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To be sick of Facebook pages/threads moaning about being a mum?

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Hugsythespacecowboy · 13/05/2018 13:32

Like yeah, it's hard, it's tiring, it is shit at times, but there are so many pages and articles and mushy poems being circulated at the moment and I'm absolutely sick of seeing them.

Parenthood is hard. We get it. The childless must be absolutely rolling their eyes.

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SezziBaybee · 13/05/2018 13:39

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RitaSpanner · 13/05/2018 13:40

I have a feeling you're going to get flamed for posting this on here! But I can't help but agree and I love a good moan more than the next person!

I actually really love the posts from people saying "I love parenthood and don't find it that hard". So refreshing.

acceptableMargin · 13/05/2018 13:40

Choose your 'friends' better then.

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Hugsythespacecowboy · 13/05/2018 13:45

@acceptableMargin where did I say it was my friends? Comprehension is important.

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Hugsythespacecowboy · 13/05/2018 13:46

I'm not saying you're not allowed to moan, of course, I moan just as much as the next person, but it seems to have become a 'thing' to do it now and write paragraph upon paragraph of how hard it is being a mum.

Like yeah, we get it now, stop.

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Bluedotspink · 13/05/2018 13:48

Agreed

Pinkywoo · 13/05/2018 13:51

YADNU, it drives me crazy, I would love to have kids to moan about Sad

CFTrollsSmell · 13/05/2018 13:51

Umm, I get why it’s itritating but I can’t understand why you have them on your Facebook. You can control what you see. Block th8ngs you don’t like.

Rachie1973 · 13/05/2018 13:51

Don't care about other peoples posts.

Their wall, their choice of what to post.

anxiousmumma12 · 13/05/2018 13:52

Yabu
You don't have to read them

BrutusMcDogface · 13/05/2018 13:54

It's all getting a bit boring, I agree. But sometimes it's good to know it's not just me who has bad days. I particularly hate the rise of the 'mummy bloggers' as they just don't have anything new and interesting to say. I like the unmumsy mum and hurrah for gin. Constance hall posts about a wide range of topics. The one who writes like a biff, chip and kipper book is pretty funny, too! The rest are ten a penny.

ThenCameTheFools · 13/05/2018 13:54

But they must either be your friends, or stuff that gets 'suggested' to you based on your interests/own posts. That's how the algorhythms work.

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Hugsythespacecowboy · 13/05/2018 13:56

OK so I'll delete all my mum friends because they're causing these posts to be shown to me Grin

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anxiousmumma12 · 13/05/2018 13:57

You don't need to delete .
You can hide posts

BuntyII · 13/05/2018 13:59

I don't mind them. If it gets someone through a bad day, or makes them feel less lonely then what's the harm.

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Hugsythespacecowboy · 13/05/2018 14:00

I was being sarcastic, I know how to use Facebook.

Most of my friends are mums, so if I hid them all off my newsfeed I wouldn't see anything.

This one came up today. It's not the first time I've seen this kind of post. I've seen it on blogs, in articles, everywhere. WE GET
IT.

www.facebook.com/Whimsicaladventuresofanotsosupermum/photos/a.1657001447919521.1073741828.1656971927922473/2212008129085514/?type=3&theater

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BoxsetsAndPopcorn · 13/05/2018 14:05

I hate them too, all it does it make me feel sorry for their children and wonder why they bothered having them if it's an effort to parent them.

I've noticed the increase across the net re moaning about having to pay for children's things too, it's almost like people think children shouldn't cost a thing.

CFTrollsSmell · 13/05/2018 14:07

You don’t have to block your Mums friends you can just chose to not see their posts or to see fewer of them. It’s a bit silly to be ‘absolutely sick’ of their posts when you have control to see less of them. It doesn’t make sense. 🤷🏻‍♀️

DeleteOrDecay · 13/05/2018 14:08

Unfollow or unfriend the people who share/comment on these things if it gets to you so much?

DeleteOrDecay · 13/05/2018 14:15

all it does it make me feel sorry for their children and wonder why they bothered having them if it's an effort to parent them.

Most parents love their children and would do anything for them. But parenting is hard work sometimes. It can be exhausting and overwhelming, some people use social media platforms as a way to vent and share their experiences, sometimes in the hope of finding others with similar experiences. There's loads of threads on mn to this effect. It's an outlet. It does not in any way reflect how those parents interact with their children.

Ylvamoon · 13/05/2018 14:17

Everyone needs an "outlet". Just don't read them - simples!

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 13/05/2018 14:20

Do you mean those Mama We Get It / You Got This shite?

Yeah, total bollocks. It takes more than a floaty meme circulated to all and suntry to 'get' everyone's different situation. Fuck off!

Mummyoflittledragon · 13/05/2018 14:24

Well if it gives that person better mental health, that’s great for them. Better than taking it out on the kids. If posts like this make you feel worse, you need to act or ignore. Today you chose to act and rant to mn. They’re not my thing. But I’ve learnt what to read and what to look away from.

Huskylover1 · 13/05/2018 14:31

And yet....she has enough time to type all of that waffle....

GladAllOver · 13/05/2018 14:51

There is a wonderful way of never, ever being offended by anything posted on Facebook.