Another FacebookThing - AIBU to be really irritated by THIS

[DELHI]

A friend who lives abroad embraced Fb wholeheartedly as a means of keeping up with friends and family. Nothing wrong with that, but recently she sent me a link or whatever to click on and look at a picture done by her 13-year old DD. At the bottom you were invited to make a comment and of course there were several kind and admiring remarks from various whoever-they-weres. Now, the picture was actually rather lovely and I too would have been very proud if one of my DCs had produced such a thing. However I would never, ever dream of putting it in cyberspace and inviting people to admire it with me - we all imagine our DCs are special and more fab than anyone else's, and to us, they are. But not to other people!!!! they have lives to live!!!! AIBU?

YABU to be really irritated; just don't click the link next time!

YABU.

Just because you wouldn't dream of doing it doesn't make it wrong for your friend to.
She is obviously proud of her DD & wants to show her off.

you don't have to look - and you don't have to comment

I have friends who do this. I just politely 'like' something every now and then just to keep the long distance friendship going. It doesn't bother me.

I don't mind people being openly proud of their kids every drawing and minor achievement. My mother was so wary of boring people about us and doing what she saw as pointless boasting that other mothers did, that she never seemed to be proud of me or congratulate me or so it seemed.

I was once sent a link to a fabulous site critiquing (have I spelled that properly?)children's art. It made me howl, I wish I could remember the name.

Well yes, people have lives to lie but you saud yourself people had commented - so presumably they are fine with it. Doesn't mean it has to be your kind of thing of course.
FB is full of mindless crap. And people inviting other people to participate in mindless crap. How is this any different? (except imo its less mindless than virtual bloody farming).
I'd take your point if your friend had interrupted a board meeting to draw her colleagues attention to her daughters artistc prowess...but its arse facebook.

Worth remembering that lots of people use facebook for family as well as friends.

Grandparents on both sides think my DC is special and more fab than anyone elses

god you misery
i would love to see my friend's children's artwork if they wanted to share it
what a lovely thing to share with your friends, we are lucky to be able to do this online even if we are far away

and if you aren't interested, nobody is making you look, are they? what a really odd thing to complain about

I agree with Coupleofkooks, you are being a tad grumpy about it.
i also love looking at this kind of stuff, makes me feel part of a community etc
no big deal, surely?

"the picture was actually rather lovely and I too would have been very proud"

so didn't you enjoy seeing it? aren't you pleased she sent it to you? i don't understand

the thing about people having "lives to live" and all the eleventy!!s
if they really do have lives to live they are probably not sitting around on facebook

oh HC

lovely to see you
would you like me to send you some links to my children's bowel movements art?

Yabu, seems pretty harmless. More interesting that hearing about how drunk/hungover/bored people are on every other status update. Perhaps avoid her links?

I have facebook
I have no life
QED

my friend shows us everything she makes in her breadmaker
it is oddly fascinating

i don't think you can really be on facebook then start complaining that people are telling and showing you things about their lives

it's like walking into a shoe shop and screaming when the assistant offers to show you some shoes

Excellent point Kooks, why is everyone amazed by the ongoing crapness of other people on FB?

hehe harpsichordcarrier (and it's SOOOOO nice to see your name around again) I have at least one friend who takes photos of what she's having for dinner - like your friend with the bread it's actually wierdly fascinating.

I don't understand...

"At the bottom you were invited to make a comment and of course there were several kind and admiring remarks from various whoever-they-weres"

Do you mean to looked at the picture on facebook and there was a comment box? Odd way to put it..

SuePurbley- rack your brains, c'mon!

you are "invited" to make a comment on anything anyone posts on FB - it doesn't mean you have to

in short, yes completely (also totally mean and sad!)

YABU- I thought the outrage was going to be for nudie pictures or unflattering paintings of her friends, Save your indignance for something more worthwhile. It is harmless and quite sweet.

In fact, my friend did this and I was quite interested to see what his son's drawing was like as my son will be his age soon.