Anonymous wrote:When my sister was in jail she posted a rosy message about "taking a break" from her phone so she wouldn't be replying right away. These are the games everyone plays on social media.

If I were you, I'd just ignore it. If she asks why you don't like her posts just say you don't check that much. Done.

This is kind of funny!

Anonymous wrote:When my sister was in jail she posted a rosy message about "taking a break" from her phone so she wouldn't be replying right away. These are the games everyone plays on social media.

If I were you, I'd just ignore it. If she asks why you don't like her posts just say you don't check that much. Done.

I’m flummoxed that they let you keep your phone in jail.

Quite honestly, I'd rather see someone's breezy pics of their children in a happy moment, a sunset or a dog as opposed to them "sharing their true feelings". Save that stuff for the therapist.

And OP, just unfollow her if it's making you crazy. For god's sake, lady.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not a big social media user but have had my sister ask-how come I don’t like her posts. I guess I could just deactivate and leave it at that.

I can't believe there are people in real life that ask this seriously. I mean I know they exist, but it's insecurity to an alarming level.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Be supportive. Click like and move on.

Supportive of lying?

It’s not lying. It’s support you fool.

When my sister was in jail she posted a rosy message about "taking a break" from her phone so she wouldn't be replying right away. These are the games everyone plays on social media.

If I were you, I'd just ignore it. If she asks why you don't like her posts just say you don't check that much. Done.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of these comments are ridiculous. OP is being a drama queen or jealous. I have four sisters and no way would I be an enabler and pretend like everything is okay. I can definitely tell there are some passive AF people here.

Are any of them addicts or alcoholics? That totally changed family dynamics

Not PP but I have 2 brothers that are addicts. We just had a family wedding, one showed up wasted to the ceremony. My other sibling drove him back to the hotel and we still posted happy pictures.

WTF are we suppose to do, crawl in a corner and cry?

2 days later he and his "whatever she is" are posting amazing picture (since it was a destination wedding) so what is he supposed to do, sit in his hotel and feel bad the rest of the time because he fell off the wagon.Is

Is he suppose to post he fell off the wagon? Is he supposed to not post any nice pictures?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think it's impossible to have bad things going on in your life and be happy?

Not understanding what you're asking or the connection to SM.

So what if her kids don't do their homework, sometimes the best you can do is a birthday cake. Why not celebrate a birthday even if the kids are doing badly in school.

You think somebody with an alcoholic husband does not have good days and bad days, they don't have moment that are nice. You can't remember that/post that?

Most people have shit going on... cancer, addiction, teen issues, kids with LDs, mental health problems.

It's not fake to post a moment of joy.

Anonymous wrote:Some of these comments are ridiculous. OP is being a drama queen or jealous. I have four sisters and no way would I be an enabler and pretend like everything is okay. I can definitely tell there are some passive AF people here.

Are any of them addicts or alcoholics? That totally changed family dynamics

Anonymous wrote:Do you think it's impossible to have bad things going on in your life and be happy?

Not understanding what you're asking or the connection to SM.

Some of these comments are ridiculous. OP is being a drama queen or jealous. I have four sisters and no way would I be an enabler and pretend like everything is okay. I can definitely tell there are some passive AF people here.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m not a big social media user but have had my sister ask-how come I don’t like her posts. I guess I could just deactivate and leave it at that.

Wow. How is an adult not embarrassed to whine "why don't you give me Likes on social media?"

I'd just claim ignorance. "Oh, I'm not on [social media platform] much these days, my app has been glitchy." Or blame the algorithms or privacy settings for just not happening to have seen stuff. Deflect and redirect.

Anonymous wrote:My sister is living a similar 2 face life. Her real life is falling apart. On social media she is "such a wonderful mom". It annoys me to no end because she will get 200+ likes when she posts a picture of the birthday cake be baked her teenager. Sure she baked the cake but she didn't make her kid do any school work for the last 3 years and instead has decided they will just take the GED when they turn 18. My DH has to continually remind me that she posts on social media because it is like an drug. Every "like" is a little shot of happiness in her sad life.

So true. SAHMs are especially susceptible to this, it seems, especially once the youngest child is in K or 1st grade. All day with nothing to do makes them go nuts.

Anonymous wrote:OP, everybody knows.

We all know the ones who feel the need to publicly post about how amazing their hubby/life are... are the ones with the most problems.

Trust me, your sister isn't fooling anyone. Go forth and live your life (off social media). It's what most normal, healthy, happy people do.

That's not always true. I know a lot of genuinely happy couples who are over the top cringe on social media.

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Anonymous wrote:Be supportive. Click like and move on.

Supportive of lying?

Yeah, definitely not. Helping her perpetuate delusions is not being "supportive."

Failure to post all the horrible things about your life to your social media does not constitute lying. WTF.

You missed the part where OP said her sister claims to be with her kids on social media when she’s actually at a bar. I would consider that lying.