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Facebook phrases that drive you mad!

232 replies

Butterscotchpudding · 07/11/2022 14:33

I'll start...

"My heart is full". Really? You just had a good gym session!

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DarkKarmaIlama · 07/11/2022 18:48

I mean fucking ballon? The type of shit my mother in law shares…..

Facebook phrases that drive you mad!
Cookerhood · 07/11/2022 18:48

"Needs gone" round here mean "stolen, need to get rid of it asap".
DS's fiance did the "we did a thing" post recently. She went down in my estimation immediately 😂

aSpanielintheworks · 07/11/2022 18:48

She only went and Smashed it!

No she didn't...

BobbyBobbyBobby · 07/11/2022 18:49

I can’t stand those idiotic cartoon profile pictures.

Facebook phrases that drive you mad!
courgettigreensadwater · 07/11/2022 18:51

Rosio · 07/11/2022 16:32

"and just like that......." (isla may turns 1/alfie is a teenager/my baby turns 2 etc etc) 🙄

This times a thousand. Grinds my gears. "And just like that we have a teenager." Well no, it's been a long time coming and is inevitable.

DarkKarmaIlama · 07/11/2022 18:51

Please stop growing up …..[insert picture of 1 year old who really isn’t grown up].

Anon778833 · 07/11/2022 18:51

I know someone who writes long thesis sized posts, airing her dirty laundry in public and lately she has been doing daily vlogs of vigils of her dying dog. It’s all a bit much.

thelionthewitchtheaudacityofTHISbitch · 07/11/2022 18:52

The one I hate most is a picture of the most disgusting looking dinner - slop on a plate - from home or a restaurant with the caption "Lush". I would be embarrassed to serve that crap to my dog (if I had one).

elliesmummy19 · 07/11/2022 18:52

“My whole world in one picture”.

🤮

PinkButtercups · 07/11/2022 18:57

I have this one person who 'loves my man so much, you work so hard for us' he does full time hours but okay 🙄.
She constantly aires her dirty laundry on Facebook too a bit along the lines of ' no one is there when I need them' blah blah followed by the hun group 'what's up hun?' 'I'll DM you hun'.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 07/11/2022 18:59

I hate need gone today. It drives me nuts. Also I know someone who posts a picture of every birthday/Xmas/valentines gift she gets from her partner and he always writes you deserve it sexy or something along those lines.

ForTheLoveOfSleep · 07/11/2022 18:59

People being on any non travelling kind of "journey".

"Be kind" or asking what ever happened to it.

Any post that starts with "When you..."

Tagging yourself at a hospital then responding to concerned messages with "I'll DM you hun."

Vallmo47 · 07/11/2022 19:01

This thread is awesome!

For me, the absolute worst crime is when a “friend” checks in to a hospital and says nothing else, until they’ve got a few “worried” people enquire and the “friend” eventually updates to say “will PM you”. There’s no way in hell I’d EVER enquire, wish them well, anything. So clearly I’m not a “friend”, am I.

I also HATE Heavenly birthdays. I miss my deceased mum every minute of every day but she’s gone and I’d never be wishing her a happy birthday on Fb, as if it’s a heavenly portal to God himself.
Even more than this I cannot stand when relatives keep Fb accounts open for deceased relatives. I understand it’s incredibly raw and painful, especially initially, and closing Fb account isn’t the first thing to come to mind. Perfectly understandable. What I mean is the people who keep posting on the deceased person’s open Fb account YEARS later, saying what they’ve been up to or wishing them a nice heavenly birthday. That to me is in really bad taste. And yes I understand the pain of the loss exceptionally well, I still think this. ♥️

howdoyougethingsdone · 07/11/2022 19:02

"Date night" underneath a picture of a friend and her partner having dinner.

It's just a bloody meal. We all need to eat!

Mayim · 07/11/2022 19:02

On a page for parents referring to young people over 18:

'Mama Bear is happy' (that her young person has come home);

My 'baby' referring to a young person over 18

thinkponk48 · 07/11/2022 19:04

EarlofShrewsbury · 07/11/2022 16:48

Early birthday shit.

