I scroll through and 'like' and comment and squeal in delight of their pictures. Then after the squealing and liking I get jealous. Jealous of everyone with their perfect little life flashing before my eyes to see. I then would scroll through my feed and see a little to personal view of my life. I guess in these parts I just like to share eveything. I don't mask names and I just put the good and the bad out there. Even if that means showing you all the sugar filled goodness I eat on a daily basis.
When I see other people always having the picture perfect Sunday mornings and the over the top date night that little jealous surge creeps through my veins and I begin to feel like I am the only person in the world who has dirty laundry and a kid who wears only his diaper about 90% of the time. This is when I grump and groan to a sweet blog friend and she lays it out to me.
Just remember, everybody farts.
That was it. I was cured of the jealousy bug. I remeber that while you may have the perfect mint bubble necklace with your skinnies and drinking a coffee in your favorite Anthro mug you still fart. And that's what makes us all human.
I know, totally crass and crude but then again it's totally me.
This is by far the best blog post I have ever seen.. I feel the same way sometimes and I am now going to say this to everyone.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! :)
This is awesome!!! Totally true too!!! I get soooo jealous seeing the fun everyone had over the weekend and I was stuck at work. Or seeing all the married people having fun together and knowing I stayed home with my dog. I post pics of cute manicures when I get them but only because its rare that I do...they are expensive and I pick at them anyway! LOL!! Thanks for reminding me that "everyone farts". :)
ReplyDeleteYou crack my up! And I couldn't agree more!! There is too much "perfection" in blog land!!
ReplyDeleteGirl, remember... when it comes to social media you're seeing everyone else's "bests" and you're looking into your own life and comparing to your "worsts". You have those best moments too, and everyone else has those worse moments... we're all human!
ReplyDeleteHAHA i love it!! It is so true!
ReplyDeleteAnd girl, i know what you mean! The green monster rears its ugly head sometimes when i look through my feed. Especially when I get down about being single, when 98 percent of the blogging community is married or in serious relationships! But you just gotta remember everyone is human and just like someone else said people are only showing you their 'bests'
it prob took ohhh 58 tried to get that perfect pic of their latte, and after they got that perfect picture...it was probably cold ;)
Ha, I loved this post! Sometimes we forget that everyone has flaws, no matter how perfect their life may seem.
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can i just say, bwahahahahaha...ha. that's good stuff, brin. i'm gonna remind myself of that more often or all the time :) you said things i think, and you said it oh so well. love it! and love that you send me the link to your blog. the colors are prefect and your canvas is gonna be ridiculously cool. i'm excited!!
ReplyDeleteI think I fart more than the average person. But that might be something I need to talk to my doctor about. Meh. I let it all out too. I try to share the good, the bad, and the ugly. Perfectly perfect lives are such a facade. This is completely sad, so maybe I shouldn't write this....but my friend from high school was recently murdered by her husband. Her life looked perfect. Her adorable, cute family and their sweet, smiley pictures on Facebook. And now she is dead, he's doing life in prison, and their child is without either of his parents. To think I thought what they had was perfect.
ReplyDeleteSorry. That was a downer. But I really appreciate an honest depiction of life. Be real. It's so much better that way.
Hahaha :) that is so funny and so true. For me, it's not just blogland, it's everywhere - I always feel like people have it more together than us, more money than us, more fun than us, etc...and I'm sure for most people the reality of life is similar to ours. But, I will say, my favorite blogs to read are the ones that are REAL. Everyone has good times and bad times and yes, (LOL) everyone does fart. Ha.
ReplyDeleteHahaha...true! I'm going to admit that I haven't unloaded the dishwasher, folded the laundry yet, or cleaned the microwave. Some bloggers act like they never do these sorts of things.
ReplyDeleteHAHAAHAH! This is the best post I've seen in a long time. So true! Thanks for the laugh, girl :)
ReplyDeleteI love this!! It's totally true, too. And don't feel like you are the only one who isn't living a picture perfect, too good to be true life. I mopped my floor yesterday morning. By lunch time, I needed to sweep already. And by dinner time, you could barely tell it was mopped. I'll do it again ... in a week, probably! Its called life with kids! : ]
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