Is it just me ........

I'm not on fb and can't see a day when I will join .This sort of gushy over the top emotional parenting is common now it's like they need to prove what a wonderful parent they are. Snuggling on the the sofa with my little man why do they feel the need to tell everyone most of us only really find our own children and grandchildren interesting .

When I unfriended everyone I told them all but I don’t think they know if you just do it. I wouldn’t have bothered announcing it if I’d know that.

The couple of yuppies (is that word still current) who were in our group on holiday insisted they wanted to be FB friends. I waited a couple of months and then quietly un-friended them. They had hundreds of friends so I doubt they noticed and I’m unlikely to see them again. (FB does say it doesn’t tell them.). I’m very picky.

I use Facebook to keep in touch with my friends mainly in the UK, as I dont live there.I think putting certain things on Facebook, is as one other person said, a way of getting attention, and as for showing photos of children/Grandchilder on the phone constantly, also makes one wonder it there is only one Grandparent in this world, yes they have sad and boring lives.

Agree- NfkDumpling -I use it in the same way as you but FB don't like that they want us to have lots of friends. If they don't shut up I'll be coming off for good like lots of other people. Why do companies always 'kill the golden goose'? As to the original question who cares - delete them or don't read it.

I don’t go on it ( FB) but isn’t it all a bit like that? OTT.
All about letting the world ( your group) know what a great time you’re having, what marvellous things your children do etc.It’s weird.

I joined FC but kept getting people I had never heard of wanting to befriend me (I think that's the right term) so I came out of it PDQ.
Gransnet is the only thing I am happy to belong to!

Oh my Lord!
What on earth did narcissists do before social media?

NemosMum. I can only agree, as I know someone who is so selfish and arrogant she has fallen out with several family members, including her daughter, but appears to be so angelic when she posts on FB and gets annoyed if her new found FB friends fails to like her post or comment how wonderful she is. Very sad woman. I find FB messenger very useful though.

Isnt this a great place to share. I sometimes think I am a bit odd as I am not gushy. I do appreciate that we are all different but I too sometimes think that this is all a look at my wonderful life scenario. Thank you all you make me feel normal

I love FB only because it keeps me in touch with friends I haven't seen for 46 years when I left my homeland. I rarely post pictures of the family because I need permission every time so I don't bother, but I do like to see how my friends are doing and I pm them once in a while

I think I would have loved it when I came back from Guide Camp or a school trip to have had my mother make a bit of a fuss about my return, with a cake etc, but (wonderful though she was in many ways) she was always very stoic about our comings and goings.

I also like seeing photos by some friends and relations on Facebook, great way to keep in touch, BUT I don’t get notifications from most people, I go onto their pages when I choose, and I don’t look at one or two of the gushier people! ?✅

I gave up on FB and closed my account. I got fed up seeing the uninteresting minutae of people's lives posted in public day after day. Our AC and GC use FB all the time and are constantly reading and responding to comments. Sometimes they are upset by things people say. What is social / sociable about that! It can be a good way to keep in touch with distant friends and family, but there are other better ways too.

So many of them are the same. I couldn’t stand it so I defriended everyone, so no one was offended, and then only put the sensible ones back on. I now have 8 friends but of course I still see some of the gushers because they occasionally appear on the pages of my contacts.
I keep instructing them not to like or comment on anything
Can’t understand why they won’t obey ??

Blue Belle ????

Sounds like a 'Look at me, aren't I just the most loving, thoughtful, marvellous mum EVER', kind of show

Totally with Old Meg on this!

load of rubbish

I'm with you on the "little man" label. It is crazy that they call the people the love most "this one" or something similar grrr

My son was due back from a school ski trip but I felt I had time to do a food shop before the coach arrived back at school. Wrong! When I arrived at school the coach was early and everyone had gone apart from my son who was sitting on his case still feeling ill from the seasickness he suffered crossing the Channel. I wish I hadn’t been reminded of that - I shall always feel such guilt.

I would be asking him why his clean clothes were still in the bag and he was still wearing the underwear he left the house in

It's what the OH calls 'demonstration parenting.'

I've never been a fan of FB either - I keep in touch by email, telephone and face to face. My adult grandaughters have told me about how nasty people can be to each other on it. And I don't understand why every little aspect of your life has to be on public display. I just wish some parents would switch off their phones and engage with their children and friends - in the real world!

Bit over the top if he gets a cake with welcome home on it.
My kids and my gc couldn’t wait to go and what adventures they had.
My gd been to Disney France twice and Florida Disney with her secondary school. It’s good for them to try new things

Yes OTT ( over the top) IMO but this gushy, very sentimental style of relationships especially with children seems to be the norm with lots of people these days. I am personally uncomfortable with it but it comes down to the basic questions of 'does it do harm?' I do wonder if it creates a false sense of what's important ( ie gushy words and emojis or loving, caring actions) or is it just another way of doing things. I really don't know. I sometimes feel as though I've accidently stumbled into a parallel universe.