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AIBU?

To think that is someone is on holiday and updating facebook every 10 mins saying what a great time they are having, that they are really not having a great time at all!

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PartyFops · 07/09/2013 21:06

A friend of mine is on holiday and yes maybe i'm a bit jealous but she has put 15 facebook updates on today alone, and she is only one day 2.

My best holidays have been when I have not felt the need to even look at my phone or ipad!

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mrsjay · 07/09/2013 22:03

some of my friends have been posting from holiday and I did (when i got a phone signal) I liked reading and seeing their pictures i honestly don't think it is a big deal

DuelingFanjo · 07/09/2013 22:03

Are you checking her Facebook then?

PartyFops · 07/09/2013 22:04

OOh 3 more posts, one picture of her dinner, one picture of her glass of wine and status about a tree. Yes I may hide her posts for a week.

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PartyFops · 07/09/2013 22:05

dueling I take it you are not a facebook user . They come up on my news feed.

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Doshusallie · 07/09/2013 22:11

I think you are being mean.

Arisbottle · 07/09/2013 22:12

You sound like a great friend

BIWI · 07/09/2013 22:14

TBH, I think you are jealous

Pagwatch · 07/09/2013 22:15

I would hide her posts altogether. You really don't like her.

PoppyWearer · 07/09/2013 22:15

I post stuff on FB, including from holidays, that might look like bragging, I can see how it might look, but the real reason is just so that my DParents can see where we are, what we are doing and that we are ok. They haven't travelled much, so it's my way of sending them an electronic postcard so they can see where we/the GCs are and what we are doing.

I tend to forget that other people can see it too!

DuelingFanjo · 07/09/2013 22:16

Yes, I use Facebook. I suspect you would find me really irritating.

Today I posted seven photographs in a row.

whois · 07/09/2013 22:43

YABU

Plenty of holidys I've been having an awesome time but still had plenty of time to post on FB!

I love seeing photos and posts from my friends on holiday, I don't get what the big deal is.

VaultFullOfTwizzlers · 07/09/2013 22:45

I loved your holiday thread Pag but the best bit was how it came about via DS2 and DH going, "fuck it - let's go!"

WhereHasSheGone · 07/09/2013 22:47

If she was having some a great time Facebook wouldn't cross her mind. Whenever we go on holiday our phones and the iPads do not come along with us.

PuppyMonkey · 07/09/2013 22:49

You can't do anything on Facebook without upsetting someone.

Elsiequadrille · 07/09/2013 22:55

Holiday for me includes forgetting about the internet and social media. Seems not everyone thinks the same. I don't understand it, but...

BIWI · 07/09/2013 22:57

Holiday for me involves always taking my iPhone, laptop and/or iPad. We're all different. I love being connected with other people.

SnakePlisskensMum · 07/09/2013 22:59

Me too BIWI, it takes but a second and me 'real' friends seem happy enough to reply, as do i to them

SnakePlisskensMum · 07/09/2013 23:00

My...I know I'm from the Midlands but blooming heck...

BIWI · 07/09/2013 23:00

LeGavrOrf · 07/09/2013 23:05

Pag you made me laugh on your caiprinhahahaha thread when you said that you asked your husband to get you a caiprinhahahaha instead of your normal drink, your husband said 'what the fuck' and shocked your daughter

To be honest I think in this day and age it takes so little time to post something on Facebook and add a photo that it is just part of normal life. Doesn't mean you're a boring bastard or a show off. Just someone who posts things on FB as part of their day wherever they are. And I am not even on FB or like it.

kaosak · 07/09/2013 23:06

WhereHasSheGone why on earth wouldn't it cross her mind to update FB if she was having a great time ?

I spent a couple of years backpacking around the world a long time ago and a huge amount of that time was spent on trains, waiting for trains, sitting by waterfalls, pools, beaches etc. I wrote ludicrously long airmail letters that I sent to lots of people at home because I actually had time and because most importantly your holiday is the one time of year where you actually do something different and interesting!

I could have saved myself a fortune in stamps and not had writer's cramp half the time if t'internet and FB had been invented back then.

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sweetiepie1979 · 07/09/2013 23:10

It's not been in the moment If your constantly updating. When I see pepole doing it I always think they are a bit discontented. My friend dI'd it a wee while ago. She went on holiday with husband to fix things after he had an affair the romantic together we are having a fabulous time pictures were endlessalong with the updates of what we are doing now but 6 months later she tells me she spent a lot of time crying on the holiday and she didn't feel it was the holiday it was supposed to be didn't meet her expectations she was posting to convince herself she was having a good time. Obviously that's just my experience with my friend yours could just be a bit of a bragger.

BIWI · 07/09/2013 23:12

Erm - it is absolutely 'in the moment' if you're updating!

Cupcake1985 · 07/09/2013 23:14

I think a couple of times a week is fine. More than that its boring and annoying. That extends to general facebook life though. Some people upload photos of EVERYTHING and I hate it so much. Get a life. No one cares. It's like if they dont share it with the world there's no point in it happening.

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