What leads grown women to post party photos on Instagram stories?

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

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Travelling to see family. At the airport saw two friends going with a group for a girls trip. I gave them hugs and told them to have a great time and meant it. As someone else said, I don’t invite everyone to all my things, why would I expect to be invited to all of their things?

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Anonymous wrote:They’re posting because they’re having fun. If people are this sensitive, maybe social media is not for you.

They're posting the pic after the fact. They were having fun. Why do they think anyone else would be interested?

DP. I don’t even think a people taking pics during a party with the intent to post them later are really having that much fun. It’s so awkward when someone whips their phone out for a group selfie and you can just tell they can’t wait to get it on the internet. It’s weird behavior.

How ridiculous. They might be having a lot of fun and that's why they want a picture.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

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Anonymous wrote:Travelling to see family. At the airport saw two friends going with a group for a girls trip. I gave them hugs and told them to have a great time and meant it. As someone else said, I don’t invite everyone to all my things, why would I expect to be invited to all of their things?

Actually I think your friends are very lame. They just wanted everyone to know they were going on a girls trip. How tacky. If it was really about going on a girls trip they would teleport to the destination rather than go to an airport where everyone could see them.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

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What leads grown women to be affected by party pics on IG?
I don’t get the appeal of IG.

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I do think there's a certain psychology behind people who MUST be in big groups all the time. There are a few women I grew up with who always do everything as a 'pack' or 'tribe' and post 1000 stories about it on Instagram.

My social life is more like 1:1 plans with friends, see family, and then the occasional party but not ones where guests would be taking large group photos. For example, I went to a spin class with my sister and a few friends this weekend. I didn't post anything, but have seen the ladies I am thinking of post a 'group' photo when 4-5 of them go to an exercise class. Have a few people over for wine? Photo. Go for a walk? Photo. It all screams 'look at me, I have friends' a little too desperately, IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

DP, and you want other people to think you look cute too? Is that the idea?

“Look at us, see how cute we are”.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

DP, and you want other people to think you look cute too? Is that the idea?

“Look at us, see how cute we are”.

Not really. I was married at the time and so was she. It was just a cute picture of us. I wanted to put it on Instagram. It wasn't a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

DP, and you want other people to think you look cute too? Is that the idea?

“Look at us, see how cute we are”.

Not really. I was married at the time and so was she. It was just a cute picture of us. I wanted to put it on Instagram. It wasn't a big deal.

Why not just share with her? Did you have no way of just sending it to her?

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Thanks for confirming that the reasons are as shallow and vain as predicted. It's very telling about the people who engage in this behavior. People showing you exactly who they are.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

DP, and you want other people to think you look cute too? Is that the idea?

“Look at us, see how cute we are”.

Not really. I was married at the time and so was she. It was just a cute picture of us. I wanted to put it on Instagram. It wasn't a big deal.

Why not just share with her? Did you have no way of just sending it to her?

DP, I’m guessing it’s so other people think it’s a recent picture. Look how cute we look. Without saying it was taken 5 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

DP, and you want other people to think you look cute too? Is that the idea?

“Look at us, see how cute we are”.

Not really. I was married at the time and so was she. It was just a cute picture of us. I wanted to put it on Instagram. It wasn't a big deal.

Why not just share with her? Did you have no way of just sending it to her?

DP, I’m guessing it’s so other people think it’s a recent picture. Look how cute we look. Without saying it was taken 5 years ago.

It's one way to hide the Covid weight gain.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be good if more hosts asked their guests to not post party pics and video on social media. Not everything needs to be documented.

It would be a pretty interesting experiment to see if such a request would increase/decrease attendance and if guests would actually honor the request.

I don't think most people would care. People post party photos because they're cute, funny, etc.

Honestly I get feeling left out but truly, not everything is about you.

It's usually just people smiling. Nothing cute or funny about it. It's just "look at me" nothing else.

Great. If it's just people smiling then you shouldn't feel too left out.

I don't. But y'all aren't as cute and funny as you think you are.

???? Quite the assumption. I haven't posted a photo of myself to social media since 2018. My last post is in 2019 and it's a picture of a deer in my backyard lmfao. I just don't think a bunch of women who are probably drunk on mid-range wine are going out of their way to make me feel left out when they post a pic of themselves.

Well you assumed I felt left out. I don't. We can have different opinions on it. I think needing to post a pic to let everyone know you were at a party is weird and sad.

Right. And I'm saying that I am not convinced that's the reason every single person who posts pictures from a party does it. You don't know why they do it. To immediately attribute it to "Well they just wanted to let people know they were there" is bizarre.

Nobody has provided a single reason other than they think they look cute. Really, how lame. Seems like most people have gotten the message that this is tacky. I'm surprised there are still many people doing this at all still.

Okay but that is a reason! You say you want a reason, you're given a reason, and then you say "Well that's a lame reason!" I think my racist aunt and uncle's reason for voting for Trump in 2020 was lame, but that doesn't mean there's no reason they did it!

Automatically assuming the reason was "I just wanted everyone to know I was there and to be jealous that they weren't" is a bit of a stretch, is all I'm trying to say. Especially when in reality, the people who posted the Instagram stories of the party probably weren't even thinking of OP.

Maybe it really is just a generational thing, but I honestly think this is the whole point of social media, in so many words.

Then it isn't for you! And that's okay!

My last picture of me on Instagram is with my friend at a fun party she threw in winter of 2018. It's a picture of the two of us. I thought we looked cute. I didn't do it so that OP would see and feel left out. I just thought it was a cute picture.

DP, and you want other people to think you look cute too? Is that the idea?

“Look at us, see how cute we are”.

Not really. I was married at the time and so was she. It was just a cute picture of us. I wanted to put it on Instagram. It wasn't a big deal.