- Joined
- Jun 12, 2017
There's a TON of accounts on Instagram dedicated to people complaining about their infertility. As soon as you show any interest in any sort of pregnancy related content, your explore page gets inundated with women making biweekly, melodramatic posts about not being able to get pregnant.I might agree that maaaaybe don't focus on it while being in physical proximity - literally "the room" - to someone you know are struggling, but on social media? IMO it's closer to propose on someone's marriage - pls don't, but announce it on sm, even on the same day that marriage took place? Absolutely reasonable.
Pregnancy as a sole value of a woman notion is nonsense - we've tied a knot, yay; I'm going to be a mom, I'm so happy; I promise myself to finish my book/buy a house/lose weight. Social media is about sharing, even if you have a private account with only people you know personally, I think it absolutely okay to share your happiness/goals/things you're proud of.
But maybe it is a western thing, perhaps specifically US one.
I get it-- it fucking sucks to not be able to have a kid when you want to, but demanding everyone else keep their happy news off their personal social media page is some narc trait bullshit. I get not announcing it to someone who you know is struggling with fertility or rubbing it in their face privately/in a group situation, but there seems to have been a huge shift in what is "acceptable" on social media, and now you have to consider everyone's feelings when posting on your own page. If you (not you specifically, obviously) can't handle seeing those sorts of posts, maybe you're a bit too delicate for social media or maybe you need new friends who don't post about such things. There's also a way to block certain content from making it into your explore page, but I'm sure that's too much effort for these types.
I also SERIOUSLY doubt Juliana or Corissa are actual friends with anyone who is willing to consider weight loss. If you're not actually friends with someone, "unfollow" their posts without deleting them if you care about such things. It's not hard.
They're just whinging into the void, as always,