To ask someone who does this to explain why?

[QueenOfIce]

Social media posts like this, why?!

"1 year ago today this little bubs came into our life, you are our world little munchkin we are so proud of you. Happy birthday! Love you to the moon and back"
#bubs1stbirthday #mummyanddaddyslittlelegend #myworld #bestie

YABVU. You should be reaching out to her and start #makingmemories,

I honestly don't know why. Maybe to look like caring parents? Bit dim really.

Why do people get so wound up about what people post on Facebook? Just scroll past or delete them if they wind you up that much ffs.

I post happy birthday messages to my dog!! I'm pretty sure he doesn't read them - or if he does he's clearly too cool to "like" them

But why do you post happy birthday to your do? I'm intrigued!

I find it more annoying when people post happy birthday messages to people who aren't on social media! How do they expect them to see it?? Whose benefit are you doing it for?

It just smacks of "look at me aren't I a lovely friend, sister, daughter..... etc

Meh. I’m not on any social media, but I understand the type of post in the op is fairly standard. Can’t see why it would bother anyone who is actually on SM. Isn’t this sort of what it’s for? #publicisingyourperfectlyordinarylife... I mean #keepingintouch.

Friend of mine does this to her dh
I love you
Your my world
You mean everything you ARE my everything
Rambling on

He’s not ok Facebook and all I ever want to do is post

*you’re

Its no more pointless than any posts on social media though - especially if its facebook

At the moment social media is full of pictures of the snow (disclaimer in the UK) that is not any different to your one

*on 🤦🏻‍♀️

Even worse when people do it for pets.

No one cares

I care. I love seeing the posts of my friends and family about how much their love their children. I love seeing snippets of their lives, something they've cooked that turns out nice, a lovely day out, a pretty scene in the snow.

Hashtags are still used on Instagram.

I like looking at my TimeHop every morning and so does my 9 year old, who can now read the 8 year ago posts that wished him a happy first birthday with a cute photo.

Again, and I keep finding myself saying this, when will some people on Mumsnet start to realise that people are different and like different things? If you don't realise that, you must be a little bit lacking.

People do it because they want to and its what FB is for.
People who use text speak do not love their kids any less than those who don't. They are just as likely to be genuinely thrilled with their children as you are.
People do things differently from you and that doesn't mean they are not as clever as you.

I wish my DD happy birthday on FB every year. She has been dead since 2006 so pretty sure she isn't going to read it and I don't need to pretend I care. I just do it because.

If people want to wish their kids happy birthday and let the world of FB know they love them why is that a bad thing?

Social media is full of nasty, offensive, obscene and bigoted crap. People using poor grammar to post slightly bonkers things on their own FB pages is fine by me.

Someone posts happy birthday to their dog?! Maybe Facebook posts should start 'Dear diary...'

*they love

I wish my DD happy birthday on FB every year. She has been dead since 2006 so pretty sure she isn't going to read it and I don't need to pretend I care. I just do it because

I do this to my dead baby. I do it to recognise the date and also because my close friends and family like to remember too. The recognition makes it feel like she isn't forgotten.

No one cares that your little bubs is 1 today and you're SO proud of them...plus little prince can't sodding well read and also doesn't give a shit!

I mean, you obviously do give a shit or you wouldn't be here ranting. Not sure why it bothers you so much.

It’s a way of expressing their feelings, sharing with their friends/family something important to them. The hide/block/scroll on past functions are all there for anyone who doesn’t like it. Yeah the language is twee but so what? Presumably those close to them do care, and everyone else can just ignore. Why the need to sneer?

Again, and I keep finding myself saying this, when will some people on Mumsnet start to realise that people are different and like different things?

Because the sneering is a handy way of telling the world that they are a cut above the plebs.
Ironic how NO ONE CARES about lil bubz etc but we are supposed to care about other people's posting rules. What they will, what they won't . That they don't do FB, that they think its MADNESS to post photos of children, that they think its all common etc.

Worse when a family member always sends a happy birthday message on FB (instead of a card) knowing full well the supposed recipient isn't on FB I mean what's that about?

And don't even get me started on wishing my adorable Boyfriend/Husband/Love of my life a Happy Birthday/Valentines/Anniversary!! Look to your left... he's sat next to you on the sofa! Tell HIM not us! Oh wait... then we don't all get to see how loved up you are. In fairness this is my rankle after spending time with a couple I first 'met' on facebook after a marriage made us related. Lots of my gorgeous hunnybun/I'm so lucky/hearts galore, to find the reality was they bickered constantly and barely had a polite word to say to one another.

anxious the subject of attention seeking by remembering dead loved ones comes up a fair bit on MN too.
I can never understand how supposedly intelligent people can be so dim and need to ask why people do it.

Because life would be incredibly boring if everybody only expressed themselves with key words and phrases from some sort of prescribed acceptability.

Language transcends, people have their own colloquialisms. We all have words that we like and don't like. Words that we like may well set the next persons teeth on edge. I have friends and family members that I love to death but hide their Facebook posts because they have a way of posting things that grates on me. That doesn't mean that they should be expected to explain why they express themselves the way they have just because it's not to my personal taste.

I put a picture of my children on FB on their birthdays- with their permission. We have a very large very scattered family- it’s like a low key easy to ignore Round Robin.

My SIL does it for each month her DD has been in this world with photos of the child and cards around the baby DD name is 1 month old today etc. Can't beat that!!!

Don't know what she's trying to achieve or show.

MrsDV - it's amusing that they have to make an entire thread about how much they don't care, keep posting on it and responding to people while all the time not caring enough to dedicated that much time to it

Personally, I think people who sneer at others for expressing love, showing they care, enjoying something and doing something that makes them happy are the common ones.