Eg.

'I can't believe my baby will be 16 in only 4 weeks and 3 days, where has the time gone? '

I always assume that's a reminder to family to buy a gift

TheMildManneredMilitant · 07/11/2022 19:05

People who post under those ridiculous posts that are like 'your 80s rockstar name is your first pet + the place you were born + your mother's maiden name' . Yes and and you've also just revealed a shit ton of personal info.

myusernamewastakenbyme · 07/11/2022 19:06

Vague job ads...usually for some mlm scammy type job and people reply with 'interested'...or even worse 'can i have more info plz hun' !!!
Also the morons who share all the 'we have 5 zillion Range Rovers to give away.. we cant sell them because of a tiny scratch'....some of family and friends share this shit.

foreternity · 07/11/2022 19:07

Vallmo47 · 07/11/2022 19:01

This thread is awesome!

For me, the absolute worst crime is when a “friend” checks in to a hospital and says nothing else, until they’ve got a few “worried” people enquire and the “friend” eventually updates to say “will PM you”. There’s no way in hell I’d EVER enquire, wish them well, anything. So clearly I’m not a “friend”, am I.

I also HATE Heavenly birthdays. I miss my deceased mum every minute of every day but she’s gone and I’d never be wishing her a happy birthday on Fb, as if it’s a heavenly portal to God himself.
Even more than this I cannot stand when relatives keep Fb accounts open for deceased relatives. I understand it’s incredibly raw and painful, especially initially, and closing Fb account isn’t the first thing to come to mind. Perfectly understandable. What I mean is the people who keep posting on the deceased person’s open Fb account YEARS later, saying what they’ve been up to or wishing them a nice heavenly birthday. That to me is in really bad taste. And yes I understand the pain of the loss exceptionally well, I still think this. ♥️

I'ver still got my mum's Facebook, still send her messages, photos . Share photos and memories with family on Facebook . Her phone's been cancelled, she's dying in a care home with no idea who she is, who I am, let alone what Facebook is, but it helps me to talk about her and 'to her' . I can't bear to cancel her account, I can't even delete her phone number . It's the only way I can cope - I sign into her account sometimes and read her statuses and memories things and its like I can still hear her . I couldn't imagine deleting her account .

FireworkFluster · 07/11/2022 19:09

Skinnermarink · 07/11/2022 14:37

‘This one’ as in ‘out for cocktails with this one’

just why? You’d never say that out loud in real life

I didn't know about this until recently. I actually did refer to my husband as 'this one' when we were out with friends last summer. His name had temporarily escaped me 😳

Mynoodlesareoodles · 07/11/2022 19:09

'And so it begins...' 🤮

EnEspana · 07/11/2022 19:10

Oh God … don’t get me started 😂😂…

“Needs gone” 🤬

”I thought that the group would like this..”

Nom nom 🤢

Adding a relationship affiliation in a comment to make you look more special to the OP eg: “you look gorgeous sis/cuz/bestie (🤢)”

“Delete if not allowed (… or worse .. aloud🙄)” … just read the fucking rules or live dangerously and take a risk 🥴

That was cathartic.. I feel cleansed 😬🧘🏼‍♀️

hallowedweens · 07/11/2022 19:10

Skinnermarink · 07/11/2022 14:37

‘This one’ as in ‘out for cocktails with this one’

just why? You’d never say that out loud in real life

Oh gosh, yes!

howdoyougethingsdone · 07/11/2022 19:16

I've a friend whose FB is like an obituary column.

Every time someone vaguely famous dies they get in quick with a link to an article about their death and write "So sad. RIP ***".

They don't know them!

workingeverysingkeday · 07/11/2022 19:17

RambamThankyouMam · 07/11/2022 15:08

"My world" on a photo of some parsnip-legged gimp with Tommy Shelby hair, and a rheumy-eyed brat named Teddy or Arlo.

Crying 😂