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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Just to be clear--I love seeing vacation pictures.  I just don't understand the motivation to be on facebook when you finally get the chance to actually spend some uninterrupted time with your family.  Maybe some of you get to go on so many vacations that it's no big deal, but for me the opportunity to NOT interact with other people is half the point of a vacation.  Even if my kid was super cute that day or the sunset was awesome, I'd rather take the few days I have to just enjoy that with my family.  I will post the pics when I get home.  I just can't thinking that if you're on FB while you're away with your family, you are thinking more about sharing and portraying your trip than you are about being on it.[/quote]

But, OP, isn't when you are on vacation when you have a few minutes of downtime to do things like post on FB? I don't have anybody on my friends list who posts tons of pictures while on vacation, but one or two photos uploaded from your phone (which is probably also your only camera device) to show grandma and grandpa what's going on doesn't seem like it takes very much time away from your vacation.  I think it boils down to how you use FB.  I also think that not everyone defines "family" the same way that you do.  You seem to have a very nuclear family-centric understanding of family.  For someone who is part of a very interconnected extended family, they might want to share more with other family members than you do.  To each his/her own.  [/quote]

OP here. I'm actually super-connected to my extended family.  That's actually  why I so treasure the time I get alone with my nuclear family.  As much as I love keeping up with friends and relatives, if I get 5 days alone with my husband and kids with nothing to do but have fun together (which happens once or twice a year at best, unfortunately), I'm not interested in sharing it with ANYBODY else.  We tell them about it when we get home. [/quote]

So then you should be able to understand that not every family operates the same way that yours does.  You need a break from your extended family and a chance to catch up with your nuclear family.  Others need a chance to slow down and catch up with more distant relatives by sending updates to their family.  The point is not every family is the same.  Just because someone is different from you doesn't mean that their actions must be inferior. The fact that they post on FB while on vacation is not necessarily a sign of personal weakness.   Its very odd how you seem unable to put yourself in any one else's shoes and see how they might have different vacation habits from you. [/quote]

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