AIBU to be cringed out by 'making memories'?

[Chickenwings85]

What sayings cringe you out? Mine just recently is 'making memories' I absolute cringe so hard when I see it all over Facebook and Instagram.

Mothers referring to their daughters on fb as Miss (insert first name). Why so formal all of a sudden? It’s ridiculous.

Miss Evie lost her first tooth today! #missevie #growinguptoofast

We took our children to the seaside last week. The toddler had a bloody brilliant time and has not stopped talking about it. Because a bird pooed on my head, and a bit splashed on her toy dog, who had to go IN THE WASH. A lot of my childhood memories revolve around my sister getting car sick.

I only really think of living my best life in a sarcastic context, when I’m eating my toddler’s leftovers while my baby wipes snot on my neck.

I do hate ‘these two though’. And love you to the moon and back makes it really hard to deliver that line with any conviction, and it’s a nice book.

I know a lot of musicians, performers, and freelancers who use #todaysoffice a lot. I’ve always found it maddening, particularly when standing in a freezing cold field trying to set up my own office at 6am.

'Daddy Daycare' (of a father looking after his own children: )

YAAAAAAS!

Yes. To all of these.

The word "dream" put in front of house/job/wedding

My one is on mumsnet

The people that write, ‘ok I’ll bite’ before their post.

Just fuck off.

One of my school colleagues got bullied really badly at school then got out and got himself a really well paid career. He and his (younger, incredibly put together) wife seem to spend all their free time spamming up FB with all that #thesetwothough #makingmemories #blessed shite, and also asking for recommendations for things that very few of our ex school colleagues would ever need like hot tub fitters and insurance brokers for extremely fast and expensive cars. It is annoying but at the same time I do hope that the people that bullied him are reading that stuff and feeling jealous as hell.

*That is what people are doing though isn't it? confused (making memories.....)
Parents have always been making memories for the kids, they just didnt make a song and dance bout it like this attention seeking FB generation. To me the people I see who are posting this are the ' look at me, I parent better than you' smug types.
The only time I feel it's ok is as others have said is if a life ending or life changing event us about to happen, not a typical run of the mill day out in the school holidays.

I have a friend that posts every meal near enough with at least 6 hashtag.
#mmmmhomenade
#familytimeatours
#riastchicken
#makingmemorieswithfuckinggravy (made that one up)
#lovinlifeandchicken

Well, I don't spend much time on Facebook, and the friends I have are likely to take the piss out of this sort of thing. You choose what to look at, and whose company to keep, so you could populate your feed with people making lefty feminist comments if that's what you prefer.

Occasionally, I look at pics and think "I wish I was doing that". But I quite like looking at friends' pics a lot of the time. We are very lucky to be living in a photogenic place, I haven't got into the habit of whipping out the phone all the time.

I don't altogether mind #making memories though I don't use it myself. The thing is, we are all dying, life is a terminal condition. I have a long term health condition, my mum died when she was 7 years older than I am now. There is that song "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think", well that applies to the human condition really.

I genuinely think that for some people, things they have done don't seem 'real' unless they have shared them on social media. I was very amused when I went out for a lovely evening with friends of friends recently, they were all taking a million photos and immediately putting them on facebook. They were slightly surprised that I'm not on Facebook and they couldn't tag me or whatever it is that you do.
I was there, I saw all the things you took pictures of, I can remember them quite well

I don't see any of this shit on my FB - you all need to get busy unfriending, and picking your friends better in the first place

Otherwise you're only encouraging it.

here It's not making memories that is the problem, we are all making memories every day, some good, some awful and most mediocre and dull. It's posting it on social media that irritates and grates.

When women describe themselves as a Mama Bear, it makes my eye twitch.

Add that to #blessed, #making memories, #hubster #my rock and so on and it's amazing that I can see straight.

Making memories/ feeling blessed. Also hate 'date night' - why does going out with someone you are in a relationship with need a label ?

Again I don't use the phrase date night ( I think) . But I have seen friends use it and it has prompted me to think " DH and I have not had time on out own for a long time and we need to make an effort".

I don't think there is anything wrong in couples trying to prioritise their time with each other

I don't like and have never used any of the cutesy guff mentioned in this thread but I do love FB, and I do get so annoyed with the smug self-satisfied ones going "oh, you use FACEBOOK? I would never do that..". Like it makes them more intellectual, or moral, or busy, or something...

Yes I use FB, I have few friends and no family in the country where I live and I know that many people like to see pictures of my children and news about them. My DH has an interesting hobby in which he makes things which are of interest to a number of people we know, and I put up pics of those too. If you don't want to see my FB feed just block or unfriend! I am not foisting myself on anyone, it's your choice if you are interested in my snaps or not.

PS I also love having the litle windows into other people's lives. Sure I know they are curating their feed, as am I, and are not going to put up pics of the bad times etc, but we all know that. I have FB friends all over the world (I grew up in a place a lot of people emigrated from), some I have not seen in over 45 years and it is so interesting to see what has happened to them and their lives. Also the memorial pages for those who are no longer with us, with people sharing univerity pictures and memories etc.

"You've got this"

What does that even mean?? Where did it come from? It's so annoying.

Hubster
#toddlersofinstagram
Hashtagging details about their kids' clothing (#scandifashion #bodenbaby #jacadi etc)
Fam-bam
Omnomnom
Holibobs
Love you to the moon and back
Fur baby
'That moment when'
#liveinthemoment
#travelinfam
#onfire
#winning
#bethechange
#myofficeview
'Life is too short to...'

I could probably think of about 15 more given another 5 minutes.

Omnomnom - gives me the rage

I hate all of @Linguaphile’s list. Also hash tags for EVERYTHING. I have two friends who add at least 6 hash tags after every update. One even sends me texts saying mundane things like going to Tesco but it become #supermarketsweep #greatdeals

That and posting photos of their meals. That’s just weird when it’s a daily occurrence.

A mother on my Facebook is so obsessed with ‘natural parenting’ that she’s taken away her kids bed frames and left them to sleep on the mattresses. They’re 1 and 4

Oh, oh I've got a good one!

So in Glasgow a "hun" is a derogatory term for a Protestant/Rangers supporter/Tory/Vote No. And the high street fashion stores sell lots of t-shirts/swimming costumes etc with the slogan "U OK Hun". AND grown woman on my feed (now hidden) wear these garments with one of those I'm so sweet, look at me, but of I'm being a tiny bit witty smiles and post such photos whenever Rangers get beat.

I mean, it's oddly intriguing. Where would you find the time?!