To wonder what are the most [shock] family habits you've ever encountered?

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Mine are: an ex years ago was one boy with two sisters and one night we got talking about what they called their genitalia when they were growing up. I was flabbergasted when he said "Oh, I had a 'cock' and my sisters had 'minges'"

However that was not as bad as the family BBQ (same family) where we were all sitting around a table having a lovely lunch; me, ex-bf, his parents, sisters, sisters' boyfriends and then ex-MIL casually mentioned that she hadn't woken up till 9am that morning.
"That's not true," says ex-FIL promptly, "I heard you having a shit at 5." did not cover it.

it's not the picture (which just looked like the bottom half of a shop mannequin with heels and some pubic hair visible through lace tights) no it was the fact that the picture was given as a present

Giving a picture of yourself as a present is surely the epitome of self absorption...of being 'up yourself'.
Giving an arty/erotic picture of yourself to your sister in law just takes being 'up yourself' to a whole new league.
Doesnt it?

Ex bfs dad was a vicar, a really lovely man. If I stayed over I had to sleep in a little spare room with a cross over the bed. All to be expected in a vicarage. One night I wake up in the middle of the night needing the loo. On my way I meet said vicar on his way back to bed from the loo TOTALLY NAKED. He apologised the next morning. But then the next night EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED. No apology at breakfast this time and he couldn't look me in the eye all day. I should have bought him a dressing gown.

What do want? THE CAT'n'THE VAG ..... when do we want it!! NOW

'The picture is identifiable enough that the poster wanted it removed quickly so it makes sense that no-one else should be posting it'.

I would hope that few such wedding presents exist therefore I doubt the actual pic made much difference to outing the poster

No, seriously, I need to see the painting.

Oh sorry my bad I thought it was a public forum and that everything posted was fair game !

Oh, use a bit of commonsense, eh? Apart from the fact that everything isn't fair game on any public forum, the person who originally posted the picture made it clear that this was going to be deleted shortly afterwards. For perfectly good reasons.

The best way to ensure that nobody ever gets a little, er, snatch, of similarly amusing items is for some fool to screenshot them and post them back up against the wishes of the person who originally deleted them. Not good form at all.

use a bit of commonsense

I would suggest that anyone with commonsense would not post a picture on the internet if she wanted it to be kept private

Oh come on! She posted it for a laugh and those who did see it did laugh, but neither she nor MN were duty bound to keep the post up.

So much gnashing of teeth over a bit of fun

Thanks for the description Suzanne!!

The horror in my imagination was 1000 times worse, because to me a vagina is what it is anatomically speaking, meaning 'where the baby comes out'. I was trying to figure out what the hell 'Vagina in Fishnets with Cat' could possibly look like.

Oh, and I'd put the picture on the mantel whenever she's in company at yours. "Oh that? That's SiL's "Pudendum et Pussycat, a study in contradiction'."

This thread is marvelous!! Unfortunately, my family is much too stodgy and uptight to do anything spectacularly individualistic.

Yy to Summerisle. Play the game by the rules or the game stops and we all lose out.

Giving a picture of yourself as a present is surely the epitome of self absorption...of being 'up yourself'.
Giving an arty/erotic picture of yourself to your sister in law just takes being 'up yourself' to a whole new league.
Doesnt it?

Agreed.

Giving the pic to her brother is a level of weirdness beyond all leagues.

Wealldance is that the real picture????? Nooooooooooooo

bit like this but bottom half only, and with a cat nearby :o

I want to know more about the sil. I've never come across anyone as self absorbed as that and Im thinking that the poster who posted the photo must have loads of tales to share.

When dd2 was small, the only way i randomly picked on the idea of pretending to be a cleaning-obsessed gruffalo so that she would let me do some cleaning.

4 years on, Gruff is treated as an entirely independent member of the family with his own voice, hugging style and food/lifestyle preferences.

It's totally out of hand at this point. The smallest will come out of school and shout 'hi Gruff!' If she's had a
bad day.

It's fair game...and yes I feel like being naughty !

It's double standard, you can't post it on a public forum and expect it to remain private.

If the poster cared about her sil's feelings, she would never have posted it in the first place !

That's not fair. She posted it for a short while so we could all have a laugh. Now you are causing trouble.

That's completely out of order. Have reported.

Oh you are a peach weall. It's people like you that ruin a bit of fun.

Please can lovelyboots pm me the picture? It would cheer me up aftera bad day and I promise it'll go no further

A laugh at the expense of her sil ! What is so different now ? You are not laughing anymore ? You don't find it funny ?

We dont find YOU funny ... That's the difference.