Given photos to put on our wall

[MariaK91]

Hi =)
DP's sister and husband had a baby and they've given us two photos to put up on our wall, one of each of us holding DN, they're just a bit smaller than A4 sized and you can't change the photos without destroying the frame.

Is this a normal thing to do without asking people first? It's a lovely gesture but we're not loving the photos they picked of us and the prints and frames are not great quality.

We don't want to offend by not putting them up but we honestly would have preferred to pick the photos ourselves and bought frames that match what we have around the house already :/ not really sure what to do!

AIBU to think its a bit weird to give someone framed photos of your baby to put up on their wall without checking with them first?

"If she was asked - would you like us to email you some pics of DN to print - she could have easily said yes and then it'd be up to her whether to have them printed/displayed etc"

But a lot of people would find having to frame them themselves a hassle. That's why some of us think an already framed photo is a good gift.

@Gwenhwyfar, then hopefully reading this thread would make these people think twice before offering a framed picture 😄

That's what I was thinking. Don't most people just send digital copies of photos and let the relatives print the ones they want.

My MIL has bigger photos of our DC than us and is desperately hoping her other child will give her the same number of GC as she has big plans for another photo wall display

No, I wouldn't imagine anyone except me wants to put my children on their wall. That's proper PFB. Only my own kids here. My mum does has a few of the grandchildren's school photos on the mantelpiece but she now has 13 grandchildren and has had to be a bit ruthless about new photos.

I wouldn't put them up, I like to pick what goes on my walls myself. I'd probably stick it on the fridge or something.
If they think it's a nice pic of you then it's not so weird of them to give it to you though, they're excited about their new arrival.

[quote Cassandrainthenight]@Gwenhwyfar, then hopefully reading this thread would make these people think twice before offering a framed picture 😄[/quote]
Well, hopefully NOT because plenty of people like them.