You should tell your family before announcing a birth on Facebook?

[ShropshireSam]

My SIL announced the birth of my niece on Facebook but my DB hasn’t been in touch to let me know the baby has arrived.
AIBU to feel a bit sad about this?

I know Facebook is an easy way to announce this to everyone, but would have expected a quick message to let me know, especially as I don’t really use Facebook. It’s not as though he has many people to tell either.

Im sure my SIL’s brother will have been told before the FB announcement. And why the rush to get it on FB anyway.

YANBU - It is not appropriate to post about a birth on Facebook before telling your close family

YABU - it’s not necessary to inform close family before announcing a birth on facebook

Don't do that! Completely unnecessary to make them feel bad on a special day. Save it for a quiet conversation later if you really must say anything.

Maybe the OP and wider family should have been told first? Perhaps some aren’t on FB? Some of us don’t share everything on FB for goodness sake.

Not everyone enjoys baby snuggles and not every parent wants to pass their newborn around like a pass the parcel game. HTH 🙄

That’s just nasty.

Well the op wasn't told so 🤷‍♀️

She can either get on with life and enjoy being an auntie, or hold onto a grudge because she wasn't paid the proper amount of attention right after someone else gave birth.

I also never suggested that the baby was passed around, just had a cuddle with her aunt, but you go read what you want rather than what I wrote if it makes you feel better, HTH.

Your twee little “baby snuggles” comments didn’t go un-noticed. HTH

I wrote it on a public website, not in invisible ink in a locked diary, so I imagine it was noticed. That's kind of the point really 😊

When my Niece gave birth I found out via her friend congratulating her on Facebook. I was pissed off so I asked my mum why I’d not been told and she said “it wasn’t her news to share”.

The next day my niece text me to apologise that it’d found out via social media saying she’d hoped someone, like my sister or mother, would have told me. Neither of us understood why they hadn’t done it. It was just a breakdown in communication on a busy day. There was no hard feelings about it in the end.

Just speak to your brother about it.

You’re very invested in what you typed on an anon forum aren't you? Off you pop with your twee slightly passive aggressive comments made to another poster and undermining a post made asking for advice.

You're the one who keeps quoting me.

Seems you're pretty invested in my twee little comment yourself.

My first post wasn't PA at all. You're posts on the other hand....

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Nooooooooooo

Do NOT do this!