Ever since I’ve known her she’s had walls (actual 16′-20’x8′ multiple walls) of photos of her two kids. I became included in that as well as our nephew in the past few years. She also loves any thing that can be customized or can include photos. She’s got photo bags, pillows, posters, coffee mugs, shirts, shoes, pants, face fans etc. There are 4 glued photos on the dashboard of her car with each of us. She almost got a photo wrap on the outside of her car, but I think it was too expensive. She gifts us things with face prints on them. I got a coffee mug for Christmas with my husband’s face and I hid that deep in my closet. She obsessively requires photos from us too on a regular basis, which I ignore most of the time.
Needless to say it’s WEIRD and obsessive. I don’t like anything she brings out in public with my nephew’s face plastered on it. I feel like it’s almost as bad as posting baby photos on a public Facebook account iykyk. My SIL sadly inherited this hobby, although I don’t think she’s quite as bad.
I’m not on bad terms with her, but my husband and I are expecting our first and we’re not excited for this conservation with her about baby photos. We do NOT want our child’s photo plastered over all her merchandise. We’re even thinking of withholding all but maybe one photo of them. I don’t like photos much anyway, or anything monogrammed. It’s never been my taste so it’s been hard for me to emphasize with her.
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Last photo of baby she ever gets from you guys. No birthday, Christmas, with Santa Clause, first day of school . . .