You can ask my cousin Debra who does this, and let me know what her answer is. PS She hates confrontation. So, good luck! |
While I don't do this, I don't think there is anything wrong with it. It's an easy way to let relatives and friends know about children's accomplishments. I like reading about what is going on with other people's children. I congratulate the parent and move on |
Peculiar no, cynical yes. It's a known phenomenon though, so my cynicism isnt out of place here. |
Most of the people I know have young kids who def aren't on social media and they wish their kids Happy Birthday and say how blessed they are to have such an amazing son/daughter and how grateful they are to be their Mommy and love them to the moon and back.... blah blah. The kids are young, like 4. I don't get it. It's written to the child, but they obviously aren't reading it. |
Same reason you're complaining about a "friend" but won't ask them directly about it. |
It's cringe. |
Not everything is about you, OP. Read it or don't. You can say the same about the family pics when you know the family is seriously messed up. Or some people are just staying in touch with entended family who are long distance, which is what most of my friends are doing. They aren't out to get me LOL. |
Because it's going to pop up in their memories every year. |
It's not an either/or situation. We can mock both! |
I don't get it either. Part of the phenomenon where we now share every thought that passes through our head, I guess. |
About as strange as people who communicate with dead loved ones on FB, as in "Honey, it's been ten years since you passed, happy birthday in heaven, I love you and miss you everyday".
I get the idea, they want to state their emotions and let other people know how they're feeling and keep their loved one from being forgotten, but I still find it oddly sad that they think FB is a good place for this type of thing. |
Read it or don't? How do you know what it will say until you read it? OP read it and had an opinion on it. Kind of like how you read the post and commented. You didn't have to, and this doesn't mean it's about you. |
Maybe this is it? This is the way for people to communicate their emotion surrounding the update rather than the update itself? |
So attention seeking behavior |
Yes, but one could argue that about any type of social media post |