one cloth nappy at a time this doesn't save the world due to electricity and water use to wash and dry them.

On here - competitive need to prove how little people care about appearance by stating repeatedly that the last time they wore makeup was in 1963 and that was because their narcissistic mother made them trowel some on!
In real life - keeping up with home decor trends, gone are the days when you got years out of decorating a room, now it's almost dressed like a person with a new outfit to follow the current acceptable fashion.

The environment.
Lidl and aldi
Prosecco
Gin
Endless twee challenges

Changing Facebook profile / filter for every virtue signalling fad that comes along.

Dogs. I love all animals and have worked with dogs in the past, but I find it distasteful how people humanise them. They may be a much loved family pet, but they are not a fur baby!

Gin

Running/cycling/Strava. Yawn.

cars
dogs
swimming lessons
university

and houses

Golf

Cat shit

@BusterGonad

Big expensive houses. Brand new cars... Basically keeping up with the Jones's. One of the main reasons I left the UK. I can't be bothered with all of that and don't want my son growing up with the pressure of it.

I'm interested in where you moved to that you've been able to avoid that.

I lived in Canada for a few years and felt the pressure of that hugely, more than I have in the UK.