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.

Oh ethel it's such a great feeling isn't it? I don't mind MN because it can be useful for advice and it's anonymous so there's not showboating. I have several whatsapp groups but only with family and real friends who I am genuinely interested in.

I have a couple of Facebook friends who frequently post about the memories their making. I have an overriding memory from my youth of the time my dad accidentally stood on a ham and pease pudding sandwich and had to effectively skate up the high street on it to stay upright. He also paid for me to go to Disneyworld but my memory of the sandwich is a lot clearer - you can't choose this stuff.

I'm finding 'doggo' a bit irritating at the moment, it's the canine equivalent of hubster in my mind

I hate when companies try to be 'friendly' it is so cringey. The worst companies are Innocent and Virgon trains, especially their utter shite repay service 'we get it. A delayed train is rubbish. Dinners get cold.' just give me my bloody money back.

Love the peas pudding skid image. Thanks for that!

Urgh I hate it too. Also, what does "living my best life" even mean? Does it come from that film 'a dog's purpose' where it shows you the multiple lives a dog lives and he describes one as his best life?? I don't get it.

BlueRoses28 oh me too, draws makes me really angry for some reason

I have never used the phrase making memories but as someone who has faced cancer and somebody who had no lovely childhood memories from her parents I can't really get riled by it.

There's always one

One of the FB faves that put the nail in the coffin for me(no pun intended) was when a 'friend', 'checked-in' to A&E on FB with a worried face. Cue several "Are you alright hun?" posts and the answer was????? "I don't want to talk about it!" FFS!

No YANBU.

"Little man" and "little lady" has to be the worst for me. In fact anything with "little" in front of it - "love my little family all the world"... oh just fuck off.

Date nights, play dates, making memories, having surgeries (when did it change from iterations?), so many I could think of. I'm easily irritated!

Some day you’ll wake up and realise that’s all there is, memories. And that it turns out making them was the most important thing in life. The saying won’t seem so twee or stupid then.

Oh God yes, 'date night' just gives me the rage! A friend of mine CONSTANTLY post this #datenight #hubs #hubster #lovesmahubby

If he's your husband then you're not bloody 'dating' him!

I have quite a few niggles with the idea of 'living a best life'. For a start, I'm pretty lazy. Things get done that need to get done, but on the whole I like loafing around. Living my 'best' life sounds as though it requires too much effort. For a start I have to put a lot of thought into what the 'best' consists of, and then I have to get off my arse and do it. Surely muddling through and having a bit of a laugh when possible is good enough?

Then there's an issue with whether living my 'best' life will impact on others' ability to live their 'best' lives. Most people have some responsibilities, children or elderly parents for instance, or friends whose lives we make a little easier by meeting up for coffee and hearing their woes. If my best life involves pissing off somewhere exotic for six months of the year then there are a whole load of people whose lives get just a little more difficult.

Also a major concern is how immediate a 'best' life seems to be. There doesn't seem to be a whole load of planning for old age or contingency for difficult times. Perhaps living a best life is just front-loading all the pleasure and storing up misery for later.

I may be over thinking this.

@Hideandgo I don’t think anyone is slagging off doing nice things and hoping your children have lovely memories of those nice things. It’s the taking photos every ten minutes of the nice thing you’re doing and, let’s be honest, doing the nice thing in the first place because you can take nice photos of it, and sharing it with everyone and telling them (in case they weren’t clear) what a lovely thing you were doing and what a great person you are by doing such wholesome, nice things for your kids.

‘Ahhhhhhh...’

That’s the contented sigh of one who does not do FB, insta, Twitter or any other rage inducing social media. You really should try it.

—or at least stop whinging about it on MN— 🤣

Wow so many miserable fucks.

Anything with a hashtag annoys me

Baylis yup, but ‘lil’ is 7527632 times worse

I think the trouble is, is that 'making memories' Has the same connotations as 'regimented fun'; the spontaneity and organic nature seems lost. It also.implies that all days out are go kid ng to be full of fun.and laughter, rather than a day filled with:"be careful", "what do you mean, you forgot the fucking picnic?", "can we please stop the whining?" And my favourite:"this is supposed to be fun."

ditto I just love the umbrella comment !
my theory is only people who have really dull lives post on facebook anyway...

have seen parents madly photographing children and then tapping away at phones...presumably posting making memories!
My theory is that people think they are somehow "broadcasting live" and are therefore famous/celebrities... kind of sad

People who say ‘cloth bum’ as in ‘we are going to cloth bum the baby’ meaning use reusable nappies. And boob, as a verb; to boob the baby. And anyone who refers to themselves as mummy to anyone except their actual child. You’re not my mummy.

Blended Family really grinds my gears. Absolutely nothing against step families, it's just those two words.

I twitch when I see the term “friendship group”. What happened to just having “friends” ?

Monkee4 I know someone just like that. Thinks she's Kate Bleedin Adie. Her month is made if the Fire Brigade appears in her street.