One of our adult children is married and his in laws often do odd things, especially on FB.
one thing is brag to the point that it is noticeably strange. One time a post about a birthday was mistaken for a eulogy because it was so long winded and far reaching listing every accomplishment of the person.
Today I was dumbfounded to see another very long post with photos about how another family member , the father, was the best father in the world. It was many many paragraphs long and went into minute detail listing all the niceties of this man like he was a saint or on his death bed. These are ordinary people at best.We are talking about the same two folks...the mother and father who seem to expect their two adult children to laud them publicly and excessively. they often literally refer to them as “the best” mother, father, teacher, painter...whatever skill they have...they are the best at it.
Then the father typically replies thanking the daughter publicly fir the kind remarks in a verbose rehash of his own accomplishments. It’s bizarre and has a definite creepy self serving twist to it.
it’s always bugged me as I’ve never seen anything on FB this strange and can’t help but wonder “what’s up with this??” It would be embarrassing for me to see such a display.
Repeated big life stories going into details the best at everything...it’s over the top. I’m
beginning now to wonder if these parents, especially the father, are badly depressed and the daughters are trying to help them? Boost their morale? Or if the parents have even threatened suicide. It’s that creepy and over the top.I hope not...but I’m beginning to wonder. Do I dare ask my son, who is likely to know?
Thank you.
due to the personal nature of this post, there is a small chance I might ask for its removal.
one thing is brag to the point that it is noticeably strange. One time a post about a birthday was mistaken for a eulogy because it was so long winded and far reaching listing every accomplishment of the person.
Today I was dumbfounded to see another very long post with photos about how another family member , the father, was the best father in the world. It was many many paragraphs long and went into minute detail listing all the niceties of this man like he was a saint or on his death bed. These are ordinary people at best.We are talking about the same two folks...the mother and father who seem to expect their two adult children to laud them publicly and excessively. they often literally refer to them as “the best” mother, father, teacher, painter...whatever skill they have...they are the best at it.
Then the father typically replies thanking the daughter publicly fir the kind remarks in a verbose rehash of his own accomplishments. It’s bizarre and has a definite creepy self serving twist to it.
it’s always bugged me as I’ve never seen anything on FB this strange and can’t help but wonder “what’s up with this??” It would be embarrassing for me to see such a display.
Repeated big life stories going into details the best at everything...it’s over the top. I’m
beginning now to wonder if these parents, especially the father, are badly depressed and the daughters are trying to help them? Boost their morale? Or if the parents have even threatened suicide. It’s that creepy and over the top.I hope not...but I’m beginning to wonder. Do I dare ask my son, who is likely to know?
Thank you.
due to the personal nature of this post, there is a small chance I might ask for its removal.
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