To ask if you think people are genuinely happy on Facebook?

[HippyHappyGal]

Posted a few happy photos of myself and DP earlier and my sister said 'You do realise most people are going to think your relationship is on the rocks now right?" She was joking when she said it but is that what people think when they automatically see a happy couple photo?!

Depends if you know the couple well or not doesn't it?

I have a colleague who posts cloying crap all the time and I know her husband beats her senselessly regularly.

On the other hand, I also have a really cutsie couple who just gush about everything, she is one of lifes truly happy people, always sunshine in her life and glass totally full. She takes enjoyment in everything.

However, FB is what people want to project to the world, some use it as a diary, some use it to attention seek.

I think people who post occasional photos of a good day out are doing just that.

I do wonder about people who regularly post stuff about how amazingly happy they are/how wonderful DH is though. Anyone who posts a lot TBH. I think if you're genuinely loving life you're off doing that, not posting continuously.

It's just posting a pic for most. That's it. I share pictures of bumblebees from my garden. Does it mean I am pretending my garden always have bumblebees and nothing ever pisses me off on it? No. It means I saw a pretty bumblbee and I want to share the fluffy chubster with my few facebook friends.

I found that the secret to happy life on facebook is to only have people you know and like and who know like you

If people are posting frequently about how much they love each other and gushy rubbish I tend to think all may not be well. If it's the odd picture it's nice.

I enjoy facebook because I don't get involved in petty bitching or arguments and just post pictures of my cat.

Brexit, elections, religion - I never participate.

Its a great way of catching up with people I don't see much.

I’m on a single parents group on Facebook and they insist that all couples are utterly miserable and any pics they put up is just to pretend they are happy 😂

DP and I post a fair bit. We would probably be seen as a couple who are secretly very unhappy. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have a lovely and strong relationship

I wouldn’t think you were on the rocks, but would think you were a bit insecure/attention-seeking.

Depends on the post. I think photos of couples out and about are fine. Photos of couples kissing or gushy status posts always make me think people have something to prove.

Couples that post to each other, while with each other, I think are definitely in trouble. Then they love each others posts. Within seconds. (I'm talking 50 year olds, not teens)

Very odd.

Just have a conversation with your DH/DW, they are sitting on the sofa/in the restaurant/on holiday, NEXT TO YOU! Sorry to shout!

Describing a bumblebee as a fluffy chubster is absolutely adorable, literally scrolling through a bunch of bumblebee insta posts right now 😂

A few photos are absolutely fine. Its the couples who post several times a day, comment on each others posts, publicly declare how in love they are, change their profile photos almost daily with more and more loved up pics and then go live every freaking time they leave the house

Its like they're auditioning for a reality tv show ffs.

I think those who share too much are trying to prove something

The 2 women I know (doesn’t seem to be my male friends that do this) who post, ‘my husband, my rock, I will love them forever’ are both divorcing now! I don’t know anyone else that does this.

Depends on the couple I think and if I know them well enough to know the ins and outs of their relationship.

Most of the time I see a happy couple pic I just think about how happy they seem and feel happy for them.

Totally depends on the couple and the post.i will never understand couples who post to each other online.

Someone I know has recently got back with a vile excuse of a man and now almost every story she posts she tags him in. Just letting the world know they are together. No one will ever think they have a happy relationship

@Francescaisstressed

Describing a bumblebee as a fluffy chubster is absolutely adorable, literally scrolling through a bunch of bumblebee insta posts right now 😂

😁 There are so many this year!!! And quite a few varieties too

Yes and no.

I think there is an aspect that those who are least secure in their relationship often make the most public noise about how happy they are. But not always.

Though my main thought on any of the "What a wonderful hubby I have #blessed" type posts is CRINGE!

now almost every story she posts she tags him in. Just letting the world know they are together
Tbf people tag others when they are doing something. We tag each other with friends in things like that.
Bbq story? Tag
Trip somewhere? Tag
Burying a body? Tag😂

I’d think similar or that there was some insecurity.

Yep. Anyone who posts ‘feeling blessed’ feels the exact opposite.

I’m looking at you, ‘with my darling hubby in our favourite place’ (sorry the divorce was so acrimonious and things didn’t work out with the AP) and the absolutely miserable, pregnant (again) and exhausted one who clearly didn’t understand contraception.

Someone on my FB refers to her OH as her ‘ sexy, lush husband’. Makes me 🤢

I don't think anything negative in general but a photo my friend posted recently bothered me.

She has been texting me recently and telling me how utterly miserable she is with her life, she regrets certain choices she has made and how her husband is a lazy, disrespectful waste of oxygen (this is not news to me, I hate him with every fibre of my being). Then a few days later she posted lovey dovey photos of them with the hashtags #bestfriend #anniversary #loveyousomuch

It's just so fake.

If someone constantly posts how much they love their partner I do wonder... 😂 If it's the occasional I think good for them keeping their private life private!

Here for the fluffy chubster.