People showing off on facebook

I doubt they are up there just for you. You tend to put FB pics up for everyone in your group to see.
I hope things improve for you soon.

Even though she’s on hols and posting lovely pics, I’m sure you and your husband are in her thoughts.

You seem to be overly sensitive to this situation.
Facebook is often a platform for the me, me, me generation. So, unless your sister is being deliberately spiteful to you, and rubbing your nose in your misfortune, l really wouldn't take on so.
The solution is extremely easy : just uninstall Facebook.
Problem solved!

Solution> Boastful people on Facebook are a pain. Just don't bother to look at their photos!

If it was just random FB friends i would say no,but your sister?
Very insensitive.

I must be very lucky but then I choose my friends carefully but I don’t have any braggers on my timeline and if I did I would ‘acquaintance‘ them

Have always thought Facebook is the Devil's Own! I mean, why would you post your whole life out there for everyone to see? My friends and family and I talk regularly, we don't feel the need to tell the world what is happening in our lives. (Why would they be interested for a start?) I'm not a technophobe- I think the Internet is a wondrous thing and emailing has changed my life in terms of keeping in touch with people who have moved away but I have control over what I put out there.

I think you are perhaps being a bit oversensitive, and quite understandably, but your sister won't just have you as a friend on FB, the photos will have been for many to see, and there really is no harm. I felt the same many years ago ( pre FB) when I had just miscarried my first, much wanted child and everywhere I went, it seemed, was people with pushchairs, or friends announcing their pregnancies and I felt that it was aimed at me. It wasn't. I hope your husband recovers and that you are able to resume your normal life soon, but meanwhile, you must appreciate that other people's lives don't stop, holidays don't get cancelled because your DH is ill. This doesn't mean your Sister doesn't care, but frankly, cancelling their holiday, or being secretive about it will not contribute anything to your husband's recovery. Best wishes to you and to your husband.

I can't stand Facebook. Or Facebrag as we call it.

I don’t think you are over sensitive. Just sensitive at this time which is understandable. I think most people would feel the same. I know I have felt like this about round robins at Christmas time, recounting the many achievements of one friend’s children in a horribly boastful way when my daughter was bedridden for many years. I think she should have left me off her list. I suppose the Facebook post was not sent to you specifically though. Is your sister in touch with you and supportive and kind to you in other ways? We have to accept that other people have happiness in life and not resent them for it. We were probably not much different from them at other times in our life. There is no need to torture ourselves though and turning away from and not thinking about these pictures too much will help. I am so sorry for the pain you are undergoing at the moment.

Facebook is whatever the posters you know want to make of it, no more, no less, just as their letters and phone calls and Christmas cards to you are either interesting or annoying depending on what they use them for. It is just another way of communicating,

If you have friends who use it to brag about how much money they have spent on expensive, clothes and holidays, you will see it as Facebrag.

If you have family and friends who you don't see very often but who use it to put on photos of new babies, their holidays, new sofa, and so on, you can follow their news that way.

I don’t agree with the general consensus in that I think your sister should have been mindful of your circumstances before posting. I certainly am very careful who will view my posts and sometimes taylor them to the audience, when I am aware of an issue for a friend or family member. This is no different to being mindful of not hurting someone in a face to face contact eg I wouldn’t discuss a fun filled holiday in a room with a friend recently bereaved etc.
I also get annoyed by the carefully curated brag Fests of some on fb but I have a small group of friends and don’t seem to get this problem too often thankfully.

Maybe you could share their happiness

I am baffled by a few people who post flattering pictures of themselves, their children and sundry relations expecting the other people on their list to be interested. I have a small list of contacts, all of whom I know personally. I would not think of whipping out a family photograph album these days. Mostly my contacts are on the basis of shared political views, or sense of humour.

Facebook...the work of the Devil. Get off it and get your own life.

Yes, I think your sister is being very insenstive given your current situation. When I was long-term unemployed my sister showed me her new car, and banged on about her new leather suite. It's just rubbing it in, and in your situation you don't need it. I would tell her about it.

Coco51 ?

I tend not to put photos of our holidays on Facebook and certainly not while we are away as that would invalidate our house insurance. I also hate the use of FB for bragging, I have a SIL who constantly posts selfies, why I have no idea. I post my mainly wildlife holiday photos on a specalist photo site.

She's living in the moment and obv wants to post pics now as the holiday is relevant to her life at this point in time. I'm sure that doesnt mean she isnt thinking of you both

For some people, being able to Facebook Brag is the motivation for the excursion.

Bragging or followers with chips on their shoulders? Be happy that your friends and family are having a good time even though you might not be right now.
How you you feel if you innocently posted about a nice meal out or a holiday photo and small minded people accused you of bragging?

There is always the option to snooze people for a limited time or block them completely. It doesn't bother me what people post about but I do get a tad cross when people get "upset" at others posts e.g. One friend complains about how aweful their kids are and another says you should be lucky you have kids! One situation does not trump someone else's and no one should feel guilty for feeling they way they do. As another poster said your sister is living her life and although yours is not good at the moment that shouldn't mean she has to stop or feel guilty. The only time I've snoozed someone is because every single post is political as she is a remainer. Even Covid is Brexiteers fault, it just became tedious so 30 days without that in my feed was great ?

Facebook is ok if you manage it. I have quite a lot of old uni friends on mine and it’s great to keep up with their lives, if I find any friends are irritating me I just unfollow them!
A senior colleague used to bang on about how stressed and overworked she was and I had to unfollow her otherwise I would have ended up commenting to the effect that nobody forced her to go for promotion and the big salary !!

We have a neighbourhood Facebook group, mainly used for things like stupid parking or litter louts etc. But one chap uses it to document his daily life on: how he prefers his toast in a morning, whether he's having tea or coffee, decaf or regular, which shirt should he wear that day..... He's married, employed and has a family but he seems to feel the need to document the minutia of his life for public approval or comment. We've all got our heads in our hands now he's gone on a diet because we get twice daily bulletins of what he's eaten!
Some people just seem to need have public approbation or approval for what's going on their lives, even the boring, day to day bits.

My family do things like this all the time. I was especially hurt not to be invited to a wedding. For my sanity, I turn off the photos and look later if I want to. Hope things improve soon.