Go ahead, laugh at me.

I recently read an article on Facebook Envy. Apparently some people get really depressed because they see all these wonderful pictures on other people's pages and start to see themselves as inadequate. I had to laugh. Whereas I do post things about my family of whom I am immensely proud, the majority of the stuff on my FB page is a bunch of schlock that I barf out of my brain. Or as I like to call it, cerebral emesis. Most of the posts are about my questionable choices and face-palm moments. Who else would post about pulling a shard of glass from your foot only to drop it back on the floor never to be found again, or the mysterious yet gross thing my dog dragged in the house and dropped on my bedspread? In fact, I would bet your house on the fact people come here to feel BETTER about themselves. My peeps don't come here to feel jealous, they come here to feel superior and l̶a̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ laugh with me. So I pause for you to read the article posted below,The 6 Stages of Facebook Envy, then return to this spot. For some reason Blogger won't link to the article, you will just have to cut and paste the link into your browser. Ok, you're back. I now present to you The 6 Stages of Facebook Smugness. 1. You see the status update: "Wow! Pam is stupid!", you think. (feeling better about yourself) 2. You compare: This is where FB smugness really starts. You start to sense your superiority. 3. You feel adequate: In fact you feel more than adequate, possibly a cut above. 4. You consider not changing a thing: Oh Hell no! No way.You're too smart to do things like ask the dentist if you can do the nasty part of your own root canal. 5. You take active steps NOT to do the dumb-ass things Pam does: You have way too much self-esteem to take your stand mixer to Red Lobster for your 25th anniversary. 6. You (hopefully) realize your life is not as bad as you thought and feel downright vainglorious (Ok, maybe you've never smacked your skull on the bottom of the freezer door and saw stars only to do the same thing 10 seconds later, but I used vainglorious in a sentence correctly and made is sound good). There you are my friends. Come here often, leave feeling better about yourself. TL/DR: you're better than me. https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/6-stages-of-facebook-envy

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