family members being fake on social media

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does anyone else have family who will post things about their kids (who they make literally zero effort to see!!!) as if they’re super close. actually makes me so angry - my sister does not bother whatsoever with my daughter, but then will screenshot pics i’ve posted myself and post them on her page with a caption that makes it seem like she adores her. e.g. latest caption was ‘how adorable, i’d die for (dds name)’ sorry what? she’s 3 and i can count on one hand how many times my sister has bothered to even visit her. in fact i can probably count it on 2 fingers ffs

Are you me? 😂
I had exactly the same. I stopped posting on Facebook for this very reason, I was sick of my pics being taken and reused for gushing posts and birthday declarations about my children who these family members never see. One family member resorted to then stealing the pictures from posts my sister put up so she stopped posting too.

Every scrap of information about the kids they’d share as if they were involved in their lives and it really began to irk me.

I've tried everything for our children to have meaningful relationships with family members, they’ve never wanted to know. They see the other grandchildren/nieces/nephews several times weekly though, I’ll never understand it. It’s caused so much hurt over the years.
My eldest is now at the age where he has realised they don’t want to know him which is so heartbreaking. Thankfully he has some wonderful family members on my side and my friends are wonderful with them all too.

I’d comment and invite her to soft play on a Saturday morning 😂

it’s honestly just so strange to me. like they can obviously recognise how they feel they should act around dd but just don’t want to do it. which is whatever, i’ll live - she has other family members who genuinely do care and make an effort. i just don’t see the point. particularly because my sisters social media is mostly people who have no idea who me or dd are because it’s her colleagues/friends. like why bother 😅

hahahah can’t even imagine her reaction to a soft play 😂

Your child is probably very photogenic and she likes the likes/ comments she gets when she reposts pics of her on social media, …… it’s all about her not your child

O god aren't you tempted to say "...but you hardly see her!"? 😈