friend posting underware photos online going on about "no excuses"

[derivingfromerth]

No I'm not jealous. But one friend constantly posts pictures in a state of undress. I get that they are into the gym and that but today they've just posted "I work full time during the week and bar shifts at weekends, there is no excuses"

Apart from they are single , no children, no dependants, they work as an estate agent (not exactly rocket science), don't have a garden, don't need to help out their family and they have always been in good shape,probably due to genetics etc.

I don't think it's ever ok to flame someone else's profession, especially if you've never done it yourself. I haven't personally seen the other threads bashing EAs (though I don't doubt there have been some).

IME, Estate Agents have to work pretty hard and long unsociable hours to be successful. They might not have the best ethics at times, but that's a product of the demanding targets put on them IMO.

However, that's irrelevant, except for the fact that you think it's OK to sneer at her job, she thinks it's Ok to sneer at your fitness levels/body. I find we get the friends we deserve.

As for "just a sales job". Have you ever worked in sales? The hardest most stressful, soul destroying thing I've ever done and incredibly skilled if you're to be any good at it. I now have a far more respected job, requiring much higher level qualifications, but OMG life is so much easier.

A PP said she sounded happy. I don't think she does at all, surely happy people don't feel the need to prove themselves by boasting and showing off all the time

It's the no excuses thing that's twattish. Fine, it's lovely she's healthy and super into exercise- go for it, well done.

But as snowflake says, different strokes for different folks. I don't go around telling my friends they're stupid and lazy for not having a PhD in biochemistry. I don't expect them to find that their number one life goal. Science is important to me but I'm self aware enough to know that most people don't give a toss.

Ditto their hobbies. It's nice that people are into stuff, be it excercise, cycling, climbing, biking, writing, photography, whatever. By all means post your biking/climbing/photography/new poetry collection on FB, you've worked hard for it and that's credit to you. Just don't shame others for not wanting a six pack, or being able to scale an E8 climb.

Your friend sounds like a shallow bore OP. I'd just ignore her.

The "no excuses crew" are twats, but life happens to everyone. Eventually, she will grow older, have more responsibilities and mature a little.

I'm not trying to snear at her job, im just saying it isn't a massive achievement as it requires no qualifications. In our group of friends we have a gp and a bus driver for instance and she acts as if her job is more demanding than both of theirs.

Nothing against sales jobs, just saying hers is easy in comparison to other sales jobs as its houses. You either buy the house or don't regardless of who is showing you around. Last house I bought the owner showed me around and the ea did very little to get the sale apart from put on rightmove, but took a juicey commission.

You're wrong about Estate Agency being easier, that's why they have a massive turnover of staff. Most people just can't do it. BTW the main "sale" is winning the business in the first place, so you actually have houses on your books, not selling the actual house.

In any case, how does how demanding your job is affect whether you have time to exercise?

OP - post about your working achievements followed by "no excuses".

Then again don't or you'll look like the pillock then!

Who the fuck is that cheeky cunt to tell people how "their own bodies" should look. It's idiots like her that often lead to young impressionable girls becoming anorexic.
Okay woop dee fucking dooo, she has a body off bay watch. I bet she's got a face off crime watch though.

Good grief! A woman has posted on her own Facebook about her lifestyle choices. Can't see how she is BU in the slightest, maybe smug r.e. 'no excuses' but that's about it.

Some people hide posts of their friends' children or holiday pics etc. I personally find it hilarious when a friend of mine checks-in to Starbucks every single lunchtime, as if it's some big adventure.

You're not unreasonable to dislike the content but to say that her job requires minimal brain power or she doesn't have a garden , doesn't need to help family etc makes you sound at best over-invested and at worst bitter. Live and let live, she's not killing kittens with a shotgun and posting their bodies on FB.

I agree with a PP... The true art of estate agency is winning the business from the vendor on the first place, so that she even has the opportunity to be the 'muppet' that shows you around, as the OP so nicely put it.

Not many can do that, so perhaps your friend is not such a dummy as you paint her.

Honestly? you sound well suited to each other. You both have quite a sense of superiority and imperfect spelling and grammar.

With the "no excuses" tagline she is just copying that annoying American fitness instructor who posed with her toddlers and baby isn't she?

She does sound unimaginative, but then I'd also say someone who thinks that being an Estate Agent is always an easy job that any muppet can do is also lacking in the imagination department.

You are friends? Which bit do you like about each other? You appear to belittle each other's choices in life.