Blatant showing off starting to get really tiresome/distasteful

Oh yes, so do I remember hours (being forced ) watching other people’s holidays. What not fun that was.

Remember the days of cine films made by holiday goers which they insisted on showing us during evening coffee?

Yes, remember them well 😂

Well, at least it is on social media, so you do not have to look at it, if you don't want.

Remember the days of cine films made by holiday goers which they insisted on showing us during evening coffee?

One BIL does it, and I respond occasionally. It keeps him happy, so why worry. Its easy to snooze them for a while if it bothers you.

I have a friend who does this. She does it because it gives her happiness. I am fine with her being happy. It doesn't bother me that she is so different from me. Individuality is interesting.

Why shouldn't anyone post pics from their holidays? I think it's mean spirited to resent others enjoying themselves.

Well, I think it's poor taste to go on and on about luxurious things you're enjoying on holiday. It's enough to post a couple of pictures and say what a lovely place you're at. I suppose it depends on what sort of circles you move in.

Yes there is a lot of showing off on social media, it makes me smile. I’m very contented with my some would say boring life. So it doesn’t bother me in the least I haven’t got an envious bone in my body so it goes over my head 🤣I just think oh how the other half lives 🤣🤣

You could "unfollow" or take a break....there is that option on Facebook.
You won't cause upset as they won't see that you've done this.
Absolutely, social media can feel really overwhelming. Use it to your advantage to enhance your life how you want it to.
I joined lots of gardening and nature pages etx etx so I get swamped with these too...which I love! Maybe do the same with things that enrich you xx

I was just making a general comment about boosting. I too use FB as a photo album for holidays and days out

I don't think that posting holiday snaps is necessarily boasting. A lot of people use FB as a photo album, and enjoy getting the annual reminders of times past.

It always puzzles me why people feel the need to boast and show off especially about material wealth it is not as if by having a lot of money one is a better more worthy person than someone without🤔 I hardly ever feel envy; although I have had a lot of awful stuff happen (as many have) I have also been very lucky/happy in other ways and it is these I try to focus on. I rarely see a post and feel green although I do confess a slight twinge when its freezing Feb here and one friend posts about her annual Caribbean holiday 🥶😂

Facebook can be used to follow various interests. I follow a group who grew up in my childhood area. I have encountered people who remember my parents and say lovely things about them. Read lots of fascinating history. Then there are comical animal videos etc etc. I also see recommendations from a group who follow a particular author and have found similar books in that particular genre. Then there is a Ninja group with lots of suggestions etc etc. Of course there are family photos of all kinds. Lots to see beyond plates of food and holiday destinations. There is one acquaintance of long ago who regularly boasts of expensive holidays ad nauseum . At first people said lots of nice things but now they are greatly reduced along with the bragging.

I think you've missed rafichagran's very good point.

I find that people like that are usually missing something in their lives so have to ‘big up’ themselves. It’s really lovely to see holiday pics on SM but when people (relatives and friends) are struggling there’s really no need to go OTT about it as she seems to be doing.

Hopefully the OPs relatives don’t get burgled whilst away on all these holidays. It’s important to be careful what you post .

I don't mind anyone having good holidays, and talking about all the nice things that happen to them. I don't mind people having the good thongs in life. Good for them.
What I am tired of, and this has been discussed before, is people, and there are a couple of posters on Gransnet, who have stated in the past they are tired of their friends bragging, what they really mean is they are jealous of what other people have or do in their lives instead of being pleased for them. Some people are also eaten up with jealousy, and they ruin their own lives. Live and let live.

I really don't understand the problem. It's not in your face unless you choose to look, is it?

Live and let live they have probably worked hard for many years and are now reaping the rewards. Most of their family are not well off which indicates that there was not much money around when they were young. They probably struggled financially too as their children are doing but they are not there to bail them out, they have to make their own way in life just as their Parents did. I say good luck to them for making the most of their retirement!

In the early days of Facebook, this was a lot more common. It was a novelty, I suppose. My FB friends would post dozens of holiday photos all the time and so would I, and looking back they probably did come over as boastful to friends who didn’t go away, though people did used to say they enjoyed seeing them (maybe they were just being kind ).

I can’t remember the last time I posted a photo, and my friends don’t post many now either. FB to me these days is just a useful tool to find out what’s going on in the area, to check out history groups etc that I’m a member of, keep in touch with a few far flung friends and to have a good laugh about some of the funnier posts on the local groups. I have one friend in particular that I keep “snoozing”, because they post a lot of stuff that’s not particularly interesting to me. Perhaps just do that, OP - take a break from them for a month (and then another one straight afterwards if they’re still irritating you!).

Who says it's 'bragging' Gwillt?

Stop and think why some folk feel the need to brag. What does it say about what they really think about themselves and their life

Like all things in life you have a choice if these things are getting to you as the old song says walk on by
I post photos when I m proud of something (nothing like what the poster is talking about) but it’s my little way of connecting If people don’t like they don’t look I have a cousin who posts everything West Ham, everything, no interest to me so I pass it by
People can post what they like why linger to look at it and get more and more upset just think to yourself, that’s not for me

Many years ago, I worked with a rather obnoxious man who enjoyed bragging about his wealth.
He would often get out his wallet and count out £200 in £5 notes. This was over 50 years ago, and we impoverished teenage girls were amazed and, to be honest, most of us I suspect were pretty envious. I know I was!

Nearing retirement he would boast about his future, travelling the world, his plans for investing in a business venture etc.
Three days before his leaving, he dropped dead in the workplace.
He was a strange chap. We later found out that all the talk about his finances was nothing but hot air.

Aveline

I really don't see other people's posts as bragging. Should we all pretend to lead uneventful lives just so that others feel OK? Chips on shoulders on display here?

👏 👏 👏