to think everyone else is out there having a good time and I'm not ?

[Peachsnowpop]

Looking on facebook all my friends (acquaintances) seems to either be at weddings, 40/50th birthday celebrations, flying off to Florida or other lovely places or just generally having a great time with friends/groups .... and then there's me. I'm married with 3 child and have a very very small group of friends. But none of them have upcoming landmark birthdays, will be getting married or are a group that i can arrange days out with the children. They are good friends that i go out with and have a laugh and enjoy, we have a holiday planned this year together.

I just feel so worn down by the general humdrum of every day life. We (my H and our children) don't do a lot as i have 2 SEN children who refuse to go out on most days/week-ends and there is always so much to do indoors (tidying/washing/food shop/school homework/visit parents). We have a few things planned/booked as a family for this year yet everyone else seems to be having a whale of time every single week-end.

The old 'FOMO' (fear of missing out). I think most people suffer from it OP.

I know so many people whose fb life is somewhat different to the actuality. Most people simply don't post the boring stuff. I very rarely post much these days. Although I do have a private album with a friend that we use for pics when we have days out with dcs. It simply acts like a cloud to save photos 'just in case'.

The food photo/toilet selfie thing drives me nuts (also hate photos of me) and unless my food is doing something amazing i am not going to take a pic of it. I don't know what to suggest to get your friends to stop, apart from maybe a jokey comment.

I know several people who are having a shit time with their family but you'd never know from their social media - it's such bollocks.