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When someone posts on Facebook “My Family Is Better Than Yours”

46 replies

HaveSomeIntrospect · 19/12/2022 22:58

When someone posts with the actual words….my family is better than yours?

Really:

  • your mum’s five year affair
  • because of your dad’s workaholic
  • Your sister’s eating disorder
OP posts:
AdventFridgeOfShame · 19/12/2022 23:00

Just use the mute button.
Life is too short for this sort of shit.

vodkaredbullgirl · 19/12/2022 23:01

Block and move on

AngelontopoftheTree · 19/12/2022 23:01

Why would you even pay attention to that shite????

NormalNans · 19/12/2022 23:03

You’ve included a mental illness in here as an example of how this person’s family isn’t better than yours?

Vaccine001 · 19/12/2022 23:03

Are the bullet points describing their family?

StopThe · 19/12/2022 23:05

What does anyone get out of Facebook?
It's just competitive showing off with cringe hashtags.
It makes my toes curl with embarrassment.

Thesearmsofmine · 19/12/2022 23:07

Nasty post OP. Makes you sound much worse than anyone posting something presumably tongue in cheek on Facebook.

AzerJoon · 19/12/2022 23:08

Just because her sister has a ED doesn't mean that her family is not better than yours

Right?

What exactly do you mean by this statement?

JamSandle · 19/12/2022 23:09

StopThe · 19/12/2022 23:05

What does anyone get out of Facebook?
It's just competitive showing off with cringe hashtags.
It makes my toes curl with embarrassment.

Exactly this 🤣

HaveSomeIntrospect · 19/12/2022 23:11

why can’t people have some introspection and realisation that the lives they are living are, actually, quite privileged.
And their privilege came on the back and hard work of others (their dad and his sacrifice?)

They used the words:
”My Family Is Better Than Yours”

OP posts:
HowdyDudey · 19/12/2022 23:11

Miaow 🐈

GroggyLegs · 19/12/2022 23:16

Listing painful episodes from someone else's family does not escalate you or your family to 'better'.

Its childish nonsense.

Readaboutyourself · 19/12/2022 23:17

How old are you?

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 19/12/2022 23:18

Just ignore.

I know a couple who’ve both had multiple affairs and you’d think they were Romeo and Juliet based on their SM posts. I always think with the oversharers and “Aren’t we amazing” bunch ‘hmmm the lady doth protest too much’

MichelleScarn · 19/12/2022 23:19

Yep, you sound lovely op? Mocking someone because their sister is mentally unwell. Nice.

KitchiHuritAngeni · 19/12/2022 23:19

Did you just bring up someone's sisters eating disorder as a sign of your families superiority?

I can see why the pair of you are friends, both as batshit and insensitive as the other.

Winterfellismyhome · 19/12/2022 23:23

It sounds like a lighthearted comment, not directed at anyone in particular. Like mothers day posts to "the best mum ever". They aren't meant to be taken literally

Gazelda · 19/12/2022 23:25

Who is the 'yours' that true list refers to? Have they directed their post to you personally?

This all sounds very strange.

Loachworks · 19/12/2022 23:25

Really nasty. They probably meant it tongue in cheek but you bring up an ED in response? WTF happened to the season of good will!

Luckyducker · 19/12/2022 23:27

Oh my god, her sister's eating disorder. Well you could certainly write that your post was nastier than hers. Well done.

Namechangeallchangeplease · 19/12/2022 23:28

Just like the 'my husband/holiday/house is better than yours' posts on FB. Competitive and nasty.

Manchestermummax2 · 19/12/2022 23:31

HaveSomeIntrospect · 19/12/2022 22:58

When someone posts with the actual words….my family is better than yours?

Really:

  • your mum’s five year affair
  • because of your dad’s workaholic
  • Your sister’s eating disorder

Post that as your reply to this person's status.... bet you won't.

MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 19/12/2022 23:32

Facebook is such a waste of time and energy. Just delete it and enjoy your life without the intrusion of other people's opinions

SweetSakura · 19/12/2022 23:41

You both sound as bad as each other

SausageinaBun · 19/12/2022 23:44

People who truly believe that their family is better than others' only post the odd, funny, self-deprecating post on social media about their family as anything else would be rubbing other people's faces in it.