I've recently moved to a village and joined the facebook group for the new build estate I'm on. It was meant to be a place for the community to share ideas, organise events etc. Instead it's full of passive aggressive sniping about bins and parking. Even if I know it's not about me, I get really anxious and paranoid. I suffer from anxiety and one poster said that someone on our street had put rubbish in her bin and she was going to march round and knock on their door! It was not me, but I felt really on edge.
Yesterday we hired a carpet cleaner and while the carpet dried, we let the dog into the garden and nipped out to the shop. We were just over half an hour and the dog must've started barking. My dd, 13, was at home but didn't think to let him in
I then get a notification on Facebook and someone on the group has posted about a dog barking every day on our street - the poor thing is outside all the time.... it was our dog as there aren't any other dogs on our end of the street.
Dp works from home, the dog is never alone and is usually in the house! Today he went out to play and barked a little, but the door was open for him to come back in and he wasn't distressed! We are conscious not to disturb neighbours and he does not spend much time in the garden - maybe twice a day. He doesn't usually bark out there either. So this was clearly made up! I was upset as three people posted sad faces - as if our lovely dog was somehow neglected.
Dp posted that this wasn't a frequent occurrence at all and explained about the carpet cleaner and when I phoned dd, she let him in. I appreciate a barking dog can be annoying, but it seems that rather than speaking to neighbours, people are posting passive aggressive complaints on this group and exaggerating matters to boot.
I left the group as I decided it was having a negative effect on my anxiety. AIBU to find these groups very petty?