To think my family are extremely thick and full of bullshit?!

[Bfne]

(Extended family).

A few retailers have released some of their Christmas collections online recently and I screenshot it and added it to my Facebook story with a caption of "Inject it into my veins 😍"

I posted that at around 8.30 last night. This morning I got a text from my Nan saying can she call, she's worried.

According to her sister, I had posted on an anonymous help forum about drug addiction and that I was feeling the urge to 'inject into my veins'

She then went on to say that I wouldn't know she'd seen it since I thought it was a private Facebook group but actually it was public.

All a load of bollocks. Firstly I have a very mundane existence. Not ever taken so much as a puff from a cigarette. Secondly, similar has happened throughout my life since having FB from 5 years ago but nothing to this scale, at all.

For example, my Nan's sister knew I was pregnant before I told anyone. She guessed because she said to my Nan she'd noticed a distinctive increase in 'baby themed' shares on Facebook. She was actually right, I was pregnant! She told my Nan and Mum she was sure I was pregnant. I wasn't saying yet due to a lot of loss previously.

Anyway, this evening I deleted her from my FB.
I saw 15 minutes later a status post from one of her daughters saying "If you need help there's no point in hiding! Sort yourself out love and come clean! My mum ain't done anything but try to help"

I don't know what to do. I feel so extremely angry but also quite amused that it's gone this far. It's all so strange and ridiculous.

AIBU to say their bloody bonkers and liars after some drama?

How do I go from here? This aunt of mine
Has a big presence within that side of the family and can stir up some proper shit if she feels like it. Luckily enough they live in East London and I'm away. Still south east but not near there.

I'm a boring mum of 1 with a good job, husband and peaceful life. I've never, ever, taken drugs in my life ffs. Now this?!

I feel like I've been tarnished. My Nan is furious with her sister and is screaming she has no right. My Nan is a very big presence also with a lot of 'respect' and genuinely adored by everyone for her selflessness and warmth, and
ability to stay out of drama

[Damntheman]

Oh man OP how ridiculous! I feel for you. I'd not block them or delete them - that just causes more drama. But you CAN restrict them, put them on the restrict list then set all your posts going forward to "just my friends except list'. Then they won't be able to shit stir but will still be your fb friends.

[SweatyUnderboob]

"Is posting about something you'd like to buy 'sharing every small detail of your life'?"

Err, no, but a relative correctly guessing a pregnancy from an increase in baby related posts suggests to me people are putting a bit too much of themselves into it.

[Anniegetyourgun]

Getting a bit worried because you misunderstood what seemed to be a drug comment is one thing. Pretending you saw it on "an anonymous forum about drug addiction" rather than your family FB group is quite another. (It's got to be pretending, surely? Unless she's an extremely confused person, which presumably OP would know.) Likewise, messaging to ask if you need any help or support could be "trying to help", whilst passing it on, with the above embellishment, to another family member who may be relied upon to worry is not helpful at all.

[Bentoforthehorde]

In my early twenties I once posted a photo of a bacon sandwich on facebook and a busybody aunt (who I dont actually even see) called my grandmother to talk about the amount of bacon in that sandwich, I shit you not. She saw a photo of a bacon sandwich and felt the need to speak to my grandmother about it.
I'm now mid 30s with 4 children and pretty much the only things I post on facebook are gardening and bento photos, it is a nice quiet social media life for me and honestly I do not miss it at all.
I get it OP. Lots of people dont have family on facebook or have them restricted in some way. Not all of us have pleasant relatives etc. They're all just human after all so not any stranger at all to have family who are liars/dramatic/rude than it is to have friendly/loving/calm ones. Some are luckier than others I guess.

[Bfne]

However, I think you're being a bit silly to be reacting so badly towards this. It's a silly, random accusation that really deserves very little more than amusement. To think that you've been 'tarnished' in some way is a little overdramatic. And a bit stigmatising towards drug users too, really.

It's a silly accusation that is huge. Stigmatising towards drug users? I must live quite a sheltered life but I can think of only one drug you inject into your veins. Of course it would be a red alert if I was doing that! I have a toddler ffs

[NotQuiteUsual]

You're missing a trick. If anyoen think you're struggling with addiction, you have an instant get out of family commitments you cba with.

[FrauHaribo]

You did post an awfully stupid post.

Your family read it in an equally stupid way.

Just post - Oh how funny, I made a joke about Christmas shopping and the family think I'm on drugs!
So funny, ha ha.

that.

[toomuchtooold]

You know the worst thing is that you're now the family addict. There's nothing you can do about it. If you try and explain, they'll say that's your denial talking. If you stay quiet, it's because they were right. 10 years' time you'll be there for Christmas or whatever, you go to the toilet they'll be checking for powder round your nose...

[LochJessMonster]

YABU
I don't really know why you didn't simply text back and explain?
Its was a misunderstanding that you could have cleared up within minutes.

You've made this into a huge thing. Do you secretly like being the centre of family drama?

