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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 7:51:31 GMT
The only thing I envy is people's geographic locations... No, I'm not kidding. We moved to try to further my husband's career and it has not worked out. My son is 1500 miles from his grandparents & he is an only grandchild. He just turned six and his granddad is his best buddy. We've been down here for 7 years with no end in sight. So I tend to envy people who live in the northeast because that's where we want to be. And the UK, just because I'm a huge Anglophile. But I absolutely love being on FB, love being in touch with folks. One girl I know from around here cracks me up because she posts daily about how over-the-top wonderful her life is. It may be true, but boy, does she ever brag, lol.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 26, 2014 10:33:02 GMT
I stick to the adage that Facebook is for entertainment, that the stuff posted there is only partially true, that objects may appear larger than they really are, and that it is a place for others to brag on about their perfect lives when in reality they are just as ordinary as my own!
Don't get a wrong idea--I feel that I live a blessed life, am happy with what I have and have hopes and dreams like everyone else BUT when I see people that I know closely post stuff on how perfect their lives are or how amazing their kiddos are I KNOW different from interacting with them in real life--that the perfect sister struggles with depression, the perfect life of my perfect friend has marriage troubles or that perfect child has been kicked out of 2 schools and is this > < close to going to juvenile hall!!!
If you believe all you read on FB, but don't really talk to or interact with these people in real life, then I would take what was written as a start to a beautiful novel--fiction that is!
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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Aug 26, 2014 10:35:00 GMT
It's called fakebook. People are full of shit and only tell you what they want you to know.
I gave up Facebook because it's fake. I don't understand the need to brag...if you are so happy.
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Post by moveablefeast on Aug 26, 2014 12:48:52 GMT
I was thinking about this so I went and looked at my timeline. In the last week and a half I posted a couple of beach pictures from the weekend, a picture of something funny someone did at work, and a comment that my husband had done something small and kind for someone else in our family. Also a tv show quote and a pat myself on the back for a compliment I got from my professor.
I think I mostly try to post the cheerful stuff. I could complain about all kinds of things but I don't like to complain. The beds in the beach condo were terrible, my husband ticked me off last night, and I feel tired of school already and the semester just started. But I want to encourage myself and the people around me. I don't want to drag everybody down with my bitching. So I just don't bitch about that stuff.
Also I post the good more than the bad about my marriage - because I don't want to disrespect my husband on Facebook. I hate it when people post that they had a fight with their spouse or whatever. He did tick me off last night but that's really between us, not for my 782 friends on Facebook.
I'm not tying to be fake or make myself feel better about my crappy life. I'm just highlighting the good things in life for myself and the people who read my Facebook. I am so ordinary and live such an ordinary life that there isn't much to puff up. I just try to see the good in everything so that's what comes out on Facebook.
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