Not comfortable with MIL’s friend using our children’s pictures for gifts m

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Pumpkin8765 · 05/12/2025 17:48

My MIL’s friend who I have never met before has messaged DH asking for pics of our two young children. She wants to get calendars and a canvas made up with their pictures for MIL for Christmas. I’ve flat out said no as I’m not comfortable sending pics to someone I’ve never met and I don’t know what company she is using to get them made up etc. It feels like this gift should be something left to parents or grandparents. DH doesn’t agree he thinks I’m over reacting.

She had the same request last year but I said no. We were getting calendars made up ourselves.

AIBU about not feeling comfortable with her doing this?

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Pumpkin8765 · 06/12/2025 13:05

BeaRightThere · 06/12/2025 09:15

I think you're being a bit precious about this. Your husband knows the woman and is fine with it, why don't you trust his judgement? And thinking it's weird that someone else is looking at private family moments - come on, it's probably pictures of your kids in a park or their birthday or something, hardly a big secret.

I wouldn't get worked up about this. My only reservation would whether this is something the recipient would want. Is it even a gift MIL would enjoy?

Surely DH should trust MY judgement that this gift is better to come from us?

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CheeseIsMyIdol · 06/12/2025 14:25

Precious and paranoid.

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