To think not another bloody Facebook challenge!

[MrsOlaf78]

I don't mind the charity ones but it's these other pointless ones that turn my feed into a sea of monotony. The latest one seems to be:

Motherhood Challenge: I was nominated to post 5 pictures that make me happy to be a Mother. I'm tagging 10 people that I think are great Mothers to post 5 pictures for the Motherhood Challenge! I will copy and paste this in the comments below for you. Here are my 5 pictures that make me happy to be a mother x

Pass the sick bucket purlease!! So the mothers you didn't nominate aren't good mothers in your opinion?! Honestly do Facebook invent these things to get all these egotistical lemmings to use their site even more?! I'm waiting for the "post something vaguely interesting challenge!"

I've seen so many of these yet I haven't been nominated once! Maybe it's because my feed isn't full of kids pics but stuff about me as a person so mostly dh sending me rude memes

You are aware that people do things for themselves, not against you?

Everything you post on your FB wall yourself might upset somebody else. Unless someone post specifically to spite you, and then they really shouldn't be on your friends list, you can either ignore, be happy for them or just delete your account.

I'm not really sure what the 'challenge' aspect of it is. At least it's not claiming to 'raise awareness of cancer' though for a change. Because nobody was aware of cancer before Facebook memes, donchaknow.

I havent been nominateed but then I dont care. I'm happy to be a mum but I dont need to broadcast it.

Only one person needs to know I'm happy to be a mother and that is person is my DD. Her opinion counts, no one elses.

This reaction is the same overtime there's a fad or a charity challenge....

make up less
five happy days
ice bucket
people who do photo of the day

Whatever it is some people can't just ignore it if they find it hurtful or annoying, some people take the time to moan about it!!

So what if you're offended or annoyed or even hurt?

Some people like sharing pictures of their kids, they may well have dreadful lives and the only thing that keeps them going is their children, they may feel a massive failure in everything but their kids, they may have a shit life that looks amazing on Facebook, they may be smug people who brag about everything.

There are worse things on Facebook, the christmas gift and shopping boast are my absolute worst, along with continuous selfies.... but it's Facebook, that's what Facebook is.

Loads of these on my facebook. no one has nominated me though.

Clearly they think I am a crap mother

A friend of mine posted her own thread about this but unwisely (in my view) used the term "smug mummies"... it didn't go down well and i slightly cringed. I've seen a few, not loads, but then i quite like seeing pictures of babies (within reason naturally).

No-one has nominated me: not sure whether it's because a)I'm a shit mother or b)I'm a sarky, cynical bitch. Whatevs.

Anyway, I posted Ellie Taylor's photo. Good work, Ellie!

Non-Motherhood Challenge: I was nominated by myself to post five pictures that make me happy to be a non-mother. Such special memories.

I don't normally participate in these kind of things but did so only because one of my best friends nominated me and then I realised I hadn't tagged one of my other friends in when I re-posted so I'm now worried I've upset her - I don't think I'll bother again!

I sympathise with people who can't have kids getting a bit upset over these types of posts but then I get upset when people post stuff like 'I have the best mum/dad/sister in the world - share if you love them' because I have lost all mine. I hate FB sometimes!

My friend got nominated and posted this

I've decided not to partake in the ‪#‎motherhoodchallenge‬. My husband and I have a beautiful son born within a year of our wedding. He isn't a challenge, he is a blessing. I know how lucky we are that we conceived without difficulty. For all the parents out there who know how lucky they are, please follow my lead in this new ‪#‎parenthoodchallenge‬ and donate what you can to Infertility Network UK. We should be thankful for our children and try to support those who need help to start their families. Please share if you agree and make a donation to Infertility Network UK through their JustGiving page

couldn't agree more

I just had a quick look at the newsfeed from friends of mine who participated in the challenge.

2 of them have adopted.

4 of them (that I know of, there's probably more) have children after years of fertility treatments and medical horrors.

All of them only posted happy photos, without any mention of the background. Unless you are really close with them, you wouldn't know, because not everybody put their most intimate details online.

If you find their happy photos smug, offensive or other the top, then just ignore them. Why judging other people? It says more about you than them.

Catsinthecradle - yes, similar here regarding people I know who have participated in this and struggled to get their families (me included). I agree with you.

I wish somebody would start a Facebook Challenge that involved 'not posting fucking shite for a month on Facebook'.

I only dart in once a week to check that Brownies haven't changed their arrangements and I see that I've been nominated for this shit by a really good friend. I shall do my usual 'la la la oh didn't see it sorry - never put photos on FB la la la' malarky.

Or how about starting a challenge that involves demanding that FB starts paying tax?

I just nominated. Joyless me posted pictures of cookies and said I don't post identifying pictures of DD on FB. I'm sure it will get an eye roll.

*got nominated

I might put on some pictures of my fertility treatment needles as that seems to be the closest I'm getting to children.

I've not been nominated. I take it that I'm a shit mum. I'm OK with that.

You may want to take a look at the bbc online magazine as its quoted some of your posts in an article on this subject- mumsnetters getting everywhere!

Shenanagins how do we view it? Are we all the usual nest of vipers?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35482387

here's the link

Ahhhh I came on to share the bbc news story to and I've been beaten to it!

Ta!

One of the reasons i don't use Facebook is precisely because of all this nonsense and why this kind of tittle tattle shite is in the news is beyond me.