Parents who boast about their sprogs on Facebook

[W.C.]

Meh.

I must be a 'prick' then, because I like Facebook, but then I don't take it too seriously.

I don't post too much stuff about the kids - occasionally when they've done something of interest, but I wouldn't call it boasting.

Of course it's not for everyone, just like North Stand Chat isn't for every fan of Brighton and Hove Albion (sorry, [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION]), but I don't understand the hatred towards people that DO use it. If there is something on there that I'm not interested in (missing pets; things that are local to one of my friends but not to me; or long and rambling shared posts) I scroll on by - a bit like my approach to Twitter. Groups, I find, are normally the way to go - I figured people would get fed up with posts about my latest runs, so I west up a group that specifically about running, and added friends that I thought might be bothered.

If you don't like what someone is posting - then get rid! It's not hard. Although I did that once, and he subsequently sent me a friend request, and asking why I'd ditched him. I told him it was because he posted about culling his friend list for the umpteenth time, so I'd save him a job

By far the most sensible post on the matter. The biggest show offs are always the ones boasting about how they DON'T do something.

 

[Murray 17]

I told him it was because he posted about culling his friend list for the umpteenth time, so I'd save him a job [emoji38]

LOL!

 

[footychick]

Blimey this appears to be quite an urban myth. No,that was never the 'real' reason, see post #80. It would be incredibly counter-productive if a vehicle 'had a baby on board' sign (and some of the earlier ones were stickers) and at the time of an accident there wasn't actually a baby on board because the driver had forgotten to remove the sign. The emergency services would waste precious time looking for a non-existent baby. The lie about "oh it's for the Emergency Services" was the answer to the ridicule that the bad drivers gave.

Ah, cheers for that. I did wonder if that was actually true.

 

[Fran Hagarty]

[QUOTE Cat pictures can f*** off though.[/QUOTE]

Hear, hear! I don't like them and get fed up with repeatedly seeing pictures of them! Obviously some of my friends like them though!

 

[mooey]

Totally agree with this. What makes a baby more important than any other passenger in a car?

It's showing off: "I have a baby and I want the whole f*cking world to know about it on the roads." People don't put signs outside their houses with "Don't rob us, baby lives here" so why in car windows?

How about a: "Use your windscreen wipers. Incontinent geriatric aboard."


Maybe people get them because when driving and a baby is screaming its head off its pretty stressful and you might not be concentrating as well as you should be.