I've just found out that DH sends selfies of himself to MIL

[ItEludesMe]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry

I think it is sweet. I always send pics of my dh to his mum, she takes great credit for his looks and why not he has her eyes! I send selfish to my own mum too, I have a habit of shutting my eyes so if I get a relatively decent pic with eyes open I will send it to my mum, she seems to appreciate it.

*selfies even

God I don’t know why I find that so disturbing.
Ewwwww that would seriously give me the ick!

Does he turn his face to his best side and pout a bit?

My dd in her 20s sends me selfies all the time

Give it another few months and she'll be coming round to tuck you both up in bed... separately!

My DD sends me endless selfies. its ok, I love her.

My siblings, nieces & nephews and my mum are in a WhatsApp group and we all send pics and selfies all the time. It’s nice to stay in touch.

@ItEludesMe

'Looking good' apparently

He has always been an utter mammy's boy but this is something else.

Mammy. Irish?

Oh. I bloody love the Irish! Can I adopt their family if so! Or any other Irish families. I can cook. Clean. Clear up my own shit! Free to good home?!?

😂

Is it an Irish Mammy? There may be some level of guilt tripping in there!

My lad is 22. I wish he would send more pictures. We're not estranged; we're quite close but his adult life is taking shape, and it will be some distance away from me, and busy.

@Midnightballerina

My grown up sons send me selfies & silly pics all the time..what's wrong with that?

Mine too. Can’t see the issue.

@TantrumsAndBalloons

Oh my grown up son sends me selfies, I love it. Didn’t realised it was such a weird thing to do?

It isn’t weird.

Haha that's so cute! I hope my boys send me selfies when they're big grown men 😍

Why is sending a picture odd? Ours sometimes do to show us where they are or who they’re with. When our son is deployed it’s really nice. I can’t see a good adult relationship is strange at all.

Does he turn his face to his best side and pout a bit?

My DM sends them to me! Smiling selfies for no reason. Or picture of my dad reading his kindle in the garden. Picture of next doors cat next to her foot was the latest.

I just open and close v quickly. But appreciate she just wants to stay in touch but maybe doesn't know what to say, no news etc. I don't reciprocate but don't mind her sending them (infrequently).

Many moons ago my then dh (in his 30's) was having a laugh one night and measured his manhood..
He then rang his dm to tell her the result!!

Poor woman!!
Some things a dm really doesn't need to know!!

Aww, I think it's sweet. Don't think it's any different to posting "selfies" on SM tbh.

@MarsandPluto

Aww, I think it's sweet. Don't think it's any different to posting "selfies" on SM tbh.

Well loads of us don’t do that either!

At least he is sending it to his mum and not a bunch of randos on the Internet

Loads don't do that but loads do.

as well

That is sweet, and speaks for a very close family relationship. I imagine 20 years from now I will love if my kids send me random pictures of them going about their days. The fact that he can laugh about it means he has a good sense of humour and doesn't take your critique the wrong way. If one day you have kids with him that follow their father's example and keep you in the loop of their lives you might be happy for it.

I think it's lovely. And now I wish I'd done it for my lovely MIL who has Alzheimer's and is in a home 2.5 hours away. She'd have loved it, but it's too late now.