Does anyone not just accept anything anymore?

[PassingStranger]

Saw a group grieving for grandchildren for people grieving cos they arent grandparents.

FFS. Nobody gets everything they want in life. Life isn't like that.
How is sharing this info with each other going to make grandchildren appear anyway?

What's the point in it.
Some people would be just pleased to have a child let alone worrying about grandchildren.

Why do people think their lives would be better if only they had this or that.
Be grateful for what you do have?
How about grieving cos I'm not a millionaire.
Grieving that I'm not famous and so on etc.
Where does it end?
We don't all get everything we want and there is no saying it would bring happiness anyway.

It is bad for a nation to have its people spending their time sniveling and whining about minor things. It lowers resilience and makes for poor workers and poor parenting which then passes it on to the next generation then we end up with people who just sit crying and clutching their teddy bears all day. It's undignified and not what being a human is supposed to be about. Can you imagine if cavemen had behaved like this?

"Oooo, I'm so upset 😭 I tripped up over a mammoth bone this afternoon and Ugg laughed at me" 😭😭😭

Meanwhile, cave family sits and starves 🙄 cave mum can't gather berries because she's upset over a lost shell and cave teen is having a massive strop because cave dad told her to clear the pile of bones up.

Get a grip!

I dont think it's necessarily whining in this case, but at the same time I am struck by how everybody these days describes themselves as a "survivor" or a "warrior". Social media has a lot to answer for.

If you want to 🤷‍♂️

It's not like it'd cause harm to anyone, or that anyone would be forced to join it.

Live and let live.

While some support groups can turn into a load of depressing competitive suffering this is far from the worst way to cope with feelings of sadness and grief. Definitely better to find a way to offload that bottle up your feelings or vent on to your own children.

Sometimes an imperfect solution is the best you can do.

Meant Facebook not Mumsnet sorry.

This

This.

They probably don't feel it's something they can discuss with their family.

Oh do piss off OP what a shitty thread!

People grieve for all sorts of reasons and who the hell are you to judge them for it!

No doubt I'm one of those people you're talking about. A forced hysterectomy a year ago means I never get to be a parent and yeah actually I'm allowed to fucking hurt! I'm also allowed to deal with it however I god damned chose to!

Get over yourself!!!

And also this!
soft times create soft people, soft people create hard times, hard times create hard people, hard people create soft times

And so on…

I don't want too, it would be a waste of time and nothing would change anyway.

See also, how many people post on threads that are about something general and manage to make it about them and get offended… see if you can spot this on this thread…

To answer the question in the thread title, of course they do. Sometimes happily, sometimes sadly. Unless their happiness/sadness impacts on you, why get bent out of shape about it? I mean, your feelings, your choice, so crack gently on, but fuck me, it sounds exhausting.

Live and let live.

ODFOD

Agree OP.

That's interesting. Why not if you want to say?