Way to steal my thunder, SIL.

karacakes98 · August 2013

I posted an announcement pic on FB today and her comment was, "Yay!!! I'm going to be an aunt again! So happy for all of us!!

" Then she tagged herself in my pic.

*sigh* This really isn't surprising, but really. WTF.

saisongbird · August 2013

Does it suck? Yeah. But you are not Thor. You have no thunder.

If it really bothers you, remove her tag. It's your pic. And she's just excited.

craftiemommie · August 2013

I would be pissed too! I would totally remove her tag (was it an ultrasound pic? Because that's just bizarre to tag yourself in someone else's ultrasound! )

karacakes98 · August 2013

saisongbird said:
Does it suck? Yeah. But you are not Thor. You have no thunder.

If it really bothers you, remove her tag. It's your pic. And she's just excited.

Um, okay. Not sure why the sarcastic Thor comment was necessary. My baby, my thunder.

I've removed her tags in the past. She always re-tags herself. She can be excited, but she doesn't get to make it all about her, especially since she'll completely lose interest once the baby phase is over.

saisongbird · August 2013

Not really meant to be snarky or to start a fight. It just struck me that way, that's all.

farmrose · August 2013

SILs (&MILs) have a special talent for that. Sorry she stole your thunder-but you're having the baby.
Edit: spelling

karacakes98 · August 2013

craftiemommie said:
I would be pissed too! I would totally remove her tag (was it an ultrasound pic? Because that's just bizarre to tag yourself in someone else's ultrasound! )

It's a pic of my kids wearing their Mickey ear hats and holding the ultrasound pic between them with a baby ear hat held up over it. My H and I bought the baby hat when we were expecting DS (our oldest), so I thought it would be fun to use it.

karacakes98 · August 2013

@FarmBoysWife I don't know if that's possible, but I'm going to find out. Thanks for the tip!

mrscimer · August 2013

My SIL is totally like that too. I wouldn't be surprised if she did the same when we announce on FB.

candacedecker · August 2013

You've removed her tags and she re-tags herself? Haha, hmmm. Sounds a little attention-hungry, but maybe she's a pre-teen?? It is your baby, your thunder and your news. With how easily things annoy me these days, I'd support untagging her every time she does it to this pic.

Edit: yes, setting change!

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karacakes98 · August 2013

candacedecker said:
You've removed her tags and she re-tags herself? Haha, hmmm. Sounds a little attention-hungry, but maybe she's a pre-teen?? It is your baby, your thunder and your news. With how easily things annoy me these days, I'd support untagging her every time she does it to this pic.

Not a preteen. She's in her 40's!!

karacakes98 · August 2013

FarmBoysWife said:

karacakes98 said:
@FarmBoysWife I don't know if that's possible, but I'm going to find out. Thanks for the tip!
It is. Maybe someone else can give you directions as I'm dying over here.

I'll figure it out. Thanks again.

HobokensFury · August 2013

saisongbird said:

Does it suck? Yeah. But you are not Thor. You have no thunder.

If it really bothers you, remove her tag. It's your pic. And she's just excited.

That's a very knottie thing to say. Don't worry after my years over there it was my first thought too.

OP sorry that happened. It sucks, I know.

KariB509 · August 2013

Sounds like something my dumb full-blood sister would do. Always having to put the attention on themselves.

HKline922 · August 2013

saisongbird said:
Does it suck? Yeah. But you are not Thor. You have no thunder.

If it really bothers you, remove her tag. It's your pic. And she's just excited.

Completely uncalled for.

karacakes98 · August 2013

bearsbearsbears said:
I just don't understand why this is a big deal. I would seriously just think, "cool, my SIL is excited."

There's a very long history of the ILs making everything about them. They're still bitter that we didn't call them when we headed to the hospital to deliver DS. We called them a couple hours after he arrived and we still catch crap for it 6.5 years later

linzerd · August 2013

Ha! Exactly what my mother would do. After I told her she was going to be a grandma for the first time she proceeded to tell me about her new deck furniture!

Jens222 · August 2013

I feel your pain. My future SIL ALWAYS has to be the center of attention. She's in her 40's also. When we got engaged she threw a fit for 48 hours and forced her man to do the same. Threw a fit because we got engaged first, we are getting married first and now we are having the first grandchild. Told me its all bs because they were together longer (6 whole months longer). (We are marrying brothers.) Mind you she was married before and already has 3 kids. We don't speak to each other, but she tells people shes going to be an Aunt. Hope you can remove her tag and keep her from being able to retag herself

MamaWino · August 2013

That would annoy the crap out of me, too. My MIL and SIL shared my announcement pic on their pages and that was bad enough, in my eyes. To tag herself in your pic though? No thank you. Sorry you have to deal with that.

melissaraemurphy · August 2013

It's okay, we all have in laws from hell I think.

my sister in law is a terrible person too.

BabiesFTW · August 2013

karacakes98 said:

You've removed her tags and she re-tags herself? Haha, hmmm. Sounds a little attention-hungry, but maybe she's a pre-teen?? It is your baby, your thunder and your news. With how easily things annoy me these days, I'd support untagging her every time she does it to this pic.
Not a preteen. She's in her 40's!!

Aww, that's just sad. Hope you found the way to block tags!

jh&kh · August 2013

Sounds like my MIL. She tags herself in my posts, I always untag her. Unfortunately she now tags herself in OTHER people's pictures of my DD. People she doesn't even know! I totally understand why your peeved.

YankeePeach08 · August 2013

I think she was just excited for you and that she is going to be an aunt.

I don't think she is stealing your thunder. If she announced she was pregnant a day before you did knowing that you were announcing the next day...THAT would be stealing your thunder.

But i will agree that almost anything the ILs doing, even if it is well-meaning is annoying.

crystaljoanna · August 2013

I say no big deal. But I also had both my step mom and MIL announce I was pregnant on Facebook without my knowledge or permission. My frame of reference for "stealing my thunder" might be skewed by those experiences. Thankfully they didn't tag me so none of my friends found out.

rachbaby1 · August 2013

My mother has 2 sisters who I barely know, and they both posted pictures of my and my husband on their pages, tagged me, and posted how happy they were up be great aunts when I was like 8 weeks. And they both did it early in the morning, so by the time I saw it everyone else had too. I was really upset since I still haven't announced now. I don't understand why anyone would do that. I have lots of friends and family members who have kids, and I've never thought it was my business!

I could not even really say anything because I didn't want to deal with my mom being upset, so I just removed tags and put them on restricted status. If they really have nothing else to be excited about I'm trying to feel bad for them. Trying-not succeeding. Just sucks because I have zero interest or need to announce now.

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