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

[Drogosnextwife]

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.

Ah yes, the image of injecting something into your veins to get high is hilarious, you are right. Congratulations on your witty sense of humour 😂

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

Ok, if they were remotely “concerned” about your alleged drug abuse then your aunts daughter would have pm’d or texted you the “my mum ain’t done nothing”, not put it up as an attention seeking status post.

Drama llamas! The lot of them!

Also your Aunt really isn’t a psychic for guessing you were pregnant. If you are female, recently married or over 30 it is something that relatives with little else in their lives go onto high alert mode for any signs.

[Patroclus]

You seem to be hinting you're in the Kray gang

[Patroclus]

hah the drama queens on here. Oh dear lord, you met a junkie once, you're the authority.

[dentydown]

I had this quite recently on Facebook. My partner went abroad with a friend and his son. Every time he went somewhere nice he would tag me so it would highlight in my feed and I could show the kids where there dad was.
Rumblings started. Posts about mums abandoning the kids. I twigged they thought I was with my partner and left the kids to fend for themselves or something. I put a crudely Microsoft paint image of myself and my partner in front of a waterfall. It was so bad I had a white halo around me and I was bigger than my partner.

My dad got a phone call the same day. “Is Denty in a foreign country? Where are the kids?, who is looking after them?”

My dad told them I had just made him a cup of tea and the kids were in school!

[Dillydallyingthrough]

YANBU OP I'm not sure pp are actually reading your OP. Your aunt lied about it being in a drugs forum!! No confusion she just made it up.

The phrase as explained by many pp has been used for ages.

Also use SM for whatever you want, I'm assuming you have friends on there that you want to keep updated about your life, likes, hates and everything else in between! It not the fact you used SM that's the issue its the shit stirring lying aunt.

[1forAll74]

I wouldn't call family thick,, just stupid and inane.. And best that you don't keep using facebook or other things as such, what is the point of it all ?

[wildchild554]

Keep her off your facebook and block her, ou don't need the drama, have had to do similar. A word of warning though, is she the type to put in a false report against you to social services? I only ask as I know people who would and do unfortunately. If so keep the post as proof to show them if nesessary and they may request a drugs test etc. Not trying to scare you but just something to keep in mind.

[ChardonnaysDistantCousin]

You posted a tasteless comment, they overreacted.

You’re even now, I would think.

Let it go.

[youarenotkiddingme]

I'd be tempted to put in the comments something like

"Can I just reassure everyone this post was just me getting excited about Christmas. But thanks for all the concerned calls about me being on drugs and to those embellishing stating I'm on drug pages. It's made me feel both loved and totally bemused 🤪"

[Loubylouchirino]

I have a lot of relatives on a restricted list. I posted about four years ago to say I’d decided to go down to London for a few drinks. Both my brother and his wife saw it and messaged my mum to tell her (I was 36 at the time) and expressed their dismay at me going out for the day YET AGAIN and they thought that with me being a student teacher at the time, I should maybe rein in my extravagance.

I was going with my mum 🙄

[nuxe1984]

Ignore the aunt. She likes to be the centre of attention ... even to the extent of making up stories and lying.

[Loubylouchirino]

And YANBU btw.

[FelicisNox]

Your aunt has lied knowing full well you won't challenge her..... so challenge her.

Screen shot your original post, make sure you can see it's on your page then post it again to your FB page saying:

I posted this on ...... date. As you can all clearly see, it was posted to MY Facebook book page and it is clearly about SHOPPING, yet for some reason a family member has seen fit to tell other members of my family that I posted this to a DRUGS related group and that I'm an addict??

I have a confession... I AM an addict.

I'm addicted to SHOPPING. As the saying goes, if you've nothing nice to say.....

The only people who need help are those that have nothing better to do than invent stories about others to fill their time. I should be angry but now I've reassured my grandmother that I'm not in need of rehab and I managed to locate my sense of humour I'm happy to let the situation drop.

I suggest my "family" does the same.

Do it at your grans, read it to her and make it clear you'd rather not engage but you feel it necessary to defend yourself because if your aunt is brassy enough to lie to her, lord knows who else she's told.

It will also give you the chance to see if they ring her again once they see your post and to see if they cut your post short and tell her you've owned up to being an addict, that way you will both have caught them red handed. 😉

Facebook, like MN is not the problem (as a platform) it's the people who abuse it.

[katewhinesalot]

Just laugh at her antics with your nan. The more she does the louder you can laugh. It's all so ridiculous and you are feeding her drama by reacting.

[Krisskrosskiss]

Ignore all the people saying to leave facebook. If someone shouted at you in the street they wouldnt tell you you just shouldnt go outside! Social media is a part of peoples lives now... it's not your responsibility if someone else acts like a nut case towards you online. You did not bring it on yourself. Just block and dont engage with this people. They sound unhinged.
I had to block an aunt who was a big drinker from my fb. She just kept making bat shit offensive comments under all my posts so I just blocked her. Life is too short to worry about bitter petty people. Just because its family does not give them the right to insult you or insinuate anything about you publicly.
I'd just try and put it from your mind and keep her blocked. You dont owe anyone an explanation. People who actually know you will know it's ridiculous and I'm willing to bet anyone who actually knows her will also have a suspicion its total bollocks as she sounds like somewhat of a drama llama!

[Figamol]

Yup - I deleted all family off my Facebook. Otherwise bizarre things like this happen and relationships get ruined. Suggest you do the same and explain nicely in the same way I did.

[NotBeforeCoffee]

This is all so pathetic

[Opheliasgoldenwine]

On a side note, am I the only one who can't stand it when people post things like that. Just bloody message them!

[OhLookHeKickedTheBall]

Your great aunt would do fits over me. I regularly post about needing my fix of B12

[GreyGardens88]

I try to not to have family members on FB/spcial media they just use it to shit stir

[mumfrommanila]

This did make me laugh! Christ OP think they’ve got too much time on their hands

[TumblingTumbleWeeds]

My son does things such as your nan's sister. Here's an example: I told him once I was 'taking the gloves off' with someone over a legal issue. I was lawyering-up as they say. Anyway he told this person I was planning to fist fight with them! I was 60 yrs old at the time and I'm disabled. I have never got into a physical altercation with anyone before yet he believed I was going to have fisticuffs with this much bigger, much younger person!? AND TOLD THEM SO.

He had a learning disorder as a child. Although it seems as if he is fine now he has poor perception, not to mention poor judgement....loyalty....empathy....

[LuckyLou7]

Oh FFS it's a quote from The Simpsons when Barney wins some alcohol

Why has only one other poster realised this?

[Nicolastuffedone]

How did your relative (aunt/cousin) think you’d posted on a drug support group page and not Facebook??