Humble brag

It's the end of another year and as I peruse social media, I see the wonderful things people have done with their lives... adorable children, sweet new rides, beautiful family photos and dogs galore. I laughed the other day when a family member (a strict non facebook user) rolled his eyes at a post retelling and exclaimed that all people do is put fake things up to show how great their lives are. "Well yeah!" I said, totally unaware of why he'd think this was a bad thing. I take a million photos a day of my children, dog, myself, husband, house, sometimes things I cook, and only a select few get posted to the public. Not exactly fake, but certainly not the whole truth.
You don't need to see me at 8am with my ugly glasses on making that "why didn't you make me coffee" face pic that I send to my husband. You don't need to see my son hopping around in his birthday suit because he HAS to wear the ELK SHIRT. And you definitely do not need to see my normal-ass-unappetizing-looking dinner or hear about how I am going to smack my husband if he talks about Star Wars again.
What's the problem with using social media as a way to show the cool/beautiful/best side of your life?
In my opinion, nothing at all.
I know without a shadow of a doubt that none of you want to know who I'm going to vote for next year (or how I may strongly disagree with your choices). And while you may chuckle at a poorly lit photo of my very outdated highlights and my ham and bean soup for dinner, you will quickly pass by to something far more interesting. Like so-and-so's really beautiful wedding photos, what's-her-face's new baby, and OMG I thought he was married... But that is so not his wife?!
If you really want to know what I really really think of the world, you'll probably be able to tell by my excessive liking of the few who decide to post the ugly stuff- but really do it beautifully.
So post on ye "fake" posters, I'll be right there with you. Humble bragging my way through another year. Because with all of the hard, sad, awful things that happen every day, sometimes it's nice to just post a picture of something awesome.

 

     

  

 

                 

Cheers to a New Year :)