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Married men never put up statuses about how many wonderful years it is since they married their darling wife!

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Merl0t · 14/02/2013 18:41

But yet, my fb is chocka with women doing it. I'm a little embarrassed for them tbh. I've YET to see a man post a picture of himself looking gorgeous on his wedding anniversary. Or boast about what his wife/gf has surprised them with on valentines day.

This is only HALF bitterness! The other half is shock that women still want other women to know "a man loves me".

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Merl0t · 14/02/2013 18:46

Although, I'm all ears! tell me if even one man on your fb friends list has put up a boast that proves he is loved by a woman. I would like to believe that that was something of value to a man. But.. :-/

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Pinkshaman · 15/02/2013 13:21

When I think about Facebook and my friends on there, the women use it in a very different way. They will gush, rant, be really very open about everything they do and think, and post loads of photos. The men seem to "like" the funny stuff, or post links to songs or have very brief but funny statuses.

My bf has posted stuff about me though. When we'd been together a year he put up a really lovely status about our year together and me, and he has posted a photo of me and said how amazing he thought I was when I was struggling with something Blush. And when I surprised him with some tickets for a concert to see someone he'd always wanted to see he posted about that too.

I do get what you mean though, some statuses can be boastful but I also think that with some it's just them wanting to share things with mates.

Piemother · 15/02/2013 20:45

Oh good I can get this off my chest. Yanbu in any way. My fb was jammed with grabby boasting it made me quite sad. One friends bf has bought her something from Tiffany. It made me cross that rather than being grateful and feeling special that she needed to boast on fb imediately . Another friend posted herself serving a valentines breakfast to her dh in her pyjamas. Nothing is sacred Hmm

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Merl0t · 15/02/2013 22:29

oh phew! total gagfest over for another year. No, wait! in a few months it'll be pictures of the brides in their wedding dresses on their anniversaries!

The idea that being bought nice sparkly things makes you LUCKY is a bit sickbag too. If you have the cash to flash it's so easy to give 'er indoors something in a blue box, and if you know she's going to so happy with it she'll post it on fb before she's tried it on, it's the easiest way to a quiet life. NOT saying that all men who buy expensive jewellery are cheating lying lazy tossers, but the fact that they buy expensive jewellery doesn't make them less likely to be lazy etc. imo

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Piemother · 15/02/2013 22:51

That too merlot - lucky wasn't quite the right word, and you are right about ease if transaction etc too.

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Merl0t · 15/02/2013 22:54

I'm always more jealous when I hear about a genuine division of labour, undertaken with no resentment. A couple near me, they both work two days a week, divide up the childcare, seem to have a great home/life work balance. They arent' decked out in finery but they have a nice house, happy kids and time to enjoy it all. They're not on fb I don't think!!

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nailak · 15/02/2013 22:57

maybe just the married men you do
dont do that, but i have status on my newsfeed from married men gushing

BoringSchoolChoiceNickname · 15/02/2013 23:01

A few blokes on my social media feed (not FB, geeky alternative) are always gushing about the loveliness of their wives and their connubial bliss. Admittedly all pretty recently married.
I personally think it's a bit sick-making either way, but it's definitely not exclusively female behaviour.

bobsnotabuilder · 15/02/2013 23:05

Um yes they do Hmm

herladyship · 15/02/2013 23:07

Just looked on my fb & can confirm valentines day was a repulsive vomfest with men & women equally guilty of loved up boasting

DH isn't on fb, otherwise he would obviously not have been publicly declaring his good fortune in being married to me Wink

Johnnysknickers · 15/02/2013 23:08

Mine does this. The sap. Grin

exexpat · 15/02/2013 23:13

Only a few people on my FB do this - all female. But I do have some very loved-up gay (male) friends on twitter who post the same sort of thing. At least on twitter it has to be short and sickly sweet, while on FB people can ramble on in detail and add loads of pictures. So far, I haven't spotted any heterosexual male or lesbian friends doing it.

FaffTastic · 15/02/2013 23:17

Had at least 2 posts yesterday on my FB from men gushing about how long they had been with their wives and how much they love them. One even put a photo collage up of pics of him and his wife with a border of red hearts. He's in his 40s. Would be mortified if I had a bloke who did that.

Loads and loads of posts from women all putting up photos of the card and flowers that they got. I did get a card but would never in a million years take a pic of it and put it on FB. Couldn't imagine anything more embarrassing.

greencolorpack · 15/02/2013 23:18

I know a male on Facebook who keeps banging on and on and on and on about his beloved fiancée and his kid and how all three of them are the perfect family having loads and loads of fun.

I just think, what's he overcompensating for?? They went out for a year and they split up and I was friends with the girl and thought she should steer well clear. And suddenly he was back flirting with her on Facebook and now they are engaged. And she still doesn't know why they split up in the first place. If it were myself I would be very insecure. Maybe thats why he gushes so much.

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