sil has changed Facebook pic to my deceased dog

[FarterChristmoose]

We had to have our dog pts on Friday. She was older than my kids and we had her at 8 weeks old, so very much missed. As a tribute my husband and I changed our FB pics to one of the dog. This morning I noticed my sil has used the same pic as her profile pic. She hardly ever saw the dog. Can't decide if its weird she's done it or think its sweet.

So which do you think? Weird or sweet?

[Meht]

Sweet

[Quinoa20]

Very weird :(

for the loss of your lovely doggie xxx

[steppedonlego]

I would go for sweet. Even if she didn't know the dog, she's obviously trying to show solidarity with you and acknowledge how painful the loss of your pet would have been to you.

Sorry for your loss

[NNalreadyinuse]

I think she is trying to show support, so a 'sweet' from me

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

Sounds sweet to me.

[Seeyounearertime]

misguided but sweet id say

also, sympathies for the loss of your family member.
I miss every dog i have ever owned but smile whenever i think of them.

[Hihohoho1]

Sweet and so sorry about your dog. It's heartbreaking isn't it.

[coffeetasteslikeshit]

Definitely sweet, she's doing it for you, to show that she cares that you're hurting. Unless there's a backstory of her being a complete bitch

for you. My beloved dog died in June and it's awful.

[RaptorInaPorkPieHat]

Weirdly sweet?

Overstepping but coming from the right place?

I'd try and think of it like that rather than muscling in on your grief but yeah, a little weird.

sorry for your loss

[Sunflowers22]

I think it's sweet but will appear misguided to you in your current situation. I'm really sorry for your loss.

[NeedACleverNN]

Weirdly sweet I think....

I personally wouldn't like it as I would feel they were after sympathy themselves but i can understand why they did it

Sorry for your loss

I had my dog put down 2 years ago and I still miss him like crazy

[Leelu6]

Depends. Does she indulge in 'competitive grief'? (A term I have picked up on MN

[bringambuy]

Sorry about your dog

I think it's sweet but a bit over familiar. I have a friend who does stuff all the time like that on FB, people have different boundaries about what's appropriate. In fact she wrote a post about how sad she was that my cat had died before I'd told the rest of the family!

[Janeymoo50]

Not sure, but I am going with supporting you. So sorry about you dog, what was he called?

[WonderingAspie]

Weird. The dog was nothing to do with her and she hardly ever saw it, why would she use it as her picture?! I wasn't happy when my SIL made a baby picture of DS her profile picture, she hardly ever saw him and paid no attention when she did. I don't use DCs photos as my profile picture so I don't expect others to either.

[Sweetdreamsforall]

Sounds strangely sweet to me too, like she's trying to show support.

If she'd done nothing or worse still changed it to a new selfie you might think she didn't care and she's probably conscious of this.

So sorry for your loss op

[Gobbolino6]

Weird AND sweet.

[anjpink]

she just showing that she is in unison with you both, i had my dog pts a couple years ago still talk / think about him now.
its heart breaking i said i would find it easier to put the kids down
( joking)
shes just saying in her way shes feeling sorry for you

[SevenOfNineTrue]

Sounds like she is trying to be supportive.

[Tamirwen]

I guess it depends on your relationship. If you barely know her, she could be the sort of person who's going to use the pic to gain attention from her own followers ('A dog in our family has passed, so sad, click me click me.')

But then I can't work out why someone who was close to you would do this either. If one of your friends died they wouldn't steal their pic to use as their own.

[BreakfastLunchPasta]

I'm so sorry about your dog

She's trying to show you she knows how important the loss of your dog is.

[MissingPanda]

From the information you give I think she's done it with good intentions. It is a bit weird but is meant to be sweet iyswim.

[Katenka]

I think it's weird.

But I think her intention was to support you. So nice really.