Fed up of people talking about my brothers relationship

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My brother is 26 and recently got engaged. He lives in Australia, I live in the village we grew up in. I own a small Cafe so I interact with locals all the time.
He got engaged before New Year and every single day since I’ve had people asking about it.
My parents who also work for in the community posted about it on Facebook, they each have hundreds of friends and my mum posted about 20 pictures of them and a video
of the proposal (the couple haven’t even shared this online and my brother said it’s a bit weird she shared it but whatever).
This post adds fuel to it as the conversation can often go “Ohhh I hear little xxxx is engaged, fab news” “oh yeah it’s lovely very happy for him what can I get you” “10 minute rant where they describe how beautiful the proposal was and how she is a truly stunning girl etc etc”
It’s the same in my family, my mum has spoken about nothing since. I’m so fed up of it, like very good he’s engaged and I’m very happy for him but ffs it’s not exactly hard work to buy a ring and get on one knee, we are acting like he carried her up Everest!
It has got to the point where my mum is talking more about the engagement than her own grandchildren.

AIBU to be fed up and pissed off?

I don’t think you sound jealous, just realistic and annoyed from hearing the same things for two weeks. I imagine he’s treated a bit like a celebrity as he moved from a small town to the other side of the world.

But that's what happens when you run a cafe in the community.
See also hairdressers.

Jealousy is an ugly emotion

I'm sure they cooed over your babies when you had them

And if one of your DC does something special then everyone will coo over that

You're not always the centre of attention

I expect the OP will pop an artery when the wedding comes around or if they have a baby.

In small village communities it is very common for everyone to be extremely invested in the one who emigrates to the far side of the world. They see it as their link to that place.

I'm not talking so much about sharing things with his mum. It's this recent craze for marriage proposals to be total set up jobs in instagram-worthy locations, with someone on hand to film or photograph the whole thing, ring already bought, often with the woman chosing it herself, so it's hardly a genuine surprise, more of a staged photo opportunity.

I know it's the way young people do things these days but it just doesn't sit right with me.

I know it's the way young people do things these days but it just doesn't sit right with me

It’s the way some young people do things these days.