I was chatting with a friend a couple of days ago and she mentioned her children had their school pictures and was moaning about the price. I said I hardly ever buy mine as they are usually not very good and cost a fortune. with 4 kids in 3 different schools it adds up!
She was shocked and said you have to buy them, its just what everyone does. So anyway I mentioned it to another friend and she was of the same opinion. That I am somehow potentially mentally scarring my children for life by not buying their school pictures.
TBH I'd rather spend the same money it would cost for 4 school pictures on a decent portrait of them all together. I don't see how them being in school uniform somehow makes a rubbish photo compulsary to buy.
I do take a picture of them on the first day of school each year, so have those little momentos. And I have also purchased pictures in the past that were really good - but these were at another school where the photos were done with lovely backgrounds and looked really nice. These days they are just like an oversized passport picture for a zillion times the price.
Am I being unreasonable to not want to buy the school pictures?
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bigearsthethird · 23/02/2017 15:53
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