this genre of instagram mom confessions is off putting - why???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90% of social media is women seeking attention and this is one way that apparently works.

I agree. I’m also put off when a parent posts a picture of their child doing something and then says “like mother like daughter”. It’s like they’re saying, “me, me, don’t forget about me - I used to do that too!”

[Anonymous]

I don't see an attention getting picture here. I see a young mother burning both ends of the candle and having no one to help her. She's not saying her life is so wonderful, she's trying to be real. Maybe looking for another to understand.

We women tend to knock each other down and for what ? FOR WHAT ?

I prefer to give her a hand up instead of kicking her when she's down. What happened to empathy ? Understanding ?

LOVING ONE ANOTHER ? WHY DO YOU JUDGE HER ?

I can totally sympathize with her. BTDT had many many crying episodes. Crying cleanses your soul and helps you make it through another day. We're all doing the best we can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see an attention getting picture here. I see a young mother burning both ends of the candle and having no one to help her. She's not saying her life is so wonderful, she's trying to be real. Maybe looking for another to understand.

We women tend to knock each other down and for what ? FOR WHAT ?

I prefer to give her a hand up instead of kicking her when she's down. What happened to empathy ? Understanding ?

LOVING ONE ANOTHER ? WHY DO YOU JUDGE HER ?

I can totally sympathize with her. BTDT had many many crying episodes. Crying cleanses your soul and helps you make it through another day. We're all doing the best we can.

She’s dealing with the same thing we are ALL dealing with. This post is attention seeking and unnecessary. She’s fishing for pats on the back.

Also what’s up with the PTSD hashtag? Does she have something else in her past that warrants it? I hope she isn’t equating this bad afternoon to trauma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90% of social media is women seeking attention and this is one way that apparently works.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Just another bid for attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vulnerability requires intimacy. To blast something out on a public Instagram is the opposite of that. Also to share your bad moments to the public isn't asking for forgiveness from the people you've had a bad moment with (your family). It isn't looking for support in moving forward from family and close friends. It's looking for validation that you are still OK - and strangers can't really give that, but only the sham of that.

This is insightful. I agree.

+2

+3

[Anonymous]

That same account features a 5 year old breastfeeding.

I bf one of mine until 2.5 and even I think 5 yo is kind of crazy.

Anyway, don't put too much energy into what you see on Instagram.

[Anonymous]

I can’t stand all the fake doe eyed crying with mascara running pics. Who needs to take a picture of themself crying?? Any leaving the mascara for show - blech!!

[Anonymous]

At least she’s not a SAHM complaining!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:90% of social media is women seeking attention and this is one way that apparently works.

+1000

+1,000,000. Except that it's not 90%, it's 99%

[Anonymous]

I agree op. I would say that most mom blogs or mom Instagram influencers pretty much such. All of it is so performative and attention seeking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least she’s not a SAHM complaining!

Um, what in the hell?

Sorry you can't afford it, babe. Good luck getting mommy-tracked in corporate middle management purgatory. Besos!

[Anonymous]

I agree it's a humblebrag, plus a look how beautiful I look even with mascara artfully running down my face almost as though this was a spontaneous photo and not one where I ignored my kids for an hour while I made myself up to look like I was pretty-crying and then forced the kids to sit back down with me so I could take a selfie of what I want people to think I actually looked like at the time.

[Anonymous]

Attention Whores gonna beg for attention. It’s what they do best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stand all the fake doe eyed crying with mascara running pics. Who needs to take a picture of themself crying?? Any leaving the mascara for show - blech!!

Can you imagine crying, looking in the mirror and thinking, quick, grab the kids for a pic while I look this miserable. Can you even imagine needing that much attention? It’s clinical.