the escalation

of a joke, sent privately

suggests more to come

That escalated quickly.  My brother was never a "post mushy stuff on facebook" kinda guy when he was with my original sister in law.  His new gf, however, has turned him on to country music and lovey dovey posts where everyone can see.  And one of the downfalls of everyone seeing is - as you can imagine - everyone seeing.  

I jokingly sent my brother a funny tik tok of an egg barfing up two yolks with the comment:  me, reading your posts.  He must have showed it to his gf, or she has his account, because about 5 minutes later I got a very angry message about 'their relationship' and me butting out.

So whatever.  I waited for a day and asked my brother if we were going to talk about his gf's message to me.  He freaks and says this is the shit he's angry about and his gf has a name.  Oh, okay.  So if I had said are we talking about jen's message to me, all would be well?

I'm a bit confused here.  It was a joke.  I thought we were all on the same page.  Something is underneath, making this a problem, but lord knows if I know what it is.  It COULD be that I've asked her if she's trying to get my brother to propose - I forgot that some girls think they are more covert than they are.. but I was really just asking.

Bob says to give it a day or two, but I'm kind of over this immature bullshit.  If someone were to ask what I really think, I'd say that it seems overtly mushy because someone is insecure and needs the world to know they are together.  I'd also say that before you propose, you should be unmarried to your first spouse - and if someone isn't willing to divorce their first spouse, despite being "soul mates" with you - I'd be asking some targetted questions.  But whatever.