about FB holiday pic posting

[travellingtime]

I'm sure this has been done to death but I have to get it off my chest, its really very trivial, but I have to vent.
Why do people insist on putting photos on FB when they are off havign such an amazing time on their hols?
Is it because they want the world to know how fab it is where they are?
Is it to show off ?
Is it because they are more interested in trying to demonstrate to everyone else how fab things are than actually enjoying how fab everythign is
Is it just that I'm not really as into FB as they are therefore its lost on me ?

Spero, totally agree. I've found, in my travels, that people base their assumptions on their own reactions. It wouldn't occur to me to use fb to rub peoples noses in my life, or to whinge about things my friends post.

I don't get this burglar thing. Can someone explain it to me.

OK I post I am at the airport, my friend X likes that, X's friend Y, who is a burglar, see that X has liked it and so burgles my house.

1. How does Y know where I live?

2. How does Y know my friend with a fierce dog isn't staying there?

3. If I posted I was going out for lunch, and X liked it, would Y break into my house then as well?

I asked before if anyone knows of this actually happening and no one answered. Yes insurance companies have allegedly used it as an excuse not to pay out but do insurance companies excuses have a lot in common with reality?

It does sound ridiculous, I know. I have been well and truly told!

Tbh I use fb mainly for describing what embarrassing thing I have done that week. I don't really use it to chart my movements. No real reason, don't mind if others do it, I just don't. Actually i suspect it is deep seated from childhood - grew up in tiny village where everyone knows everything , with a mum who hated people knowing what she was doing. That s totally it, isn't it? I need help!

It is all about the lense through which you view life.

I can look at some pictures of my friends and yes, I do sometimes feel a little worm of jealousy (or is it envy? I can never remember) and if I am in a down mood I do have to go away and do something else. But as someone else said down thread, I realise that this is MY problem.

When I am in a good mood and feeling happy with myself, the exact same photo will not provoke a negative reaction.

The other thing that baffles me, apart from the all my friends want to rob me mentality, is that there is an immediate and obvious solution to feeling unhappy about Facebook - don't have an account. Or limit it to 20 or so close friends that you can trust not to be shallow and insecure twats who are motivated primarily by making you feel shit about your sad life.

And if you can't rustle up even a handful of people that make you feel good about yourself, time to admit there is a real problem and it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the internet.

And if you can't do any of the above, why do you feel the next step is to come on threads like this and tell those of us who indulge in social networking that we are all 'twats' 'sad acts' 'insecure' and 'shallow' ???

These are probably rhetorical questions. I think I know the answer to all of them.

laQueen i am intrigued as to how you persuade the kids that holidays are for napping/reading/browsing/napping/nothing...?

Well, DS is only 2 so it's entirely possible that our holidays are unlikely to quite be at the oodles of free time stage, but even so, I expect that if we do get a holiday this year he'll spend at least big chunks of time happily attempting to empty the beach of sand [note to self, do not, under any circumstances, forget his shovel] or sitting quietly eating an ice cream. During those times when I'm not snoozing or congratulating myself on my perfect life, I'll be facebooking.

I'm also thinking about suggesting MIL comes with us. On tap babysitting...!