And just like that…ffs

[Oopsupsideyourheads]

How often am I seeing this on Sm these days 🙈

‘And just like that..such and such is 7’ etc etc 🙄

Aibu in doing another massive eye roll at seeing this yet again or am I just a miserable bugger?

Yaaaaas queen has to be the worst, surely? 👸🏻

@Reallyreallyborednow

It’s the same as couples who gushily wish each other happy birthday/anniversary and say how much they love each other. Often not a reflection of reality

I work in safeguarding (we often look at social media for indications and evidence) and we have a general rule of thumb that the gushier a facebook relationship is the more likely it is to be abusive. It they have a couples page “janeandmark smith” instead of individual ones- huge red flag.

That’s interesting. I’m not a digital native I think the term is, so I’m never sure what’s normal to post on FB or not. Tend to err on the side of caution.

@Reallyreallyborednow

It’s the same as couples who gushily wish each other happy birthday/anniversary and say how much they love each other. Often not a reflection of reality

I work in safeguarding (we often look at social media for indications and evidence) and we have a general rule of thumb that the gushier a facebook relationship is the more likely it is to be abusive. It they have a couples page “janeandmark smith” instead of individual ones- huge red flag.

I've noticed people doing this and wondered wtf was going on. I don't wish any of my immediate family happy birthday or anything on social media. Why would I when they are, you know, in my house and I have done it in person?

I did briefly wonder if this was something I should be doing but then decided I cba. Can hardly be arsed with social media at all.

I meant to also say, it's very interesting that it's considered more likely to be an abusive relationship. Not surprised about the shared accounts, always thought that was plain weird.

Your four year old didn't 'smash it

They may well have done. Not the term I would use but mine coped far better than anyone anticipated with her first day at at school, and did some amazing stuff on her first day of high school this year. But if this is your opinion of the people you have on your FB, maybe do them a favour and remove yourself from it.

I can’t understand why people are so invested about how others use social media. Just unfollow them if it is so terrible that you might have to take a second to scroll past.

This whole thread is

I'm getting pretty tired of being told people have crushed things.

They didn't crush them, they just did perfectly ordinary things.

@MintyGreenDream

My ds 7 said "you do you" to me this morning.Gave me the rage

Maybe I am thick, but I don't get 'you do you' What's it mean?

Lovin' this thread. Gonna compile a list of MY pet hates (that people say!)

A #takemeback and anyone who tags their child as #myminime -
no credible reason why but it's like nails down a blackboard.

@CounsellorTroi

The birthday greetings to young adult children “”Happy birthday x I’m so proud of the man/woman you’ve become”. However the children concerned are often nothing to write home about. It’s the same as couples who gushily wish each other happy birthday/anniversary and say how much they love each other. Often not a reflection of reality.

I know I sound like a bitch.

The Beckhams are specialists in this rubbish, gushing all over their entirely ordinary but I'm sure perfectly nice children. It makes me cringe for them, it's not enough that you have and have given them all this wealth, privelege, opportunity, you have to make them sound like the Second Coming.

"Feeling blessed."

So, so arseclenchingly smug.

I don't see an issue with people wishing each other (and other family members, and friends) happy birthday. But a couple sharing a facebook account is super weird.

Also annoys the F out of me when a woman has a facebook account, and her 'name' is (for example) 'Linda Harris was Jackson.' Presumably she puts this so people who knew her before she was married can find her. But you can put your maiden name on facebook in your settings. I get irrationally annoyed by 'Sue Smith was Jones,' and 'Mandy Harper was Peterson'. ARGH!

@Glitterblue

I'm getting irritated by the number of posts I'm seeing that says "Go smash year 2, beautiful girl" and "first day in reception done. He smashed it".

I don't even know why that irritates me but it does!

I see it as MLM hun speak. That’s why it irritates me

@Stumpholecavern

I have an irrational hatred of 'just like that' too! Is anyone else old enough to read it in a Tommy Cooper voice?

Yes 😀

“Beautiful inside and out” ...no our insides are not beautiful

Agreed with all the other smashed it, feeling blessed etc.

SM has really lost its shine hasn't it? Its become very tedious, like one massive interactive banal advertising con/delusion, with lots of divison, fighting, one upmanship and fighting on the side.

I find I'm hardly ever on FB these days & I'm only really interested in a couple of hobby groups on there. I find myself having very little interest in what anyone else posts on there.

I mostly do twitter for political/GC reasons, avoid Insta (me me me me buy buy buy buy) like the plague, and MN very very occasionally. On the plus side I am reading a lot more and as my kindle died I'm reading actual books again.

All my life I've been a bit of an "early adaptor" so here's a tip from me -
Books are the new SM - pass it round.

I too thought this post was going to be about the new Sex and the City film.

Lovin' this thread. Gonna compile a list of MY pet hates (that people say!)

Just copy them off the two almost identical threads that are currently running.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4342781-Sayings-on-MN-that-you-cannot-stand

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4342601-overused-phrases-on-social-media

@Reallyreallyborednow

It’s the same as couples who gushily wish each other happy birthday/anniversary and say how much they love each other. Often not a reflection of reality

I work in safeguarding (we often look at social media for indications and evidence) and we have a general rule of thumb that the gushier a facebook relationship is the more likely it is to be abusive. It they have a couples page “janeandmark smith” instead of individual ones- huge red flag.

That's interesting. I've only ever seen 'joint' accounts twice and both were controlling/abusive relationships.

(Others I've known to use their partner's account on the rare occasion they post but they're usually older/long established couples and either technophobes and/or not really bothered with SM but just have FB for family.)

[quote myotherusernameistaken]Lovin' this thread. Gonna compile a list of MY pet hates (that people say!)

Just copy them off the two almost identical threads that are currently running.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4342781-Sayings-on-MN-that-you-cannot-stand

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4342601-overused-phrases-on-social-media[/quote]

I dont mind the phrases been used on SM , but when they are said face to face it does seem weird , I always ( but never do ) feel like saying you smashed it ! , I hope you are paying for a new one / repair

I agree to some extent with @Droite
I get really irritated by "Me being me ( you be you ) ..." Who else would you be?
But some people do tend to put on a false front particularly if they are trying to impress someone , so yes they should just be themselves , however it not generally used to mean that afaik

"This one" annoys me "Great day out with this one" haha I haven't seen much of "And just like that" on SM

I have a nearly 18 month old and trust me I have felt every single one of those months 😂
Don’t get me wrong I adore the pampers off him but there’s no ‘and just like that’ about it!

Ah, this explains why a friend of mine has started saying 'and just like that' on texts !

That feeling when...you are all cliched out.

@Lonelylooloo

I have a nearly 18 month old and trust me I have felt every single one of those months 😂 Don’t get me wrong I adore the pampers off him but there’s no ‘and just like that’ about it!

Christ yes, the first 3 or 4 years are very long. And then it flies alright