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AIBU?

Mum sending "calendar girls" style photo of her and her friends to her son for his 40th.

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Rollergirl1 · 20/03/2014 22:25

Quite light-hearted but AIBU to find this a bit weird? Friend in question had his 40th recently and had a big party. Said friend thought the pic was hilarious and brilliant and was going round showing the picture to everyone on his phone. So he certainly wasn't embarrassed about it. It was taken in good humour and everyone was laughing about it but then lots were also saying that they thought it was quite odd. The Mum was there too and also didn't seem remotely uncomfortable! She is quite eccentric. Just can't imagine the thought process and how she arrived at that decision..... "Oooh, my son is turning 40, what can I do to mark it? Oooh, i know i'll get me and loads of my mates with my baps out, take a picture of it and send it to him!"

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LibraryMum8 · 26/03/2014 03:44

I personally find it weird but once had a boyfriend who had an odd mom who would do stuff like buy candy penises and give them away, make penis jokes all the time, etc. Apparently it was like a bachelorette party 24/7 with her.

But the it never bothered boyfriend at all, he frankly found it hilarious. So while I do find it incomprehensible I have heard of things similar. I suppose if it doesn't bother him it's 'OK' but goes away beyond my comfort level!

squoosh · 26/03/2014 02:53

How sweet.

'Happy Birthday darling. Remember how you used to love sucking on these?'

MusicalEndorphins · 26/03/2014 02:14

TheBody You made me laugh, I did sound very dramatic reading it again today.

themaltesefalcon · 21/03/2014 09:29

I think it's funny.

Some puritanical, uptight and downright weird reactions here.

MysticPeg · 21/03/2014 09:05

This is hilarious.

A bit odd and not something I would do but I suspect the Mum did it with a bit of irony tbh.

I dont expect she did it to be saucy for her son or any sinister incestous reason. More as a really silly giggle and to make him cringe like hell.

Mintyy · 21/03/2014 09:00

Weird as fuck.

Rollergirl1 · 21/03/2014 09:00

As I said she is pretty wacky. And it was definitely meant as a joke, but still a bit bonkers and weird. My friend asked me what I thought about it and I said that she is the only Mum I know of that would do something like that, but that I still thought it was a little weird. He still wasn't bothered, which I think is absolutely fine.

As other people have said I would be totally freaked out if MIL did the same thing to DH. But this friend is still living the life of a 25 year old, hasn't settled down or anything. Perhaps if he had a significant half who found it weird he might have been inclined to agree.

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LoveBeingCantThinkOfAName · 21/03/2014 08:57

What the jeff?

softlysoftly · 21/03/2014 08:43

But but but how is it a joke??

How is getting a saucy pic of your mum funny.

I I I just can't

LessMissAbs · 21/03/2014 08:39

I can only imagine someone very narcisistic doing something as odd as this!

TheBody · 21/03/2014 08:16

MusicalEndorphins you sound far more wierd quite frankly! calm down girl.

TheBody · 21/03/2014 08:11

wtf with the bottle fed comments!

er no not something I would do but maybe it's some sort if family joke.

glad you lot arnt in ss child protection with such ridiculously judgy attitudes though.

it was a joke. maybe not in good taste but a joke. Jees.

ImAThrillseekerHoney · 21/03/2014 08:08

Squished = squicked

ImAThrillseekerHoney · 21/03/2014 08:02

Strange but funny and harmless. It might well refer back to a longstanding family joke. I'd be more squished out if it was just the DM.

fruitandnuttycake · 21/03/2014 07:59

I fail to see what being bottlefed has to do with it I certainly won't be getting my baps out for my ff son for his 40th

OP YANBU it is a little incestuous

bubblegoose · 21/03/2014 03:24

Very, very weird.

Caitlin17 · 21/03/2014 03:04

This is one of the weirdest ideas I've heard of. I was thinking how peculiar it would be to do that to my son (when he's 40 I'll be 71). I hadn't even considered how utterly bonkers it would have been for my mil to have done it to my husband when he was 40.

Monty27 · 21/03/2014 02:51

Just

NancyinCali · 21/03/2014 02:45

My husband turned 40 yesterday and the thought of such a photo being produced by my MIL is making me queasy...

MusicalEndorphins · 21/03/2014 01:51

Incestuous and creepy. I would rip it to shreds, even though I know it would be very aggressive to do so. What the hell was she thinking? Gross. And creepy, did I say creepy?

EurotrashGirl · 21/03/2014 01:42

YABU. Some families have a unique sense of humor, and the son thought it was funny.

ComposHat · 21/03/2014 01:18

Just what everyone wants for their 40th birthday, a saucy picture of their mum and her pensioner mates in the nip.

Given the age of the participants. I hope the birthday boy bought the geriatric calender girls something to keep the chill off their chests ( like a pair of legwarmers)

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Fecklessdizzy · 21/03/2014 00:13

... Or was he bottle-fed and she's trying to make amends?

Fecklessdizzy · 21/03/2014 00:11

Definitely weird. Sending topless pictures of yourself to your kids - how is that NOT creepy?

Suzannewithaplan · 20/03/2014 23:18

would said mum have welcomed similar pictures of her father and his cronies when she turned 40?

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