A new mom is feuding with her mother-in-law (MIL) over online photos.
She asked Reddit’s “Am I the A******? (AITA)” forum to weigh in. She and her husband decided not to post photos of their newborn. Their family members agreed, except for her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law insisted on disregarding their wishes and posting photos of the baby on Facebook.
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“I had my daughter three months ago,” the new mom explained. “My husband and I decided before she was born that we weren’t going to post pictures of her on our social media, and we asked our extended family to abide by this as well. Because we have so many family members who wanted photos, I made a private album on Facebook to allow them to see the pictures whenever they want.
“But I reminded everyone that, again, we didn’t want photos posted online. Everyone seemed to respect that until one day, I found my MIL had posted the pics from the album on her timeline. I messaged her and asked her to take them down, but she said no because she wanted to be able to share the pictures with her friends, and it was ‘insane’ of me to completely restrict sharing any photos online.”
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The mother feels like she and her husband have a right to decide what they do and don’t share on social media.
“Because my MIL refused to take down the photos, I have since taken down the album entirely,” she wrote. “Even though I restricted her access, she was still getting photos from other family members who had access and continuing to post them.
“My husband has been in contact with his parents, telling them to stop, but they still feel they have a right to do it. And other family members on his side have said we are blowing this way out of proportion. I have stopped sending photos to my MIL and FIL, even when requested privately now because I don’t trust them not to post them.”
Redditors thought the mother-in-law was being ridiculous.
“Why do mothers-in-law feel so entitled???? It’s YOUR CHILD,” a user wrote.
“Your husband needs to handle his mother,” someone said.
“No one has a right to your baby except for you and your husband,” another commented.
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