Facebook break

I give up. I avoided FB yesterday for the simple fact that I didn't want to see a hundred Mothers Day posts. For anyone dealing with IF, you understand why.

If you have never dealt with IF, then I don't expect you to understand. You will never know the feeling I have when I see your child's newborn pictures, you complain about pregnancy or complain about how hard parenting is.

I know it has to be hard. I've never been in your shoes. The hardest part of IF is wondering if I will ever be able to fill those shoes. If there was a magical promise that said that yes, one day I will have a child, then it wouldn't be as painful to put on a smile and pretend that yesterday wasn't hard.

I logged in to FB today after not being on it since Friday. What do I see? The first three posts were people changing their profile pictures to their newborns and ultrasound photos. I immediately logged off. It's not that I'm not happy that you have a child. This is just my way of protecting my own sanity. Do I blame you for posting these photos? No. But I'm also one of those FB posters that doesn't put mushy crap on my timeline. You will never see me wish a happy anniversary to my DH or post on his wall that I'm so happy we went on a date to Burger King. It's just not me.

FB has it's benefits but I don't see the point in posting a picture of your child in utero, addressing a message to your unborn bebe like "mommy loves you Suzy!"

Guess what? Your child is in your uterus. She's most definitely not logged into FB and reading yet, despite whether or not you have already created a FB account for said child.

Before you ask, yes, I had a friend who created a FB account for his two year old. I immediately deleted him.

Let's be real, people. Your kindergartener can barely cut with scissors or wipe his own butt, I don't think he cares if you post a picture of him eating cereal, in the exact same pajamas that he wore yesterday when you posted the almost exact same picture of him eating the exact same cereal.

I admit, I used to be a FB hoar. I loved posting pictures. I don't know when I changed. I still post some and update my status. But I don't want my page to become a constant stream of "I just drank a diet coke!" or "OMG I'm driving to work."

You can expect some constant updates in the coming days when I get some local strawberries for the first time. Those things are the shizzit!

This post went way off topic. And now all I can think about is strawberries. Three more hours until I am home and can get some berries!!!!