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achy24
Hey so I feel pretty strongly about not posting our baby anywhere on the internet and I let my friends and side of the family know that before she was born. I thought my partner did the same with his side but after seeing photos of my baby on Instagram posted by my partners family member, I realized this boundary was not communicated. His relative is extremely active on social media and posts daily photos and videos of her own children.
We are going on a family trip with partners side of family next week and I have asked him to talk to his family about our preferences beforehand. I’m getting a lot of pushback from him and questions like “what about family group pictures? What if someone posts her at school?” (Keep in mind she’s only a few months old so a school picture isn’t an issue we have to tackle right now.)
I guess I’m frustrated that I thought this was already handled, and that I’m getting push back on something I thought we agreed on. How do you think I/we should go about handling this social media boundary his family?
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MadsGreene
that’s super annoying that he didn’t handle it ahead of time. I have a similar boundary and I’d be pissed if people were disrespecting it. I did clarify that if my LO was in a group picture every now and then I don’t mind as long as he’s not the main focus/called out by name (but my family is pretty respectful so I know this won’t be an issue down the road with them pushing the envelope… in your shoes you may not want to give any leeway) . As silly as some of their questions are I’d take the time to answer them now so the full understanding is established. I’d just ignore their tone and respond as though they are just curious. Just be firm and polite and I’d hope they’d just move on.
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I feel the same way about my baby being in photos. My family respects that and anytime we’ve had any group photos or anything I always make sure everyone takes an extra photo for social media purposes once I hold my baby with her face towards me or any other position that hides her face. Now if anyone takes photos with her, they know how to hold her if they plan to put the photos online and it’s not a problem ��
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ashley3707
you may just need to talk to his side of the family if you feel that strongly about it as your husband decided he doesn’t mind as much but it’s also a discussion you need to have with him again as well and get on the same page.
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