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AIBU?

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Family and Facebook

27 replies

parrotonmyshoulder · 24/12/2015 07:12

AiBU to want MIL and SIL not to put photos of my house and children on Facebook this Christmas?

I'm sure Facebook users will think I'm highly unreasonable! I don't use Facebook though because I tend to be a very private person and only like sharing things 1:1. (Yes, I know about privacy settings).

We have just moved house (a few days ago) and MIL seems to be permanently on the phone telling relatives every last detail of our house. It does sound like boasting.

SIL is arriving later. She documents every moment of her life on Facebook, so will be photographing the children and their presents etc, every room in the house, what she eats and drinks...

So, I hate all the Facebook thing and feel like it's an invasion of MY privacy when my pictures of my house and children are shared on Facebook.

However, I imagine I am being unreasonable (and DH thinks so) because:

It's only photos

They're just being nice and MIL is proud of her son and GC

I'm not on Facebook so don't even need to know what's posted or commented on.

This is just what people do.

However, it FEELS like I can't relax in my own home as everything I do, make, give, can be posted on facebook.

Wifi isn't working yet and MIL hasn't worked out 3G on her phone, but SIL will sort that out when she arrives!

Voices of reason to help me survive this please...

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RedSoloCup · 25/12/2015 23:20

I think you just need to say. When my brother got married he requested nothing on fb and although I was a bit :-/ (do put pretty much everything on there) I totally respected his wishes and made sure out pics from that hol (was abroad) didn't include any wedding ones.

woollytights · 26/12/2015 06:42

I don't think they're being rude, unless you've asked them not to. The damage of these pics on Facebook is probably far less than the damage of complaining to them about it though. If it makes you feel any better, Facebook is absolutely full of people's carefully selected photos trying to create the illusion of a perfect life/Christmas. People won't be scrutinising pictures of your house and presents - they'll be more worried about their own.

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