To think no you don't look gorgeous with silly dog ears, a silly dog nose and a massive fake tongue

[witchofzog]

Stepdaughter is 14. Every few days she posts on Facebook what looks like the same photo with the dog ears and nose and huge tongue. After which she gets 50 or so identical comments saying how gorgeous she looks. But you can't see her. All you can see is the ears etc. It was fun the first few times but I just don't get it. I know it's the thing at the moment but a local girl to me went missing a few months ago and her parents struggled to find a photo of her as she wouldn't let them take any and all she had were the daft Snapchat ones with the ears etc.

I am officially old and am going to need to hide her posts aren't I? I know I definitely did daft things at 14, thankfully without the internet to record it all, but all.these almost daily photos are nearly exactly the same and it's getting so boring

The dog filters are bloody ghastly. I'm actually offended by how awful they are.

I don't have any teenagers on my fb but there's one mum in her forties I'm unfollowing because of her endless nose and ear selfies. Happy to be a jealous old hag on this issue.

My SIL is incapable of posting a photo without her and her boyfriend sticking their tongues out.

She’s 26 it does my head in.

That said it’s all harmless.

At first I thought you were talking about your dd op and then when I saw someone say stepdd I thought "uh oh..."

I think they look silly but a 14 year old doing them is just the norm these days Whatever floats your boat and all that. I don't think you're spiteful and nasty or jealous for thinking they look silly. But, they're having fun so leave them to it.

I don't get how getting a 'you look gorgeous' comment on these kind of photos is in any way a compliment.
Quite the opposite.
'You look gorgeous' in this photo which looks absolutely nothing like you.
Yanbu

It's just a fad and it'll pass like everything else.

Hi OP - nothing really to add, but I feel you’ve had some nasty responses that you did not deserve and thought you needed a

I think that if it had been your daughter, some of these responses wouldn’t have been so nasty - but because you said step daughter they are immediately presuming you are the wicked step Mum!

I think the filters are silly - they annoy me on adults who continuously post them, but I can just roll my eyes at younger kids/teenagers. That said, I have a few friends daughters on FB who refreshingly don’t use the filters!

I wouldn't give it a second thought seeing a teenager do that. I did wonder when I saw a 56 year old posting pics of herself like that, though I think she may be having a second childhood judging by some things she's been posting recently.

Thank you driven. I think you are right 're the stepdaughter thing. I am glad not everyone has the evil stepmother stereotype in mind. I get on really well with all my dsd's. They talk to me about everything and we are really close. That doesn't stop me thinking they can be daft sometimes hence the post. There were a lot of assumptions made on this thread and I am glad you recognised this

I don't care if teens want to do it. It's what teens do and I wouldn't start a thread slagging off a family member because she/he uses filters. My teen son uses filters and uses funny poses and I think it's quite funny.

Adults who use those filters regularly and seriously are a different matter, but I really don't understand getting annoyed by teens who are just following the latest fads, which we all did, just not in such a public manner.

It's mean spirited.

And thank you also longwavyhair 😊 People definitely over react when they see the word step daughter.

All kids to this. Doesn't bother me. Same though about adults doing it. The odd drunken snap chat group selfie I understand but constant snap chat selfies is a bit cringe.
All my dd social media pics are enhanced in some way. Thankfully not with the silly snap chat ones.
If she was ever to go missing (god keep it far away) I would have my own pics of her from my albums and school pictures. Surly the parents of missing teens have those too?

Oh I think it's cute and funny and my baby laughs loads when she sees herself on the screen. It's not like those are the only baby photos we have! It's just silly fun

What I don't get is the ones of babies all filtered up like something from toddlers and tiaras, with people commenting "oooooh that's one for their 18t birthday cake/ ooooh that's one to show their future husband/ ooooh that's one for the photo album"

But why? It's not your baby doing something silly/funny/cute in real life, it's just them sat infront of your mobile phone l with a cartoon on their (already cute doesn't need a filter) face looking a bit bemused by the whole thing.

Like pp have said, at least she’s only 14! I know age 40 plus women doing and they look ridiculous. Usually accompanied by #mysquad , taken in the club/pub toilets and captioned as “ best nite eva most amazin nite with this lot” despite it being described as that every week in the same place with the same people

Teenagers can be excused but women in their 30's and above with stupid ears and big puppy eyes don't look cute, they look ridiculous! I don't often get bothered by these things but this does irritate 😂

I must admit I was a bit shocked at the fact that there must literally have been no "normal" pics of the girl who went missing. But when I thought about it I could see how it could happen. Another dsdd is a lot older now but when she was 15 she would refuse point blank to be in any photos. If you managed to get one of her she would ask for it to be deleted. She would literally take 30 selfies almost all the same until she had one she was happy with and then would spend ages trying different colour filters and effects before she was entirely satisfied. This was before dog filters were a thing but youngest dsdd does a similar thing with the numerous takes until she gets it right though she is also happy to have normal photos taken too

My three year old is in fits of laughter looking at herself as a puppy, or a kitten. My 19 year old is the one who shows it to her and that's the only time she uses it, to entertain her sister. Sticky out tongue ect., it's all good fun and passes 10 mins. Kind of what it's meant for i guess.

