To be cheesed off with 'childfree' bragging

[lunaboona]

Childless ( by choice ) or 'childfree' and that's what she refers to herself as , forever sharing quotes about how lucky she is to travel / have money / drink cocktails whenever she wants , she'll never be a boring house wife etc AIBU to find this annoying and slightly insulting? As I juggle the house / my job and 2 'brats ' 😣🙄🤔

I'm totally on side with any woman that makes that choice , I respect that and in no way think women should be expected to or pressured into having children , I would defend anyone being challenged for making a decision not to have children as it's up to them, and no one should question them but what annoys the shit out of me is the superior attitude almost laughing at those of us up to our eyeballs in washing and crappy nappies 😕

There’s absolutely no need to be constantly posting about how great your life is unless it isn’t actually that great.

The absolubte hypocrisy of comments like this... every mother I know does nothing but post how supposedly great their life with kids is.

It's all just social media competitive bragging nonsense. Most people who are childfree just get on with their lives.

The absolubte hypocrisy of comments like this... every mother I know does nothing but post how supposedly great their life with kids is

That doesn’t mean that every mother does it though, it means every one you know does.

I find there is alot of #blessed mummy bragging on social media. Far more than the opposite childfree bragging

YeTalkShiteHen... oh come off I think we all know just how many blogs/forum posts/social media posts there are from mothers bragging about their supposedly perfect life and kids.

Now we're in our 50s I hear through the grapevine that she bitterly regrets her choice. Her husband has gone off with a younger woman and she has no children or any prospect of grandchildren.

Hmmm, I should think that there are many people in their 50s who regret their choices: both those with children and those without.

Also I wouldn't have thought that an errant husband, with an eye for a younger woman, is the exclusive preserve of a woman without children.

SavvySaver24

No idea, don’t read blogs and don’t have sickly sweet hash tagging mummies on my social media.

Still doesn’t mean that everyone does it.

People who rely on social media for validation and approval whether they are parents or not are very sad individuals who clearly have something missing from their lives.

I m a mother but I get sick of seeing silly memes about how wonderful life is with children in it, how wonderful someone's other half is, usually followed by the revelation that the oh had been cheating.
I would also hazard a guess that more married men with children fuck around than those who don't have children. Going purely on people I know.

She sounds like a knob, OP. Unfollow her and retract from the friendship!

Maybe she does love her life and is unapologetic about being childfree...however she shouldn’t need to bring other people down to feel happy.

I don't post shit about how being a mother has made my life , or you never know true love until you're a mother etc . I find sharing quotes and inspirational memes annoying

But you might be a minority in her news feed, so she's decided to give her side of the story, so to speak. I'm embarrassed to admit I did something similar a few years ago as a reaction against the endless cringe memes and photos of baby puke that seemed to be constantly on Facebook.

Then I realised I was being a twat and gave up social media for a while before getting a dog and deciding I needed to clutter up everyone's news feed with photos of her!

Savvy I could not give a single damn - you highlighted my name, so I responded. Simple as that. There are loads of other people on thread for you to address >>>.

People who post memes and quotes on social media are trying desperately to make themselves feel better the only way they know how. It’s not about you.

This. These passive aggressive, self-justifying type of posts say more about the person posting it than the people reading it. If they weren't a tiny bit insecure themselves, they wouldn't feel the need to justify their life choices in public. It's one of the downsides of social media, unfortunately. The reality is everyone walks a different path, sometimes by choice, sometimes not.

It’s not “bragging” it’s the truth. You made your bed and all that!

Sorry to resurrect this, but I saw this being shared this morning and rolled my eyes.....then thought of this thread.

www.facebook.com/100007718528257/posts/2119855138281750/

Good grief, what a piece of work that woman is.

Yanbu to feel annoyed since she has been open about finding you boring since having kids but it is her social page and its better to just unfollow.

Those who constantly shout loudly are often the most unhappy inside. I have seen the same over compensation from single friends, married friends, pet lovers and mlm bots. They were all insecure and it was obvious so i wasnt surprised when i found out.

A decade ago the newly single me was just as insecure and behaving this way. It was only when i love the life genuinely that i stopped. Unfollow OP and then if she says directly to her again tell her you are happy with your life and glad she is too because there is nothing worse than regret.