How fake is Facebook? My sister's young adult children do not speak to her and her husband, yet...

[Anonymous]

They've been estranged from the two young adult kids for about a year, yet they both posted a family photo from our parents' home from yesterday, with a totally disingenuous over the top caption. I will never understand why people do this. We could all see the two young adult kids avoiding them the entire day yesterday. Yet that five second snapshot is used by her and her husband to portray their perfect family.

[Anonymous]

Come from a place of compassion. They're posting what they wish for, not what they have.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get it but I know lots of people on FB who are openly fake like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come from a place of compassion. They're posting what they wish for, not what they have.

I think it's more self-serving and showy than that.

[Anonymous]

Was everyone at the same home yesterday? That’s not that much of an estrangement then.

[Anonymous]

How fake? As fake as people who love to take pictures make it out to be. They would have done the same thing without Facebook, at least in my family.

[Anonymous]

Well, at least you don’t have in your newsfeed the guy publishing pictures of himself near cactus and zucchini…

[Anonymous]

Let it go. Anyone who knows them will know it’s fake. The image she’s presenting to anyone else is a non-issue since they’re obviously not close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was everyone at the same home yesterday? That’s not that much of an estrangement then.

+1. I may not be understanding the original post but how are they estranged tf taking photos together at a family gathering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let it go. Anyone who knows them will know it’s fake. The image she’s presenting to anyone else is a non-issue since they’re obviously not close.

Only family will know it's fake, all of their friends and co-workers have no idea. Typical social climbing phonies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was everyone at the same home yesterday? That’s not that much of an estrangement then.

+1. I may not be understanding the original post but how are they estranged tf taking photos together at a family gathering?

OP and OP's sister's parents, hence the kiddos' grandparents, host Thanksgiving for the extended family. Typical if grandparents have a larger home and/or centrally located.

[Anonymous]

…why do you care? Mind your own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:…why do you care? Mind your own.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

I get it OP. My whole extended dysfunctional family is all about keeping up appearances and getting the right BS photo. The family I created is all about actual love and connection and we don't post or boast on social media. I stopped cooperating with BS photos. I just say I don't like being in photos. I just don't like lies.

[Anonymous]

I have adult kids, OP. I would be devastated if we didn't have a good relationship with them. I would take any and every opportunity for a picture. Why would you criticize that? And why do you care what your sister posts on Facebook?