It starts innocently enough with a birth
announcement on Twitter, maybe an image of a new born on Facebook, then slides
into a blog about your beautiful baby’s every poop (images included). If you’ve
ever known more about a friend’s child’s bowel movements than their doctor then
you’ve been a victim of oversharenting.
The blog STFU Parents has become a watchdog
for the worst offenders, pulling out cases like misspelled defences of homeschooling
or opening up a Facebook page in honour of their precious child’s snot. They’ve
even discovered new subtypes like mommyjacking, where an apparently innocent status
like “I’m tired” becomes mommyjacked with comments like “You don’t know tired
until you’ve had a teething baby screaming in your face at 3 AM!!!”. Child-free
friends encountering this are officially allowed to respond by putting parents
in a “timeout” in a bar somewhere.
In Other Words is a regular on the Big Issue's Ointment page.
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