Most vomit inducing MD related stati (or is that statuses?)

[manicinsomniac]

Apologies if there's already one of these threads. I did have a quick look.

Kind of light hearted but I have genuinely cringed several times while reading my facebook newsfeed this evening - I sometimes wonder why on earth people don't actually thank and appreciate their loved ones to their faces rather than put it on facebook where everyone reads it. It reads so oddly - I'm meaning the ones where the status directly addresses an invidiual ( 'thank you for being my best friend Joe Bloggs' as oppose to 'grateful for having such wonderful friends'

These are some of the classics I've seen. Anyone else care to share? (yeah, I know, mean hearted, cynical etc etc but it's all anonymous and I'm in a tired grouchy mood )

some words changed a bit just in case but pretty much these:

1. Thank you X and Y for my lovely card and [named very expensive gift] I am spoilt! I love you both so much every day. Not only are you both clever but extremely good looking too. Lots of love, squishes and cuddles [irritating pet name for mum]

2. Happy Mothers Day Mum. It's taken me a lot of years to realise how blessed I am to have you. You are the kindest, strongest and most genuine person I know. We've been through some tough times together and never once have you let me down. Especially this past year; I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for being my parent but also my friend. I know you'd do anything for me and I'd equally do anything for you. Love you always. Your one and only little girl, Y

3. I am the luckiest, most blessed mummy in the world today. Just lying in bed being spoiled and looking around at everything I have. Perfect.

4. Thank you for remembering me today X. Wherever you are and wherever you go I will be here, loving you and thinking of you. You are my reason for being and make me so happy.

In contrast, this is the BEST mother's day status I have ever seen!:

Happy Mother's Day to the most mediocre mother on the planet. I'd say you were the best mum but I can't truly judge because I was such a gem to bring up... Looking forward to seeing you later! (Love you xxxx)

A facebook status should be funny, entertaining or informative - otherwise don't bother with it - AIBU?

I'm on purpose not going on FB today. It would give me the rage.

The quality of your FB feed represents the quality of your FB friends. Perhaps you need to choose your friends more wisely?

My daughter bought me a card that said "I suppose you're a reasonable mother"

I think that is amazing and has made me chuckle all day. I did call her to say thank you though, not plaster it on facebook.

Wish I'd seen that card

Yes, there is one particularly cringe worthy couple on FB which are always writing gushing statuses about each other and child.

Such as...'SO lucky to have AMAZING husband/wife/child i love you SOOO much' or 'look at what DD can do, SOOOO clever/amazing/talented'

I just say to DH, look at what cringe couple have posted today, I read it out and we cringe together.

My sister and her children always write ridiculous, nauseating Fb statuses on Mothers Day. My sister is a shit daughter who has caused my parents no end of grief for the past 30+ years, she is a selfish, entitled cow and behaves like a very spoilt brat. Her children are much the same, tbh.

I have mainly stayed off Fb today.

Altinkum - I do understand the distance thing; I am a long way from most of my family too. But why do people not private message, text or, phone their loved ones with such personal, often heartfelt sentiments?! If your messages are for your friends and those who wont judge you why make them public to everyone else on your friends list too? Most people have what, 200-600 friends on their facebook? They're not all going to be close and interested/supportive of you (general you) spilling your heart in a status!

Hermione - I agree with you on the deceased mothers point but I do understand that more. One the first anniversary of my Dad's death I posted something like - 'one year on but never forgotten. I will always miss you and love you, Dad'. But, as I can now admit through more mature eyes (I was very young and insecure at the time), I didn't post that out of a genuine desire to honour my Dad's memory. I posted it because I wanted people to remember that it was a difficult day for me and I wanted to see all the comments expressing sympathy and support. I thought I needed public sympathy to validate my feelings and prop me up. It's kind of pathetic really!

JohnCusak'swife - Oh, I'm not at all selective about my facebook friends. I never decline a request from anyone I actually know and have never deleted anyone (and I've had an account for 10 years!) So, I've got around 800 'friends' - obviously not close to very many of them! But I like seeing ridiculous things on my newsfeed. It makes it so much more interesting!

MrsPnut - now that card would be worthy of a facebook photo. Ticks the funny and entertaining boxes!

This for a fb profile?

eeeek, not sure about that one - not cringey in the normal way but not something I want to think about in regards to my mother!!

God I don't know 800 people in real life never mind FB!

A colleagues husband put a happy mothers day status to her from their dog. I realise that she thinks of him as her 'baby' as they have no children (for medical reasons), but I still found it weird.

Maybe I'm just heartless...

Ineedsome - that made me and also 'thanks for not hitting me with a frying pan' hehehe!

I am the most miserable, curmudgeonly old bag in the world but even I can't be snippy about people celebrating motherhood in their own little ways. I don't do it. I don't do outpourings of sentiment on FB ever. I don't particularly begrudge other people their proclivities however. Too many people are without their mothers or their children, struggling or sad. It's nice to see genuine affection sometimes. Better than all the 'lovely tea, love me a spag bol lol' nonsense that is present every other day of the year.

FB has given us much mirth today.

And why do so many grown women seem to refer to their mums as 'mummy', as in "happy mother's day to my lovely mummy...', you can almost hear them saying it in a baby voice.

My favourite was the friend who commented that she was happy the kids weren't killing each other. And the card posted that said "Thanks for wiping my bum and stuff".

waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/03/30/dublin-man-tells-facebook-how-great-his-mother-is-instead-of-mother/

JohnCusak's - neither do I all at one time! They're people I have known at some point over the last 10 years. I should probably cull. I haven't had any contact with many since I left university in 2006!

Back in the day, when I was a mere whippersnapper, the world and his wife could put a little mention in their local rag/The Times/Guardian on days like Mothers' Day for a princely sum which made the paper a nice little earning. Those days are gone and now those posts are made via social media.

I'm guessing that some of you are members of the Miserable Fucker FB page. 10,836,345 likes and counting...

I haven't got FB so can't join anything.

What's that thing that does the rounds sometimes (ironically on FB on occasion)? Something like 'A sign of a healthy relationship is that there is no sign of it on FB'. Very true

That applies as much to parents and children as it does to partner's imo.

The only gushing one I have seen on FB today is from my BIL to my MIL. He can barely bring himself to phone the poor woman from one month to the next and yet he gushes vomit inducing crap on her birthday, at Christmas and on Mother's Day. I notice this year she hasn't seen it or is ignoring it. There is no like from her despite it being posted 10 hrs ago.

He has form for gushing about how proud of his DC he is and posting messages to them but he would rather put a post up on FB than actually tell them face to face. Ridiculous.

So no, OP YANBU

I think the worst thing I've seen today, is a card "from the bump"

And I don't mean written by the dad, I mean that was actually on the front of the card! With a completely soppy message inside about how "bump" can't wait to meet his/her new mummy and how "bump" promises to be very good and not keep mummy up all night

I donb't think your examples are bad. The first a little cringy, but the others I think are quite nice.

I don't put any fb status about mothers' day, and nor do most of my friends. But I can think of much worse than those without trying hard.

Altinkum for you and your ds.