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To wonder why people have to post on Fb when they are on holiday?

211 replies

Lovemusic33 · 05/06/2019 15:51

I mean FFS enjoy your holiday and step away from your phone / social media.

So, a relative is on holiday, somewhere really expensive, hot, all inclusive (yes I’m jealous), they go on holiday quite a lot. I have had to look at every meal they have eaten, every trip they have been on, every cocktail they have had and photos of every waiter that has served them. I mean, surely if your on holiday you should be having fun and not sat on your phone taking photos of every morsel of food you eat??

And before anyone suggests I hide their profile, I just have 😁, I’m just miffed at why someone would be on Fb all day whilst on holiday?

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Aragog · 05/06/2019 18:17

I mean FFS enjoy your holiday and step away from your phone / social media.

For some people having their phone in their hand whilst sunbathing is their way of relaxing, just like for some it is reading a book or listening to music.

Posting on SM takes approximately 30 seconds - click FB (or whatever app), click on box - type message, click another box to add a photo and press send.

I use FB to store some of my snaps on holiday, those I don't have on my proper camera. Teen DD normally creates us a shared album to add photos too, so she has copies of mine too if she wants. I will add photographs at times, and then often remove them from my phone. I download the FB album when I get home to store on my computer with the rest of my photographs. Its been a handy way to share photographs with closer family and friends whilst away - I normally warn people in advance when we start the holiday and remind them they can hide/unfollow me for a while.

I quite like the people I have as friends on FB. I like seeing what they are up to. It often gives me good ideas of where I might like to visit in the future too.

I have yet to go on any holiday, regardless of its nature, length or location, where I haven't had at least the odd 10 minutes of free sitting around time. I mean, seriously, you'd have to be doing something pretty out there to never get any spare time whilst on a week or two's holiday! Infact I often have more time on a holiday to do my own thing than I do on a normal week day with work, etc.

LagunaBubbles · 05/06/2019 18:18

I don't consider my life perfect but Im happily married, have a job I get immense satisfaction from and have good relationships with all my children. We go on great holidays. And I post pictures of them because I want to. Couldn't give a shit if people think my life is rosy or not.

Aragog · 05/06/2019 18:18

I use it as a sort of online diary.

Its also nice when the reminders come up on 'memories' in future years too.

exLtEveDallas · 05/06/2019 18:21

I post more on holiday than I do when I'm back home - because I have an extra 8 hours a day in which to do so. I like FB and like the way I use it, if any of my friends don't, they are of course welcome to unfriend or unfollow me - I won't take offence.

Sounds like my perfect holiday - sun, sun lounger, cocktails and meals...what's not to like?

Musicalstatues · 05/06/2019 18:21

I’ve never understood posts like this. Surely sharing what you’re up to is pretty much the whole point of fb and other social media?
I use it a lot. I post pics when I’m on holiday. I love taking food pictures! It takes seconds to take a picture and upload it although I usually just upload a batch every few days when we’re away. I’m not at all spending my holiday glued to Facebook.

I love that it stores memories for me to look back through. I’m not bothered by whether other people are acknowledging my photos in any way but I’m sure that some people are interested and look and others have no interest and scroll on by - exactly as I do. If I’m interested I look, if I’m not I don’t. But I do generally love other people’s holiday photos too!

Out of interest if you don’t think people should post about fun things they’re doing then what exactly DO you think they should be posting about?

Lweji · 05/06/2019 18:21

I'm ok with people posting interesting photos of their holidays. Maybe I'll find it interesting enough or good enough to go too.
Food, beer, patches of sand, not so much.

Delamalama · 05/06/2019 18:22

I think it's nice to see photos of where they are, however one friend puts every bloody cup of coffee, the name of the person she's with even if they aren't on facebook then at the end of her holiday how very sad she is it's over. She is rather needy though so we let her off, bless.
Another friend appears to have a poor child who is severely constipated, that or she makes him smile for photos ALL the time #makingmemories

Thecatspyjamas27 · 05/06/2019 18:28

If it's a lazy holiday and you're lounging about I don't see why you'd not look on social media? I read books, posted on fb and looked on Mumsnet loads from the comfort of the sun lounger on my holiday. Bit different if you're on an activity holiday i guess.

