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To really hate Facebook names with mummy in the middle?

129 replies

TiarasTimeOutsAndTantrums · 11/10/2011 08:41

E.g liz 'proud mummy' smith etc. It just looks pathetic. And don't even get me started on people who give their newborn babies Facebook pages. Or is that just me that gets wound up by this?

OP posts:
loveglove · 11/10/2011 08:51
Biscuit
TiarasTimeOutsAndTantrums · 11/10/2011 08:52

Have no idea what the biscuit means. Have I done something wrong?

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slavetofilofax · 11/10/2011 08:55

Do people really do that?

Thankfully none of my fb friends have done it. It would be instant an instant hide/delete!

I have no idea why you got a biscuit. Maybe Loveglove has done it herself.

prolificwillybreeder · 11/10/2011 08:56

Oh no! Do people really do this? Oh dear, oh dear.

TiarasTimeOutsAndTantrums · 11/10/2011 08:57

An old friend has done it. And every bloody status is about how much her son has slept or how much milk he has. I've deleted her twice she just keeps adding me again. I'm too nice I'll have to block her!

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loveglove · 11/10/2011 08:57

You got a biscuit for calling proud new parents pathetic. Are you jealous?

BedHog · 11/10/2011 08:57

You must have some really fluffy friends Tiaras!! Nobody I know would put something so crap as their Facebook name.

Mumsnet, however, has far too many 'Mummytoaprincess', 'Tarquinsspecialmummy', 'Mumsywumsyflufflebums81' type user names. I feel a bit nauseous when I see them.

sleepevader · 11/10/2011 08:58

Have seen it too. Would delete anyone who felt the need to do it personally. It's so netmums unnecessary.

Worse ones are Amy "evies mummy" smith.

Seriously there is plenty of opportunity to lose your identity as it is as a mother without actually encouraging it!

vix1980 · 11/10/2011 08:59

Ive never seen it on my page thankfully, saying that though half of the people are hidden anyway. I do have my dp's cousin who is always sharing her love with her 3 year old daughter " i luv my life right now got the bestest ever little princess, an she letting me do make up on her right now, and have the bestest hubby luv my lover all the world and back"

No i didnt make it up just copied and pasted it, but makes my teeth itch when i read something by her! Thankfully my dp just laughs along at how irritating she can be sometimes.

ScaredBear · 11/10/2011 09:00

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sleepevader · 11/10/2011 09:01

And I hate couples who amalagate accounts. I then get there DPs commenting on my posts. The DPs of friends I want on my facebook I'm friends with.

TiarasTimeOutsAndTantrums · 11/10/2011 09:02

It is a bit pathetic. Sorry but that's my opinion. I'm not saying it's pathetic to be proud of your new baby but giving a newborn his own profile? It's a bit weird

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slavetofilofax · 11/10/2011 09:11

There is a difference between calling someone pathetic, and saying something they have done looks pathetic.

I think it looks (and is) pathetic too. That doesn't mean I'm not proud of my dc.

iscream · 11/10/2011 09:12

I just hide all the status that bug me.
I used to think mummy names were a bit sad, like they didn't have an identity "of their own", but as I got to know some of them I realized that was not the case. Don't judge a book by it's cover anyways, a name is just a name.

loveglove · 11/10/2011 09:13

Well you all know where the hide button is, or just delete them.

PoppadumPreach · 11/10/2011 09:14

YANBU

Fortunately none of my friends has done this.

Suspect people who do aren't particularly bright.

MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll · 11/10/2011 09:16

I know...I think some Mothers just identify ONLY with that part of their lives. You don't see Dads doing it do you?

"Wayne Good Daddy to 7"

MakesCakesWhenStressed · 11/10/2011 09:17

Vix1980 - your DP's cousin sounds like my DH's sister. Mind you, it's not always lovey dovey ones, she alternates regularly with eastenders style drama of the 'my life is so shit' variety. Always good for a laugh.

And to the person whose friend keeps re-adding them - just click ignore, not confirm, then they can't add you again, but it won't send them a message saying you've done it or anything!

ScaredBear · 11/10/2011 09:18

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Mummsieluvsherbabies12 · 11/10/2011 09:19

What's wrong with it ?

Angry
ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 11/10/2011 09:24

I moaned about this ageeeeeeeessssssss ago.

It reduces parents to simpering 12 year olds, I usually find them to be over users of text speak and the use of 'lil' in place of 'little'

Lil, is not a fucking word which is why it's not in the dictionary Angry

Ditto mumsnet names.

I have been known to delete the particularly irritating ones for that reason.

Yanbu btw.

EricNorthmansMistress · 11/10/2011 09:27

YANBU
that would be an instant 'delete' from me. Or more likely a 'hide and occasionally look at her wall to see what inanity she has written lately to boggle and make myself feel superior' Grin

BatsUpMeNightie · 11/10/2011 09:30

I don't think the OP is saying parents shouldn't be proud of their babies? How does anyone deduce that? Clearly loveglove is an offender though!

I don't have any FB friends who would even think of adding something so hideously smug to their names though. If I even saw such a thing I doubt I would make it to the sick bucket in time!

differentnameforthis · 11/10/2011 09:45

My sister has a friend & her name is (actual name changed) Tina loveshertwobabies Smith

I mean, does it go without saying that you love your babies/children?

differentnameforthis · 11/10/2011 09:46

TiarasTimeOutsAndTantrums

She doesn't keep adding you again, she keeps asking you to be friends & you accept it. You DO have a choice. There is a decline invite button!

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