u/Miserable-Double-460

A friend recently opened up to me about her marriage, and I honestly didn’t know what to say.
She told me they’ve been attending marriage counselling, but she feels it isn’t helping. According to her, her husband has become emotionally distant, often comes home much later than he used to, and she believes he’s only staying because of their child.
What confused me is what she does on social media.
She admitted that she logs into her husband’s account and reshares her own posts from his profile so it looks like he’s proudly showing off their relationship. She said she especially wants their former classmates and mutual acquaintances to think they have a perfect marriage. She also admitted that some of her posts are meant to get a reaction from her husband’s parents and siblings.
From knowing her over the years, she often seems to need constant validation and is very focused on maintaining an image, even when it comes at the expense of the people around her. I sometimes wonder if that need for admiration is making it harder for her to face the reality of what’s happening in her marriage.
I honestly don’t understand the logic. If the marriage is struggling and counselling isn’t helping, why put so much effort into convincing everyone else that everything is perfect?
Has anyone known someone like this? Is this simply image management, a coping mechanism, or something else? What would you say to a friend in this situation?

I just don’t like his new reel. Sharing a video of a little girl in her underwear on social media doesn’t sit right with me. This is the internet, and unfortunately there are plenty of creeps online. Beyond that, what about her privacy? She’s growing up, and those images could remain online forever. She looks well over 3 years old.
This isn’t the first time either. There are bath videos, diaper videos, and now this. I personally don’t think that’s appropriate.
There’s already a lot of discussion about family influencers and using children for views, and the long term impact it can have on their privacy and childhood. It’s completely fine to share cute family moments, but there should be boundaries. Content like this crosses a line for me, which is why I reported the reel.

For years, Ahaana has carefully built an image of being the aesthetic, soft-spoken, family-oriented daughter. Her content is filled with beautifully edited videos, calming music, moments with her mother, falooda dates with her grandparents, and wholesome family interactions. It’s an image many people have admired.
But calling an elderly grandmother “edi” or “podi,” speaking disrespectfully to her, or even threatening to hit her paints a very different picture from the graceful, respectful persona seen online.
Family disagreements happen in every home, but disrespecting an elder is something many people find difficult to overlook.
What’s also interesting is that the grandmother herself has apparently said that Ishani, Ozy, and Hansika are the more decent and respectful grandchildren. That makes the public perception of who is “sweet” or “cultured” seem very different from what may be happening within the family.
It makes me wonder how much of an influencer’s public image is authentic and how much is carefully curated branding. Aesthetic reels, soft music, and wholesome captions can create a powerful impression, but character is reflected more in how someone treats the people closest to them than in what they post online.
All these bullying stories of how Ahaana and Sindhu threatening the victims all might be true.

Pulse polio this Sunday

I’ve been watching Tanimalayali’s content for a while, and something has felt off in a lot of their recent videos, especially after they had a child.
I know she’s addressed it multiple times saying he’s “camera shy,” and I completely understand that not everyone enjoys being on camera. But what confuses me is that whenever he’s with friends or other people, he seems genuinely happy, smiling, laughing, and engaged. Yet in videos with her, he often looks irritated, avoids interacting, barely smiles, or seems like he’d rather be anywhere else.
The Berlin trip videos especially stood out to me. It wasn’t that he was quiet it was the body language. He often looked impatient or disengaged, while she was trying to include him in the content.
What makes it stranger is that he also benefits from the lifestyle that comes with being married to a content creator brand collaborations, sponsored trips, luxury hotels, travel experiences, etc. Nobody expects him to become an influencer, but if you’re voluntarily participating in these trips and appearing in the content, is it unreasonable to expect a little effort to at least not look visibly annoyed?
Of course, none of us know what their relationship is actually like off camera, and social media only shows tiny snippets. Maybe he genuinely hates being filmed, maybe the editing exaggerates it, or maybe that’s just his personality. But as a viewer, the contrast between how he behaves with friends versus with her is hard to ignore.
Am I reading too much into it, or has anyone else noticed the same thing? I’m not trying to speculate about their marriage just curious whether other viewers picked up on the same vibe.

I ordered juices from different spots in Malappuram town and every single one looked diluted like mojito water. 😭 How are they selling these as “fresh juice”? It didn’t taste artificial or like essence, but there was literally no fibre or actual fruit texture at all.

Just saw her baby’s ear-piercing stories… and wow, that was hard to sit through 😅 Like, we get it you’re emotional but filming yourself up close while “feeling sad” just feels a bit too performative.

And the song choice?? “hey ennai kollathe” while holding the camera to your face like you’ve got a dramatic headache… it’s giving full-on cringe overload 💀

Okay I just need to rant because WHAT are these AstroTalk ads

The scripts??? I refuse to believe real humans wrote them.

“Ma’am, your life problems are due to negative energy, talk to astrologer immediately”

Like??? Who is approving this

And then seeing Mamta Mohandas and Amala Paul deliver these lines with a completely straight face??? That’s what sends me. HOW are they agreeing to this. I genuinely thought they were more… selective???

It’s giving full dramatic serial energy.

I mean I get it, ads are ads, money is money. But this is next level. It’s so over the top that I don’t even know whether to laugh or question reality.

At this point I watch these ads purely for entertainment. The confidence, the intensity, the “your destiny is one app away” vibes… unmatched

Anyway, needed to get that out. Anyone else seeing these or is my algorithm just cursed???