Not sure why it bothers you. You can always unfollow

JacquesHammer · 05/06/2019 18:29

She is rather needy though so we let her off, bless

Wow she’s SO lucky to have you Confused

Gth1234 · 05/06/2019 18:29

They probably hope to get burgled

exLtEveDallas · 05/06/2019 18:32

Yeah I don't get the 'burgled' thing.

I know every single person on my friends list. Very few of them know my address, and those that do are close enough for me to know that they aren't thieves.

So how is my posting on FB going to make me more likely to be burgled?

Lweji · 05/06/2019 18:32

They probably hope to get burgled

That's the most only sensible thing you've written all week.

MorondelaFrontera · 05/06/2019 18:35

So how is my posting on FB going to make me more likely to be burgled?

If anyone from my friend list decide to burglar me whilst I am on holiday, they might as well do it when we are both at work all day and the house is just as empty anyway!

People who put their home address in big on their suitcases on the other hand....

LadyRannaldini · 05/06/2019 18:39

Because they are utterly boring, if I were eating a meal and my OH started to take photos of it he would be wearing it! They are so caught up their pathetic existance they think others are interested!
I'd be tempted to send a message about the suspicious characters you've seen lurking near their house,

Poochnewbie · 05/06/2019 18:44

Wow LadyRannaldini - you’re a total joy! Hmm

TheFatberg · 05/06/2019 18:45

Get Google photos if you want somewhere to store pictures and you can easily share with people too. Plus it saves storage on your phone.

Aragog · 05/06/2019 18:45

They probably hope to get burgled

Why would your friends or family break in to your home and take things?
And any friends of friends on SM are extremely unlikely to know the address, or know if there was anyone else at home, suh as an older child, a house sitter, etc.

Cherrysoup · 05/06/2019 18:45

Blimey! I have more time to piss round on social media when I’m on holiday. Surely the whole point is that you have time to catch up with friends, relax, drink cocktails 🍸 and update your Insta? 😂

Aragog · 05/06/2019 18:46

Get Google photos
But why when I already have an app that can do it just as easily for me, without downloading anything new? I use my own computer at home to store things permanently, with a proper back up system in place.

MorondelaFrontera · 05/06/2019 18:47

They are so caught up their pathetic existance they think others are interested!

if others notice and waste time being bothered about it, they can't be that fulfilled themselves Grin

UnaCorda · 05/06/2019 18:49

Some people go on holiday on their own. It's something to do while you're eating or lying by the pool if you don't feel like reading a book.

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sonjadog · 05/06/2019 20:18

I love looking at other people´s photos, even those of what they are eating! And I love Facebook in general as it enables me to keep in touch with friends all over the world and gives me glimpses into their lives. I find it makes for more meaningful conversations when we do get to meet in person as we aren't spending a long time filling each other in on what we've been doing.

I like looking at fb when having down time on holiday between the day´s and the evening´s activities, and I might post a photo or two then. But I'm certainly not on it all day.

BossAssBitch · 05/06/2019 20:32

I find it’s always those who shouldn’t be on Facebook that seem to be obsessed with looking on it. Those people who have low self esteem, who are jealous and insecure, it’s like picking a scab and not letting it heal. I have a friend who gets terribly down and envious over what others post online. She isn’t happy with her life, and the seemingly perfect lives of others makes her feel terrible. I tell her not to look but she can’t seem to help herself. It’s like self harm!

I’m very happy with my life but I don’t post very often as I don’t want to rub my happiness into other’s faces, I know how jealous people can be which is sad really. I do occasionally post a photo or two from holiday but never of my dinner or waiting staff, how boring!

bibbitybobbityyhat · 05/06/2019 20:38

I might post one or two photos to FB when I'm on holiday, but then again I might not.

I post something approx once or twice a month in the general scheme of things - so that might coincide with holidays.

If someone I knew was posting several times a day (holiday or not) I would block them. Such an easy 1 click process, even for a technophobe like me.