To hate how everything has to be an experience

[ConfuciousSayWhat]

And not just an experience or an event but one at the outer reaches of emotion. Nothing is every just alright or fine, or a good day out.

Bob and I had the most amazingly uplifting experience of our lives today when we took the kids to the park. Such an incredibly proud moment getting to see these precious people grow

Wasn't the cold exhilaratingly liberating allowing you to cleanse your mind to make way for the exciting journey of the week ahead with your free spirited child NameChanger22??

#blessed #solucky #bonkerz #Iblameinstagramtoo

If you have a man in your life who helps bring balance to your world, who isn't perfect but is perfect for you, who works hard and would do anything for you, who makes you laugh but drives you crazy, who is your best friend and sometimes your only friend, who you want to grow old with, who you are thankful for and truly adore, let him have his moment and put this as your status

People are putting this on Facebook at the minute d.p would look at me like soppy twats.

There are also plenty of people posting about their fab days out and how harmonious their day has been and how they're so in love . Bonus points to if you saw them arguing in tesco.

I'm making memories right here on MN and feeling blessed while doing so. It's an amazing experience - #lucky

Koala.....i am CRACKING UP!! You should put that on social media! You'd get loads of likes!!! Hahaha!

No, the cold was cold and a bit miserable. I hate being cold.

The exciting journey of the week ahead - WTF. Life is mostly drudgery with the odd disaster to make me appreciate the drudgery.

Yes Crazypetlady this. I love my husband to bits and we've come through a lot, but when I was feeding my newborn at 3am, reading through these statuses, I didn't relate. In fact I felt like strangling him as he snoozed and snored loudly

Yep I hear you NameChanger22. I'm facing a full 3 weeks of school holidays here, I haven't gone down the stairs yet today as I'm hiding. I may liven up the afternoon with doing an underwear wash later woohoo!

Zucker - I don't even have an underwear wash to look forward to as I finished my washing this morning. My life is crap.

I remember a friend who made her two children put on aprons after she had made cupcakes and smeared flour on their faces then spent ten minutes coaxing them to smile for a photo to put on social media with the caption 'Having lots of fun baking!'
Insane.

So long as they aren't "reaching out" to tell me these things I don't mind so much. I hate it when people feel the need to say they are reaching out to me. You've just decided to contact me by sending a bloody email or phoning/texting me! I can't actually touch you!!

My favourites are the "so prouds" at parents evening, especially when it comes from the mother of kids that are known far and wide for being unruly little monsters.

oh yes. Fuck off with your 'making memories with my amazing kids' shite. Just fucking fuck off. And then fuck off again. Your house is a shit hole, which stinks of dog and your kids are never clean. Ever.

These vomit inducing comments make me roll my eyes, yawn and scroll past.

These have made me properly laugh! feeling amused

Yy to 'feeling blessed' and that sort of thing....I have a few FB mates who do this. Tis a bit cringe. And the continual gushing from couples to each other on there when they are probably sat in the same room??? Umm who is that for exactly? Just say it TO THEM THEY ARE NEXT TO YOU!! Rant over.

My son recently did an absolutely shite homework project where he had to make a bottle organ (where one collects jars or plastic bottles and fills them with varying levels of liquid to create different notes).

He asked me (the morning it was due) for the bottles so I scrambled through the recycling bin, sorted. Then he lined them up without putting in any liquid, let alone testing the sounds, and asked me to photograph and print it on computer as all he needed was photographic evidence for the assignment.

I printed the fecking thing, two copies. One went in with him to school, the other I immediately put in a frame and wrote #nameofson #bestwork and #soproud on it, then hung it on the kitchen wall.**

Arse.

**didnt post it on FB though, as I'm not a complete witch

I used to think it was nice until I was at a theatre event and heard a parent crossly demanding the ticket stubs off their child because they were going to be keeping them in a scrapbook to prove they had done things with the child so they couldn't moan as an adult that they had a bad childhood. I worry now that some people regard FB and other SM in the same way, as collected evidence of some great parenting.

That said, maybe I am just as bad as I put some things on FB so grandparents can see what my children are up to.

Glad it's not just me who eye rolls at these posts on FB. One particular acquaintance seems to have multiple photos for every bloody trip to the park, shop etc. I'm thinking of starting a game of FB bingo for the photos . There'll be s selfie of her & her DH guaranteed, then a few of the kids , I'm sure next weekend the photos will be titled something like Easter fun! vomit

Spongebob I have one the same!
cup of tea with mum in local cafe #luvmymumsy
Dinner at pizza hut with the fam #nom#nom#makingmemories
eating dinner in front of the telly #happyhouse#cudlled with my bubs

To be quite honest I want to kill her

doesn't everyone mentally translate FB statuses like Koala's example

I know I do! :o

So contrived and it's sad that these people are judging themselves by how many 'likes' it receives.

Also hate a' weight loss journey' and 'I'm welling up'

I actually found myself saying 'reached out' the other day - and not one of the youngsters gave me the fish-eye and said 'Don't you mean phoned?' They all just nodded sagely.

I was so annoyed at myself.

Ha ha Koala that made me laugh

Koala, that was absolute genius.

I loathe smugness on Facebook.That said, I wish I had the courage to post more truthful posts. Here's one from today, for example, that I did not have the courage to post.

"Here's DD lying under the kitchen table having her usual Sunday morning tantrum about homework. Yes she's seven. Just running to loo to help DS who is shouting he is having "lots of problems". Last time that happened, he had to be stripped from the waist down and we debated whether to wash or throw the clothes away. #it'sfiveoclocksomewhere

#Keeping it real LondonKiwi made me smile.

Laughing at all these comments! I know someone who's always going on about how excited he is for the week ahead at work, and how great/dedicated his staff are for coming in at the weekend.
No, they're just afraid of losing their jobs.
Another fellow goes on about how much he loves his wife, they're the smiliest people I've ever seen. I used to think it was quite sweet till I discovered that he supports Trump! (Lives in USA)