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AIBU to be cringed out by 'making memories'?

303 replies

Chickenwings85 · 27/08/2018 19:20

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.

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keyboardkate · 27/08/2018 21:35

Step away from FB and competitive SM. You have been warned, it ain't good for anything really!

(Except maybe tracking down the mistress/OW of your DP/DH in a pinch if all else fails!)

todayiwin · 27/08/2018 21:35

What actually is HUMP DAY?

Monkee4 · 27/08/2018 21:35

mmmm friendship group seems to be used in schools by teachers and pupils and I wish they wouldn't (the teachers I mean) If a child is excluded by a friendship group it feels a lot more painful than falling out with a friend or two. Don't know when this phrase started. I expect there's some teachers on here who will tell us

EgbertMustDie · 27/08/2018 21:38

This whole thread is queasy making

thenewaveragebear1983 · 27/08/2018 21:38

Hump day is Wednesday, eg you’re over the ‘hump’ of the Hill and more than halfway through the week. Hideous.

todayiwin · 27/08/2018 21:42

@thenewaveragebear1983 thanks for that, I've been sat quietly for months not knowing what the fuck it means Grin

Slarti · 27/08/2018 21:43

I was all for agreeing how cringeworthy a lot of these phrases are but after reading this thread I've realised to be so angry and worked up about them is worse. I mean, shouting CUNT at a screen and unfriending someone, "getting the rage" about a well meaning, albeit cringeworthy, phrase someone has written about their kids? It's all a bit unhinged.

MaryDollNesbitt · 27/08/2018 21:44

My teeth clench at 'literally'. Keyboard warrior types confusing their opinions for facts by adding an emphatic 'literally'. It gives me the silent rage. It makes me want to high-five them in the face with a fucking chair. Repeatedly.

Also cannot abide 'wifey', 'wifey points' or the shortening of words such as 'fam', 'totes', 'totes amaze', etc.

Monkee4 · 27/08/2018 21:44

could have been worse [crying]

RossandDemelza · 27/08/2018 21:49

Thought Hump Day was Shag Day or something... Blush

cheesemongery · 27/08/2018 21:49

hashtag drinking a fuckload of wine to forget the day, my kids, my job and my life.

Said nobody ever.

It's ace Grin

Getting a PM, then getting a public post to say - PM'd you hun xxxxxxx

Yeah I know, I'm ignoring you and trying to wipe you from my life. Attila.

Muddlingalongalone · 27/08/2018 21:53

@natwebb79 thank you for brightening up my corporate life for the next 6 months. Hate hate hate reaching out - will now sing that to myself until they move on to some other hideous toe curling phrase

DoveBlue · 27/08/2018 21:55

Oh I thought Hump day was 'shag night' I wondered why everyone was sharing this on FB hadn't even realised it was only on Wednesdays Blush

violet0805 · 27/08/2018 21:57

It's not a word or phrase, but the misuse of the word 'his' that really bloody grates on me. I don't even know why, it just makes me angry!

'His going to play football'

It's HE'S !!! I know it sounds petty but it just pisses me off.

Oh and 'perfect'

'Going for a walk then going to snuggle with my baby. Perfect' that kind of shit 😡

TheFormidableMrsC · 27/08/2018 21:59

I've got a lovely and much better deserving friend who's partner was/is cheating on her who is now deluging FB with pictures of him and their son with #myworld and #familymeansmost. My heart aches for her, but all she is going is showing the OW how insecure and hurt she is.

I also hate :

Hubby
Famalam
#livingmybestlife (unless used in humour when clearly you aren't)
#makingmemories (DS won't remember fuck all and DD hates me at the moment as she's at that age)
Holibobs
#thisone

However, everybody is different, just let it wash over you. Or block. Always block.

Donthugmeimscared · 27/08/2018 22:02

I find the over sharing a bit much just this morning one of my colleagues reported that he hasn't been able to get it up to all his followers. I know it's a medical problem but not sure fb is the best place to be sharing that kind of thing.

Donthugmeimscared · 27/08/2018 22:04

Chester draws always makes me smile though.

I do find social media is really bad for your mental state sometimes. Seeing all these people making amazing memories and I'm sat at home wondering what I can do with the kids with my last 50p before pay day. Then I remember it's all fake and stop worrying. My dd has completely come off of social media for a similar reason.

Electrack · 27/08/2018 22:05

No one, absolutely no one should use the word yummy

Fluffiest · 27/08/2018 22:07

Oh dear, I've used a fair few of these. Called DH 'this guy' on FB and referred to DD as 'Little Miss' too. I swear I don't mean to brag, in my head they are just short informal captions to share happy things with my friends.

I also don't mind people making memories or having cheeky wines or expressing love to their family. I like twee/cheesy/simple fun.

And I don't know what you expect people to put on FB if it's not highlights from their day??

ChimesOnSundayMorn · 27/08/2018 22:08

#goals. A friend actually puts #couplegoals on her own pictures. I think we're supposed to want a marriage like hers. Absolutely cringe.

pangolina · 27/08/2018 22:12

This one
Bliss
#blessed
Love you to the moon and back
Living my best life (which seems to have replaced 'loving life' from a few years ago)

What annoys me is people just talking in a few meaningless catchphrases rather than writing something meaningful about this supposed best day of their life or these amazing new memories they've created.

Grump grump grump

SuperSuperSuper · 27/08/2018 22:14

Wine o'clock. Memes about women drinking wine.

And I'm glad that nom nom nom seems to have gone out of fashion.

ThanksHunkyJesus · 27/08/2018 22:15

Do memories only count if the children remember them? Aren't parents allowed to make memories to remember themselves?

Mummymummums · 27/08/2018 22:17

Feeling blessed makes me cringe. Soooooo smug

TheFormidableMrsC · 27/08/2018 22:18

Nom. Just no.

I find it a bit hard to criticise all of this because those I know who do it are perfectly decent human beings, fab parents etc...I just think it's a "thing". I still can't get past "hubby" though. OW does this..."my hubby this, my hubby that" except my ex-h can never be her "hubby" as she'd lose her firefighter's widow's pension and he's clearly not important enough to have that role beyond Facebook Smile