Woman obsessed with her DD and her BF romance

[Anonymous]

I have a FB friend who I see IRL probably once or twice a year. She has a DD who has a BF. DD is a HS junior, and BF is a HS senior.

This woman keep posting picture of her DD with her BF what seems like at least once a week for a few months now with “they are so sweet”, “what a great couple”, “Bob and Jen went to walk our dog today, what a beautiful day for a walk for this lively couple”, “Bob did this today, Jen and we are so proud” with multiple pictures. She also reposts BF’s posts and actively comments in them.

I just want to yell “leave those kids alone”, they do not need a grown up living vicariously via their young love, they do not need the attention and the pressure, the BF is going to college in the fall.

Not my business and I should just snooze this friend. I hope this is not typical.

[Anonymous]

This isn’t typical, but people posting dumb sh!t on social media is. That’s why so many of us opt out of it.

[Anonymous]

I have observed a few parents brag about their kids having BF/GF and talking about it a lot. I chalk it up to insecurity and kind of living through their kids.

[Anonymous]

Observed this too with people we know.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s nuts…but if I really wanted to prank my son, this would be a great way to do it.

Can’t imagine the look on his face if he knew I posted about walking the dog and picking up its shit with his GF.

[Anonymous]

Social media is not real life. Unfollow.

[Anonymous]

That poor child. No wonder she is running into a relationship before she is ready. She has no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have observed a few parents brag about their kids having BF/GF and talking about it a lot. I chalk it up to insecurity and kind of living through their kids.

“Brag”? It’s embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

My SIL does this. Her high school aged DC is nearly an incel and now he has a GF and the gushing and pushing from SIL is quite, uhhhh well i guess she's kinda getting the second child she never had? it's weird. Plus it seems there's a lot of drama with these kids and she gets way waaaaayyyy too into it.

[Anonymous]

OP I think your last sentence pretty much hit the nail on the head. Is thinking about this really the way you want to spend your life?

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine did something similar - not post about her teen daughter's romance, thankfully, but talk to me about it every chance she got. It become borderline voyeuristic, honestly, and I tried to steer the conversation away from that topic.

[Anonymous]

There’s something wrong with you or your friendship if you’re having such an outsized reaction to her posts.

Hide or snooze her from your FB feed. And try not to be so judgmental or negative re other people’s happiness. You’ll feel better.