Anonymous wrote:It depends if it is all the time and if it is fake.I love to hear food news from friends and family. I don't love the fake stuff that is over gushy when you know they are on the verge of divorce.

Fake??? Are you suggesting the person isn't an engineer? Didn't graduate? We're the graduation pics photoshopped?

Being on the verge of divorce one minute then gushing the next isn't fake. It's what that person feels in this moment. You seem miserable, as if you need to believe a person's unhappy in order to feel good about yourself. Why is the gushing fake but the anger isn't? Your glass is half-empty.

I'm always amazed when I hear that people have 500+ friends on Facebook, Instagram etc. Most people only have 10-20 real friends and a couple of confidants. But if you are following 500+ people on social media you will be bombarded by irrelevant crap about peoples' lives. Most people only post good news so you get bombarded by 500 peoples good news. It can get annoying! On Facebook I only follow family members (big family) but unfriended some because I really didn't care about mindless stuff some relatives were posting on a daily basis.

Sharing personal news is what social media is all about, and exactly why I'm not on it. However, posting updates about important milestones such as graduation, new jobs, births and weddings, etc, in an elegant way is always appropriate!

Anonymous wrote:My husband brags about me on social media. He bragged when I got into grad school. He bragged when I finished grad school. He bragged when we had a baby. He bragged when I made really awesome pie last week.

If it's not your thing, ignore it. Don't be a hater, though. Bragging publicly about your spouse's accomplishments (big and small) doesn't mean you're hiding insecurity.

DH and I adore each other but basically have a no-bragging rule for social media. BUT while I was still in the hospital recovering from giving birth, he posted on Facebook about my unmedicated labor. It was SUPER embarrassing. Happily, this was like 10 years ago when we each had maybe eight friends on FB.

Anonymous wrote:If news like that annoys you just unfriend them. You have complete control over who you follow on social media. Stop whining.

ITA. I'm the one who mentioned overboard above. I also earlier defended bragging.

There's a balance. And yes, if you go overboard your friends may unfollow. And if you're feeling like it's too much, unfriend.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do wives and girlfriends brat about their SO's career or academic accomplishments on social media?

"My sexy engineer graduated today!"

"You're looking at my newly minted lawyer!"

"Proud navy wife!!!"



Is this necessary?

I think it's fine if it is rare and a true milestone. If it is relentless and clearly the person is a social media bragger ho then, no, just no. I hate those people.

Yup.

If news like that annoys you just unfriend them. You have complete control over who you follow on social media. Stop whining.

Being your SO's cheerleader is a good thing.

Ah, GOOD news, not FOOD news(necessarily)

It depends if it is all the time and if it is fake.I love to hear food news from friends and family. I don't love the fake stuff that is over gushy when you know they are on the verge of divorce.

Anonymous wrote:Huh...I see this from both males and females, spouses , friends , parents, grandparents , etc. Actually I recently posted "so proud of the awesomeness that is Larla Larlason. Congrats on becoming an NP!".

I'd much rather post about my excitement over the accomplishments of people I care about than post my own accomplishments.

I agree! My husband went to grad school when our kids were 1, 3 and 4. I definitely posted a pic of us all at his graduation- it was a whole family endeavor as we basically didn't have a husband or dad for 22 months.

I wasn't bragging- I was celebrating.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? It's sharing news. Graduating is an accomplishment. Why shouldn't I be proud of my spouse? He's humble and wouldn't post it himself, but it's a definite milestone. We've both made sacrifices for that to happen.

Would you rather that I shared some petition to somehow overthrow the results of the election?

I totally agree with you. DC urban bitches strike again! A woman can't be proud of her husband. It isn't her fault you're perpetually single or unhappily shackled to some asshole you're not proud of.

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What's wrong with being proud of your spouse? How proud would you feel if your spouse publicly declared his love and pride for you?--Which is what spouses should do!

Learn to celebrate and be happy for others.

PP here - that's my point. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your spouse. The women on this site are just very unhappy people.

I actually meant to add a +1. I was agreeing with you.

I will never understand how and why Facebook sets some of these people off. Unhappy indeed! Every other week there's a thread about someone being jealous of another person's happiness being played out on FB. They come here to insist the people (their "friends") really live in misery the other 23 3/4 hours of the day that aren't captured on film. In reality, they are the unhappy ones. Otherwise, someone else's happiness wouldn't bother them so much.

Nothing wrong with being proud of spouse.

But, the examples OP lists as with most social media announcements have less to do with pride and more to do with #blessed.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? It's sharing news. Graduating is an accomplishment. Why shouldn't I be proud of my spouse? He's humble and wouldn't post it himself, but it's a definite milestone. We've both made sacrifices for that to happen.

Would you rather that I shared some petition to somehow overthrow the results of the election?

I totally agree with you. DC urban bitches strike again! A woman can't be proud of her husband. It isn't her fault you're perpetually single or unhappily shackled to some asshole you're not proud of.

NP-

What's wrong with being proud of your spouse? How proud would you feel if your spouse publicly declared his love and pride for you?--Which is what spouses should do!

Learn to celebrate and be happy for others.

PP here - that's my point. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your spouse. The women on this site are just very unhappy people.

+1

Welcome to D.C.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? It's sharing news. Graduating is an accomplishment. Why shouldn't I be proud of my spouse? He's humble and wouldn't post it himself, but it's a definite milestone. We've both made sacrifices for that to happen.

Would you rather that I shared some petition to somehow overthrow the results of the election?

I totally agree with you. DC urban bitches strike again! A woman can't be proud of her husband. It isn't her fault you're perpetually single or unhappily shackled to some asshole you're not proud of.

NP-

What's wrong with being proud of your spouse? How proud would you feel if your spouse publicly declared his love and pride for you?--Which is what spouses should do!

Learn to celebrate and be happy for others.

PP here - that's my point. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your spouse. The women on this site are just very unhappy people.