[3rd time lucky]

I think I'm turning into a grunmpy old hag...

I've noticed I'm starting to get grumpy and envious of friend's facebook updates etc, instead of thinking 'wow, what great news for them'....

My own life is great... of course there's the usual stresses of finances over Christmas, kids bugging me haha.... but certainly no worse / harder than any other family.... And I'm sure others would look at my life and think I've got it great.

I think what annoys me is people bragging on facebook. If I chat to a friend in real life and they tell me about some good news I am genuinely happy for them. It's more the 'I'm posting about how wonderful my life is on Facebook for all to see' updates that seem to irk me.

Anyways, anyone else feel this way????? How do you deal with it, short of getting rif of facebook?
I'm not on it much but do need it to stay in touch with certain people interstate and overseas.

[steppy]

I have a hard and fast rule when reading facebook updates - if anyone is continually posting yaypositive updates, there is something wrong in their life that they are publicly trying to cover or make up for. Haven't been wrong yet.

I do get jealous of friends who travel a lot though. Nothing I can do about that except try and travel more!

[Satay chicken]

Anyways, anyone else feel this way?????

Not really - I just laugh because most of it is just fake and attention seeking!

I have a FB friend and every second day she goes on about how fabulous her life is, photos of her walking on the beach, drinking her wine etc.... actually, she just comes across as really bored...

[mandarins]

No. I never envy what I see on FB because it is well known that people only share what they want to about their lives. And even if you ask someone in real life how its going, they will often do the same.

And if someone is a bragger, then take that to mean they 'feel a need' to show off. And if it bothers you that much just unfriend or block them.

[CupOfCoffee]

I have a hard and fast rule when reading facebook updates - if anyone is continually posting yaypositive updates, there is something wrong in their life that they are publicly trying to cover or make up for.

You can tell how sad my life is when my last yay update was: 'yay, no more overdue library book, I love the amnesty'.

Not sure it would make people jealous, it would just confirm how dull my life actually is

[Tesseract]

I have a hard and fast rule when reading facebook updates - if anyone is continually posting yaypositive updates, there is something wrong in their life that they are publicly trying to cover or make up for. Haven't been wrong yet.

Exactly this. The more someone posts about how wonderful their life is, the worse it is in reality. In fact when friends start going on about how great things are I know they're on the downhill slope. The odd yay post here and there is fine, but much more and they're only trying to convince one person - themselves. Just hide their statuses if they're annoying you.

[SophieBeagle]

The travelling friends annoy me. But then again I do it while away too.

I had a cousin who was in Paris and she wrote her status, "Went up the Eiffel Tower, walked along the Champs Elysse and went for a cruise on the Seine. What did you do today?" and then the next day "Paris is amazing, so much to do. Go out and live your lives people, stop looking at mine".

Honestly! I am jealous but she looked like a giant t*at. So I unfriended her.

ETA: The funniest thing is when ppl are at a party saying how awesome it is but then post heaps of pictures that night and have conversations on FB. Sitting on your phone all night doesn't seem like that party is too exciting/fun to me!

This post has been edited by SophieBeagle: 20/12/2012, 11:55 AM

[lorywhol]

Really?

How about just feeling happy for someone when they are happy? Or compassionate for someone when they are sad?

I don't know anyone who is positive all the time on FB.

Everyone goes through stages and phases.

You celebrate with them when they are having their glass of wine, relaxing at the beach or bragging about their latest purchase.

And you commiserate with them when their kids are being cheeky, they have had an argument or a bad day at work.

[Peridot]

Wow she does sound like a t*at!

Most of my friends have just as many depressing statuses as happy ones, so I have no envy!

It does irk me when a few of them complain non stop about having no money and how crap their lives are..

[howdo]

Why do people take FB so seriously?