Anonymous wrote:FYI - no one cares about your rug. If you purchased it used or from the father of the child who tied the knots.

This made me LOL.

Anonymous wrote:When I am on Facebook I notice a lot of people post their new homes, pics of renovations etc..

I go out of the way to avoid posting pictures because our home is massive and less than a year old. I also instruct my wife and family members to do the same. We live in nearby areas so people would generally know how much higher the home is worth and I feel like it would be boasting. Part of me is proud of the home and wish I would show it off but feel that it would be not be proper.

Am I over thinking this?

I lost you there.

Why would you post pictures of your house? I don't get it.

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Anonymous wrote: I feel you OP. I don't post pics of my kids because I don't want to make anyone feel bad. Mine are beautiful, smart and in the 95% for height. I don't want to seem like a bragger.

That is different because it is not monetary. I see nothing wrong with that in fact I hope you are proud of your children no matter what.

Grammatically challenged AND oblivious to sarcasm - you're awesome, OP.

+1.

Anonymous wrote:Must admit I get jealous when I see of photo of a dick that is larger than DH's. OP might be on to something.

Post of the day revealing deep seeded marital issues.

Must admit I get jealous when I see of photo of a dick that is larger than DH's. OP might be on to something.

Post away, OP. I like seeing pics of my friends' homes. I am very happy with my own nice, modestly-sized home and wouldn't be envious at all of your giant new build. Trust me, if I know where you live I know about what you spent anyway. But I would like to see what you chose as finishings, style, etc. Like HGTV but even better since I know you.

I like seeing pics of people's vacations, too. The more luxe, the better. I am happy for my friends who get to go cool places, and someday when I travel again I'll post pics too.

The "hide everything" people seem to me to be the ones who must be deeply unhappy/jealous to anticipate their success causing so much angst in others. Projecting, I'd bet.

Anonymous wrote:I think it's tacky, even if your home is normal.

Bingo.

Tacky and probably not too smart from a security perspective.

Unless you post a picture of your mortgage balance showing you actually own a good piece of that nice house AND screen shots of your retirements accounts, savings, investments etc and the $0 balance on your credit cards, I'm not jealous or impressed.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the fact that you "instruct" your wife and friends to do things is weird and controlling, as is the desire to be seen as not bragging at all costs - false modesty since apparently you had no hesitation in buying your McMansion in the first place?

I don't instruct my friends but my family members like mom who is Facebook happy to show off grand kids.

I notice that my friends will stand in front of their houses and do walk throughs of their renovations etc...

I don't think it matters how big or how small the house is, I think it's kind of tacky to post a bunch of pictures. But I kind of feel that way about a lot of things with facebook.

People tend to over share on facebook. People do it with vacations, too. almost all of it just seems like, "look at my beautiful, highly edited, selective portrayal of my life!"

And I think there's even a feeling of expectation -- like I feel like, gosh, if I don't post pictures of all of the amazing things in my life, is it like those things never happened? And then I realize how ridiculous that is, and that's usually when I log out of facebook.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's interesting that you assume people in smaller homes would be jealous of your large home. Larger, more expensive homes are not everyone's dream.

+1
And new homes can be a nightmare!

Also, you paid more does not always equal it's worth more.

Just enjoy what you like. People will look up your house anyway if they are curious about you.

Why would new homes be a nightmare. We have a 2 year warranty and haven't had any issues. We have had them come by to tighten a few fittings, fix settling cracks from wood shrinking etc... on our old house we had a leaking roof and clogged drains due to prior owner's painters accidentally flushing rags. Both those issues caused us to pay out of pocket.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's interesting that you assume people in smaller homes would be jealous of your large home. Larger, more expensive homes are not everyone's dream.

+1
And new homes can be a nightmare!

Also, you paid more does not always equal it's worth more.

Just enjoy what you like. People will look up your house anyway if they are curious about you.

Why would new homes be a nightmare. We have a 2 year warranty and haven't had any issues. We have had them come by to tighten a few fittings, fix settling cracks from wood shrinking etc... on our old house we had a leaking roof and clogged drains due to prior owner's painters accidentally flushing rags. Both those issues caused us to pay out of pocket.

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Anonymous wrote:OP THANK YOU FOR BEING SO CONSIDERATE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE

Why are you yelling?

Smaller ears. Harder to hear. Need loud voice.

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Anonymous wrote: I feel you OP. I don't post pics of my kids because I don't want to make anyone feel bad. Mine are beautiful, smart and in the 95% for height. I don't want to seem like a bragger.

That is different because it is not monetary. I see nothing wrong with that in fact I hope you are proud of your children no matter what.

Grammatically challenged AND oblivious to sarcasm - you're awesome, OP.

insult grammar nice

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Anonymous wrote: I feel you OP. I don't post pics of my kids because I don't want to make anyone feel bad. Mine are beautiful, smart and in the 95% for height. I don't want to seem like a bragger.

That is different because it is not monetary. I see nothing wrong with that in fact I hope you are proud of your children no matter what.

Grammatically challenged AND oblivious to sarcasm - you're awesome, OP.