Honest Instagram Captions

We all know Instagram is an exaggeration of our lives. It's the best part of our lives illuminated with hilariously witty captions, the perfectly collected hashtags and a whole whack of filters but not too much to make it look 'fake'. We all do it, we all like to look back at our grids and think hey that was a successful year.

With that in mind, here's a few Instagram photos with a more honest caption...

What I Actually Wrote:

Mornings 😴#mornings #cold #cosy #fire #bloggerlife

What I Should Have Written:

I took this in the middle of the afternoon because the lighting was better and only stuck the fire on for 2 minutes to get this shot. #liar

What I Actually Wrote:

Got my mani on 💅🏻 #mani #barrym #pink #babypink #girly #spring

What I Should Have Written:

I only painted one of my hands in a rush to get SOMETHING ANYTHING on Instagram. #nowihavetodotheotherone

What I Actually Wrote:

Working got me like.... #working #networking #life #selfemployed #iphone

What I Should Have Written: 

I literally have done nothing of worth and I just needed to upload something. #nicelightingthough

What I Actually Wrote:

Feels like Spring is coming! 💐 #flowers #spring #red white #minimal #byebyewinter

What I Should Have Written:

It does NOT feel like Spring is coming, it feels like Winter will never end and I will get frost bite but my mother bought these and I had to photograph them because duh, fresh flowers. #winteriscoming

What I Actually Wrote: 

Paperchase notebook of dreams #paperchase #stationary #holychic

What I Should Have Written: 

I'm hoping Paperchase will see this and want to send me loads of freebies and can I even say shit on my blog or do I need to keep it like puns? #plzsendmestationary

What I Actually Wrote: 

Marble game is strong #marble #macbook #photography #stronglook #game

What I Should Have Written:

I am the most basic bitch alive #whydobloggerslovemarble

What I Actually Wrote: 

Blogger level up 🌵🌵🌵 #cactus #succulents #blogger #goals

What I Should Have Written: 

I only bought these to Instagram and in hindsight I should probably have cleaned the soil out first #amateur

What I Actually Wrote:

Winter Walks #winter #cold #frosty #dogwalking #lake #cosy

What I Should Have Written: 

I forced my boyfriend to take this. #hedidntappreciateit

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@twentysomethingmeltdown