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Would this bother you? RE: My MIL and pictures
My MIL always wants to go through my pictures of LO to print out. She just went on a trip to visit some family on the East Coast and printed out 75 of MY pictures to take with her.
Now, I am friends with all of these people on FB, so they see the pictures I put up there. It REALLY irritates me because I take great pride in my pictures. I just want to say, bring your own dang camera women!
How do I tell her no the next time?
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Re: Would this bother you? RE: My MIL and pictures
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Ok, maybe I'm being a PITA then when she asks. I'll calm down next time.
Thanks, girls!
well, just to illustrate how opposite she COULD be... my parents NEVER take piks of Ava, never ask to make copies of the ones *I* do of her, and don't display anything of her in their home unless I print it out and frame it.
I can kinda see why you're irritated, but I say this falls under "pick your battles" ;-)
Im actually the exact opposite. I like my photos much better than the ones our families take, and It irritates me when there are 400 cameras in LOs face at the same time. I beg them to just let me bring my camera and promise to email photos around that same day!
My only question - is she printing them out on your computer, or is she doing it at home, or are they being sent to a store to be printed?
My only gripe woudl be if she wants to use YOUR computer and YOUR ink and paper. Other than that, i wouldn't care.
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I think the only way it would bother me is if she was claiming the pictures were her own/not giving me credit if other people asked or commented on them.
Otherwise, my mom/MIL aren't around DD nearly enough to have great pictures of their own (and honestly, it drives me batty when my mom does take pictures, because she SUCKS at it and it takes FOREVER). If they didn't share my pictures with their friends/family, they would have none to share! Doesn't bother me one bit.
Because we're fancy like that.
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It wouldn't bother me at all. My MIL loves her grandchild and wants to show her off - this is a great thing and a wonderful gift! Maybe my FR relatives have already seen the pictures, and then she shows them to her. Well, I doubt they will remember they saw them online, I don't think anyone but really me and my husband pay that much attention to any given picture of my daughter.
I guess I just don't understand why you take great pride in your pictures, and then are offended that your MIL also loves them.
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Ditto this exactly. DH sends his mom pics we've taken constantly for her to print out and hang in her office. She even emails me to ask for Boodle's monthly pics as she hangs each one. I know I have the best pics of my kids and don't mind sharing at all.
That wouldn't bother me. We have a photosharing site that we upload pics to almost daily. My grandparents print tons of them off to show to their friends. I don't mind.
I think she's just very proud of her grandbaby and wants to show him off
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I have no problem with the grandparents printing out copies of our photos, but what I DO have a problem with is this...
Taking the photos from FB and posting them in their own FB albums. My Dad has started doing this, and it makes me NUTS!!! I don't know how to tell him I don't want him to do it. He just wants to share his grandkids with his friends, but darn it...I have my settings so that only MY friends can see the pictures, and that's how I want it! It really bugs me... I'm not sure why it does, but it really, really does.