Just needed to vent/feel sorry for myself about something so I thought I would post here, not sure if anyone had a similar experience or I'm being overly sensitive, or I am just not very familiar w/ facebook....Anyway, I am not on facebook, but my sister granted me use of her password to use when she is not, and I usually just browse around people from high school etc. etc. Anyway, I usually try not to look at family stuff, b/c I just dont feel like dealing, but tonight I did. My mom is on facebook (we are very close and she has been very supportive through this h*ll, I should add) and is facebook friends w/ my sister, so I looked at her profile/wall/pictures etc. There are like a million pictures of my sister's 3 kids, pics of my sis pg. All sorts of cute nauseating comments about my sister and kids and pg (everyone commenting on the wall). Everything is just pictures, pictures, pictures, baby, baby, baby. grandsons, grandsons, grandsons. Gazillions of holiday pictures, b-day pictures, circus pictures park pictures, etc etc. An outsider would look at these pictures and think this is the most happy, carefree family in the world.
There is not even once mention of me ANYWHERE. You would think there was one daughter and 3 grandsons and life if one big party. Now to be fair, the following facts are true:
1) I would probably not be happy about pictures of myself being posted unless I sent (censored) them;
2) I dont send anyone pictures b/c I am really not into that type of thing and dont even own a camera or camera phone; and
3) Obviously, my mom is not going to broadcast my whole story in public on the 'wall' b/c it is private and depressing.
Maybe I just dont "get" facebook and it is only for happy things etc. However, I do feel that even though I like my privacy, dont send pictures etc. she could say other things about me, such as "my older daughter and I just saw such and such show and it was fantastic." "Visiting Trina in New York, cant wait." etc etc.
In any event, I feel so, so invisible and also somewhat "shamed" about my "shameful, dont speak of it in public, situation."
Am I reading WAY too into this? Do you think I am being excluded b/c I am not in the facebook club or not in the mommy club, or a little of both?
T