"massive brood" - oh sod off <eyeroll>

[Stompasaurus]

My sister has 3 children and her SIL has 4. They often meet up for days out together and have started to refer to their "massive broods" whenever either of them post pics on social media

a) 3 or even 4 kids of your own is hardly "massive" - 3 kids is pretty standard and 4 is more than average but not massive FFS.

b) "brood" is just wanky and crass. They're children not chickens. Fuck off and sit on some eggs if you want a brood.

Her SIL is quite wanky overall tbh, into some niche toys and clothing brands that she is always tagging and banging on about how the children are in matching clothes, so I think this idea of having a large family somehow ties into the lifestyle she aspires to if that makes sense. But seeing "massive brood" every time they share pics of their not-very-notable number of kids is doing my fucking head in!

Disclaimer - yes I do have bigger things to worry about and no I don't hate my sister, I'm just having a minor vent on a forum designed for that purpose.

You are being unreasonable to object to "brood" on the basis that they aren't chickens but then refer to "kids" in your OP. They aren't goats either. 😉

Not a term I would use but I agree you sound irrationally bitter about the relationship between your sister and her SIL. I'm sure the children all have a great time together, regardless of the slightly wanky phrasing used to describe it, so no need for all of the vitriol.

I totally read it wrong as 'she wears twatty overalls'

Bet you she does doesn't she OP 😉😁

You obviously have issues with your sister! No idea why this bothers you

I’m with you OP.
We are in the middle of a phase of trendy wank culture. Probably easier to see it if your kids are now older. or you don’t spend much time on SM.

It is both amusing and an eye rolling cringe fest, but this thread is hilarious 😂

Oh heck "tribe" would also annoy me 😬

And a caption of ‘our feral sea swept wildlings’ with a photo of a few bored kids sat on a rainy beach lol

Brilliant!

I had a large family and my second husband had also had several children with his first wife, and I'd have given a hard glare to anyone referring to them as a "huge brood" or, heaven forfend, "a quiverful". I quite like "tribe". I can't imagine anyone being jealous. No regrets, but it was a very niche sort of fun.

My oldest daughter, childless by choice, refers to large families as "a litter".

I can’t abide people who think having lots of kids is some kind of virtue. I can abide them even less if they’re rich. I think either irresponsible narcissists or religious nuts, but in any case, my mother was one of 14 (grandparents were religious nuts, grandfather was also narcissist) and I grew up with almost 30 cousins, so my personal bar for “massive brood” is quite high, and frankly 4 & 3 kids is a bit piffling.

Anything like this gets annoying when someone keeps going on about it.

''Brood'' sounds wholesome, like chickens sat on chicks..

Imagine if it were termed a ''Litter'', there would be far less takers.

I have heard people refer to their children as ''Brood'' and it does seem a little twee.

TheDuchessOfMN · Today 11:16
I was going to ask if they were #makingmemories with their “massive brood” but someone beat me to it Grin

Love this I was too hate that " making memories " comment on social media🙄

It does seem very narcissistic to keep on reproducing, and so bad for the planet as a whole.

However, I do know two families of four children, where Twins were the last to be born.
These children do get attention and are well looked after on every level.

What IS sad, is where babies are relentlessly produced, often with different fathers, and are not looked after properly, and end up in the 'Care' system.

That is so unfair on the children, who may repeat this pattern when they too reach 'Maturity'.

I'm going to copy and paste this onto every thread today.

'' Making memories ''...

Childhood memories can be very selective, with the oddest things remembered, like

''When I was sick at Newland's Corner after eating too much cream cheese ''

Or ''Being frightened of massive black and orange slugs in a meadow''

Or being disappointed at not being chosen to be an ''Angel'' in the Nativity play''

We cannot ''Make memories'' for children..What they remember is very selective.

Maybe it was a passive aggressive fuck you to the people who make comments about how many kids they have? Embracing their life with more than 2 kids without any shame and all that.

It probably wasn’t their intention to be honest, but I like the solidarity that some people will see in that post.

Are you ok though @JaneJeffer - you sound a bit unhinged tbh. Perhaps you're jealous that someone else made such an eloquent comment before you could?

I don’t like the ‘you sound angry’ responses. Firstly, whenever I see them I wonder if we are reading the same thread as the OP doesn’t sound angry. Secondly, even if they do, so what? Can’t women feel angry sometimes or is it only within the healthy emotional boundaries for men? It doesn’t make what they’re saying wrong.

Damn, busted @Stompasaurus

I have no truck with “you sound angry” technique my teens sometimes try that one when I use any voice that isn’t softly softly nicey nicey and I’m asking them firmly to pick up their wet towels or something

I have some friends who post loads about their kids and others that dont

Some with kids totally trigger me and others dont
I am not really sure why?
At work i have a colleague who has three and i feel no irritation whatsoever when she talks about her kids and what they have been upto
I know another who makes my blood boil as soon as she mentions freddie et al - she also puts up picks of them potty training and I can imagine her using phrases such as brood. She also did a family photoshoot on the beach and put those photos up. Really annoyed me #makememories

I cannot be jealous as others with similar kids at ages and stages do not irritate me at all

Jealous of your sister and her SILs relationship? Poor OP feels a bit left out? Poor diddums.

I agree with op though these people do sound bloody annoying loving the comment on “wildlings” being a few bored kids in a rainy beach 😁

Comfort yourself They will be teens soon who will either ban the mothers from posting anything whatsoever or will be posting their own probably inappropriate pictures on sites you know nothing about.

This would irritate me too.
Smile and nod lol 😆

I do wonder if in 5-10 years time there will be laws brought in to protect children from being spashed all over social media for their parents gratification (and in some cases monetary gain). Too young to consent etc? Who knows...

Nothing wrong with having large families, but yes, going on about it on social media is a bit annoying. Just ignore!