And this is why I hate facebook PIP

88sharonlee · September 2014

well sometimes at least.

so last week I posted a photo of Brie with our friends daughter before the football game

Our friend's daughter is 3 months old and on the smaller side for her age, while Brie is on the bigger side.

My mom tagged herself in my photo so all her friends could see! yeah, what fun! So now I have to see all their stupid comments, such as:

Grandma's friend 1: " Oh are these your two little cuties?" (Real close friend if she doesn't even know how many grandchildren my mom has!)

Grandma: " No just the chunky one" ( REALLY Grandma- the chunky one!)

Grandma's friend 2: " What a little cutie, who's the big guy?"

SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY, WHO'S THE BIG GUY! MY ADORABLE, HEALTHY, HAPPY DAUGHTER IS THE BIG GUY?

(ETA: to remove the YOU JERK part! I'm not really mad about it, I think its hysterical!)

Now I know that Brie gets mistaken for a boy alot, and that part is totally understandable when she's dressed in sports wear and her hair is still short, but come on people.

mskatiep · September 2014

I think they are both adorable!! Sometimes people have very little tact, don't let it bother you too much. I'm sorry that your own mom made a rude comment though. Hopefully she never says something like that when Brie is older.

rbtrumpet · September 2014

rachelhermione415 said:

Can't you make it so other people can't tag themselves? I also think you can adjust your privacy settings so that even if she tags herself only mutual friends can see anyways.

this is what I do. Only my friends can see my picutres.

They are both cute. I wouldn't let the "boy" comment bother me (L has been called a boy when she was wearing a pink dress with a flower in her hair - some people are just clueless). And the fact that she's bigger than the 3 month old just means she's older! Some people just lack all tact.

88sharonlee · September 2014

Thanks guys but don't worry, i'm not upset, just had to share.

Please take the CAPS as hysterical laughing at these comments, not real anger! the who's the big guy comment still cracks me up!

I'm not that facebook savy so @rachelhermione45 or anyone, please elaborate on how i can make my photos not taggable? I don't mind if my mom shares the photo, thats why its on facebook, can't she share it on her own page and not tag herself in it?

88sharonlee · September 2014

Sing2phins said:

First off, that picture is freaking adorable.

Second, I think you're taking this way too seriously. Compared to that little baby, Brie is chunky (and I'm with @MelloChello that chunky is a-ok for babies), and who really cares if someone mistook her for a boy?

Wow I really need to work on expressing my emotions via online typing- sorry, i'm so not mad about it, honestly. I was just sharing becasue I think its funny, a little rude, but mostly funny.

I think the all caps made it sound like I was pissed. I'm an architect so all caps is just normal to me, but I see how it comes across as yelling!

Maybe I should have added stupid little face to share my feelings like this

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tikiroom · September 2014

Anyone over 60ish I cut a lot of slack on social media. My grandma has posted stuff on my wall that would be much better suited as a private message (including asking how many centimeters dialated I was). Anyway, the photo is cute and I wouldn't let it get to me. As a fellow architect, I know you don't need any extra stress.

Princess_Lily · September 2014

Even wearing all pink and having a big bow in her hair, DD gets, "What an adorable boy!"

And she is totally a chunkster too - chunky babies are so adorable!!

SV917 · September 2014

Sing2phins said:
All this talk about old people on FB made me think of this, which I read the other day:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251366/grandmaster-flash-grandparents-facebook

The gist is, grandparents are trying to sign their comments or posts "Love, Grand[ma/pa]" and when you capitalize a word, FB offers autofill of people to tag, and many grandparents are inadvertently tagging Grandmaster Flash. Amazing.

My mom signs her text messages "Love, Mom." She also sometimes says it on voicemail: "Ok, I think that's everything. Talk to you soon. Love, Mom." I love my mommy.

That Tumblr of Grandmaster Flash tags is hilarious. My mom accidentally tagged me when she was wishing someone else a happy birthday and signed her name. I didn't even know the person and really there is no need to sign your name in the message when your name & picture appear next to your post. But my mom also writes the day of the week as the subject line in her emails. Have you not seen an email before, mom? It automatically gives the time and date.

88sharonlee · September 2014

My mom does that too, she always starts a voicemail with "Hi, its Mom"

Even if my phone didn't tell me you called don't you think i'd recognize your voice by now!

I also crack up when 'old people' like my mom, still give people instructions on how to leave a voicemail/message. I think everyone knows by now that I should leave my name, number and short message after the beep!

cagoldi · September 2014

88sharonlee said:
My mom does that too, she always starts a voicemail with "Hi, its Mom"

Even if my phone didn't tell me you called don't you think i'd recognize your voice by now!

I also crack up when 'old people' like my mom, still give people instructions on how to leave a voicemail/message. I think everyone knows by now that I should leave my name, number and short message after the beep!

Yes! It's so weird. Every voicemail from my dad starts, "Hi Birdie, it's Dad." Yes, yes, I know because the phone tells me so you don't have to.

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