Obviously filtered and fairies, butterflies round your head photos are a bit odd on older folk used as their main pic. Looking all serious and pouty with it too. I just think yeah - there's you but with the i'm so beautiful filter on. So - not really you. It's a bit cringey.

Would never say anything IRL.

I’d take a page of dog ears every time over the ones where every. single. Photo. No matter where or cicumstance has an identical pout.

Pouts are fucking ridiculous. That and this new trend for tongues- Just letting them hang out your mouth like you have no muscle tone.

God she is 14. It is harmless. She could be doing things that were seriously worrying.

I had a 40+ old school friend on facebook who took up posting those photos daily - always variations on the same one! 14 year olds can be forgiven! Old school friend is nice but was only posting those photos and inspirational memes, not much else, so I blocked her stuff from appearing - those photos are funny for 2 seconds the first time you see them, then they are just tedious.

However I agree with those saying the pouty heavily made up selfies are even more annoying! Always either taken in the house or so close up there is nothing much else to see in the photo (no other people or interesting scenery etc) so they are essentially always the same vanity head shot! Just why? Those people also get blocked - I don't have teenagers on my social media so these are adults who I'd have expected interesting content or no content or at least holiday snaps from, not endless vanity duck faced pouts!

I don't like them either but she is only 14 - I'm sure most of us did stuff at 14 that we would cringe at now... just lucky that social media didn't exist when I was that age or I can guarantee there would have been awful pictures of me dressing as Mel C from the spice girls

When grown adults do it it is a bit tragic though!

a local girl to me went missing a few months ago and her parents struggled to find a photo of her as she wouldn't let them take any and all she had were the daft Snapchat ones with the ears etc.

That is a bit of a niche worry to this harmless thing that your stepdaughter and many other teenagers do.

I hate those snapchat filter things too, I also refuse to take selfies don't see the point. Ugh I sound so middle aged

@brasty

God she is 14. It is harmless. She could be doing things that were seriously worrying.

THIS ^

How sad that this woman is so incensed by her STEP daughter putting cute and funny pics on the internet, that she feels the need to post a spiteful and bitchy thread on mumsnet about her.

I feel so sorry for the poor girl. I wonder if she knows how her stepmother feels about her? I wonder if she knows she is jealous of her and the attention she is getting from people?

Being jealous of your stepdaughter is an awful trait. Maybe you should talk to someone about it @witchofzog . Posting spiteful messages about your stepdaughter on mumsnet is not a nice thing to do at ALL!

What did your stepdaughter do to deserve this wrath?

Even the thread title is spiteful.

To think no you don't look gorgeous with silly dog ears, a silly dog nose and a massive fake tongue And your rant about her pics being boring and the nasty comments you made about her, well it just makes me cringe. FFS, if your stepdaugher is offending you that much, just UNFOLLOW her, or UNFRIEND her; I am sure you won't be missed.

I see a lot of posts from you on here, backtracking on what you said, and slagging me off, and others who don't back you up, but no real answers as to why you felt the need to post this thread?

It's a pretty nasty thread, and I hope your stepdaughter doesn't see it. Does her FATHER know you have posted this? Does HE know how you feel about his daughter?

And I will say it again sunandmoonshine. Since when did I say I was incensed? Or jealous (which is a conclusion only YOU have reached. ) I have not slated anyone else on here. And nor have I bloody backtracked. As I said to you before I was responding to other people's posts Have you actually READ any of my posts? Because the only one being nasty is YOU. You come across as irrationally offended and angry.

Yes her father does know I think they are silly. And he also knows that ALL my dsd's love and respect me because I have been nothing but kind and supportive to them in rl. So what if I don't think dsd looks gorgeous as a bloody dog. No-one does!!! But for your information she IS a gorgeous girl when she is being herself.

As others have said, I notice you put the emphasis on the word "Step". I find that very interesting and it looks like I have somehow struck a raw nerve in you.

Why don't you take your irrational anger at what is and was a lighthearted thread and hide this thread because you are the only one being nasty as far as I can see.