[Zaphodsotherhead]

I don't think it's generational - does nobody say when someone offers them a coffee when they are tired 'can't you just set up a drip?' That's been around as long as hospitals (and coffee), hasn't it? It's a standard joke.

And yes, I think your family are massively searching for something to worry about, and it might be you...

[LightDrizzle]

You are overreacting to the drug thing, it was ridiculous of them but so ridiculous it is funny and at aunt's expense. I'd definitely have replied on Facebook with crying with laughter emojis, and something like "Aunties eh? Got to love them! - Aunty just how do you think I'm going to inject Christmas themed table mats and coasters into my veins? - Note to self - no references to being addicted to chocolate/feeling on a high/bingeing/ post holiday crashes ...."
You can't complain that the pregnancy guess makes her thick, - surely in that instance she was rather perspicacious?!
A step back from Facebook sounds like a good idea. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[Mummyoflittledragon]

You have deleted your great aunt for misinterpreting a post instead of clearing it up. It is no surprise her daughter has now contacted you. Deleting a family member is being seen as suspicious. We aren’t all in the 18-30 age bracket and I certainly have never heard of this expression. If my daughter acted the way you have, I’d be very embarrassed. All you needed to do is send a “lol great aunt it’s just an expression meaning I love the products and nothing to do with drugs. I’m sorry to have given you a fright x.” I don’t think your family are thick at all.

[DerbyshireGirly]

This is hilarious, I love it.

[BertrandRussell]

It’s not funny. It’s vile and tasteless.

[HavelockVetinari]

YANBU, and I genuinely can't believe that ANYONE would think YABU! MN is properly bonkers sometimes.

Your family sound either very lacking in brains, or shit-stirrers extraordinaire.

[PettyContractor]

Oh for God's sake, it's supposed to be a humorous exaggeration.

I've never heard this as a figure of speech. Even though it was explained in advance what she meant, it still doesn't really make sense. A catalog of Christmas items being injected into your veins doesn't really work as a metaphor. I'm probably still not getting how this expression is supposed to work.

It's a horrible expression anyway, it makes no sense to conjure up the image of a junkie to express a positive emotion.

[PettyContractor]

Inject it into my veins is a funny comment and a lot of people on social media use this term. Honestly the ones who are calling it tacky are you boring as your personalities? Stop being old drips.

What the phrase conjures up for me is the memory from when I was 22 of my housemates brother. Only met him once when he came to the house when there was no-one else there. He had that kind of white thin look such that anyone walking down the street would have known at a single glance he was a junkie. He seemed a nervous and fragile individual, hands and voice shook as he spoke. He died of an overdose a couple of months after that.

Hiliarious.

[listsandbudgets]

If I saw my half sister posting that (she's about your age OP) I'd also be concerned . I would have absolutely no idea what she was going on about and may well send her a quick message to check everything was alright

I don't like it as an expression but then I'm much older than you and I'm sure I used expressions in my late teens / early 20s that caused consternation among my older relatives. Social media wasnt as prevelant then so it probably wouldn't have been picked up on in the same way.

What was this product (I could just about understand if it was coffee - I've always thought this would be best served via an IV drip

[Mummyoflittledragon]

@HavelockVetinari
You must be lacking in imagination then. Because I think it’s a horrible expression. That doesn’t make me bonkers or lacking in brains. That makes me probably older than you with a lot of life experience.

[Sagradafamiliar]

Talk about projecting, petty.

Yanbu OP. Anonymous public drug help forum for fucks sake 😂 your family shouldn't be let loose on FB. This is why I'm not on it anymore (one reason anyway). Family members/any old idiot left alone for more than two minutes can muster up draaaama out of nothing as they use it as entertainment. 'Hope it snows this year'= massive coke addiction?

[PerfectPenquins]

She sounds bored and thick tbh when it's clearly tagged to a christmas theme post or whatever it's pretty obvious it's not about drugs. Lieing though and claiming you posted on a drug abuse page- that would have me fuming I'd tell her to get a grip and get her own life instead of making up shit about people.

[Ringdonna]

Is this Eastenders?

[Lweji]

Are you surprised that your nan and her sister aren't up to speed with expressions like "Inject it into my veins" used in a different context to using drugs?

[Unknownanon]

Yanbu.

Phrase wise, my nieces and nephew have used it in regards to chocolate, gin anc sunshine bizarrely so it wouldn't phase me.

Deleting aunt was a mistake, you fed the drama and her shit stirring kids. Plus you make it look like you have something to hide.

The aunt is a shit stirrer and nasty to upset your nan and have her ringing you in concern. She lied about where she saw your comment to stir up drama and make out you have a problem. If she said it was on Facebook, most people would have told her she probably has the wrong end of the stick. Best way to deal with people like that is laugh it off and shake your head "not sure why aunt is looking at anon drug pages nan, that's worrying isnt it? My comment was on Facebook, she's obviously confused. I wonder why she is trawling those sites though?

The pregnancy thing...It's normal for loads of people to say they guessed already. Given your aunt is attention seeker it wouldn't have mattered if you'd posted nothing.