AIBU for wanting to delete my fb friend for making me throw up a bit in my mouth

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I just logged onto facebook to be faced with a wedding photo of my friend and her dh with the caption "5 years!! What an adventurous time we have had and so much to celebrate. Happy anniversary to my handsome and wonderful husband, ..."

Now I have just celebrated 6 years of happy marriage but if I posted this my dh and most of my friends would disown me. Why do people do this? Is she really that smug and show offish or are they secretly massively unhappy?

I am so tempted to press delete. AIBU?

I think some people just really hate others being happy. To be honest posts like this make me a little sick in my mouth, if she wants to boast about how happy she is then good for her. Would you rather she was having a crap time with DH?

because when you know that many of them are untrue then you get sick of them. If a lot of those people turned around and said nice things to EACH OTHER they wouldn't need to publically keep the facade up while its falling apart around them. this applies to PND and weddings etc too. It probably depends on how often you see the friends in real life, if its someone I don't see often and they post about being happy I think "great! that's nice" but when its people I see regularly who in real life are having a shit time I don't think its healthy (this perfect life facebook thing)

YABU

Aye I can see what you mean Grumple, if you know they're telling porkies then it does seem a bit pointless.
Just doesn't bother me much, if I dont like what someone has written then I dont read it. I used to get really wound up by what people post on facebook but I've learnt to sit back and laugh now [hgrin]

YABU, I have recently witnessed a breakdown of a marriage on facebook with much sniping from one side and horribly sad posts on the other, one party wants to work on their marriage and the other has already given up. I know which I would rather see, you don't sound like a very nice friend if you can't be happy for her.

People are allowed to be nice to each other

heidicat, I don't wanna see that EITHER

usual suspect, they're often NOT being nice to eachother__ behind the scenes, its all rubbish for the benefit of their FB page!

Yanbu, and I am surprised how many people are saying you are.

Ime, it's the people with the pukey updates like this and 'date night with my beautiful wife' etc, that turn out to be having affairs. Not that I'm wishing that on anyone before anyone starts!

Not envy at all. I am happily married and say this kind of thing to my dh in private but to splash it for all to see is a bit much I think.

I think it depends on the person, some people obssess over their FB and like the attention. I have posted happy things about DP or DS, put up pictures of PFB and boasted about how much I love him but I've done it cos I'm happy and proud. Wont apologise for that and if someone doesn't like it then I dont really care.

I'm lucky that I have a group of friends who are happy and supportive of each other.

YANBU it's sickly sweet
But the phrase in your thread title is vomit inducing in itself so you YABU as well!!!!

Yabu. I'd rather see that status than most of the dull ones people post.

I've been a supportive friend to people who are going through some pretty serious stuff with their (D?)P then you log on and see all this bollocks about my gorgeous hubby. Leaves lots of people feeling like they're the only ones failing and noones ever allowed to admit defeat (especially the new mum ones)

Although I do think its a bit much when that is all they post about, there are other things in life to talk about.

Why do people use fb if other peoples statuses annoys them so much? people can write what the bloody hell they like on their own fb page

They can write what they want, but I can delete them if it annoys me :o

because some people share witty/interesting/real stuff. i don't keep the boring or fake gushey ones, they get deleted or hidden. Also good for keeping up with local offers and services

YANBU! i bloody hate these posts. Vomit! i also hate the ones that involve a husband and wife in the same house(possibly the same room) proclaiming their undying love for each other...REALLY????is this really necessary?? one whole sofa away from each other but yet you feel the need to announce it on facebook?I'm not against PDA's but really..thats just too much!

I hope you all write witty ,intelligent statuses then

YABU if it's her anniversary.
If it's everyday in-your-face then just hide/block/delete her

However I can empathise as I have a friend who got married this year and we haven't heard the end of it. No, I don't feel envious but after 6 months it is becoming a tad too much for me (I'm not the uber romantic kind).
I figure it will die down soon, if not, with a swift click I can hide her posts from my news feed.
I love that about fb

"Why do people use fb if other peoples statuses annoys them so much?"

Well that's a silly question. There are plenty of TV programmes that annoy me but that's not going to stop me using the telly.

Lots of people post funny and interesting things on there, me included, obviously :)

You can hide people on fb ,just like you can turn the tv over

You can't expect people to use fb in a way you approve of

one click hide ,its easy really

or you could try only having your real friends on fb ,so you are happy to see all their news,and not any old random

Yes that's exactly what I do, which is why your question is a bit silly. You seemed to be saying if things annoy you about it you shouldn't be using fb.

I only have real friends on FB. Thats how I know that the ones who gush the most are not the happy ones