Let's say that you have family visiting for a holiday, what the Hell, let's say Thanksgiving. The visit is going well but you can't help to be slightly stressed because...well because its family. And let's assume that to help you loosen up, you decide to throw and improptu wine party and go to the store to buy a couple of bottles. You get back home, everyone starts drinking, having a nice civilized time. Somehow, you end up drinking a whole bottle and you really start having fun. You're cracking jokes, everyone is laughing. You have the coveted moment of clarity that happens in the miniscule moment between buzzed and drunk and everyone is having a great time.
Let's say that one of your guests, your mother, starts taking pictures and you really don't mind because....well you have drank a bottle of wine. The next morning you wake up semi early about 8. You are getting a simple breakfast together and making your plan of action for tackling the impending feast. You feel fine considering you are marinating in a bottle of Reisling (a couple of Excedrin before bed help stave off the 'morning after'). Your mother breaks out the camera again because your child is playing a 'song' on her little keyboard and its just too cute to pass up. You don't realize it, but she gets a few shots of you in your nightgown (nothing flashy because you have company), and your bedhead, and your fat.
Fastforward through the day, dinner goes off without a hitch, your neighbors get along with your family better than you do and the evening ends on a great note. All in all, a great day.
A few days later after your family has been home, you get an email from her with pictures of their trip. Oh, and not only you, but all of her friends and obscure family that she is electronic contact with. No worries right? Until you scroll down and see drunk pictures of yourself. Oh and pictures of yourself in your nightgown....with bedhead.... and FAT.
So, what do you do. Calm yourself with another bottle of Reisling? Call your mother and ask her what the heck she was thinking sending everyone drunk pictures of you? Or just do nothing because really, what good would it do?
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- Me- 31, military wife, student, SAHM, perfectionist, a little OCD and a little crazy. But that makes me fun. Married to E... he's awesome. Mom to Dani age 7- my angel and introducing the Squirt- my new son who arrived with much pomp and circumstance in August '08.
4 comments:
if it were me... I would call and rip her a new one. But of course if it were my mother this would result in a 2 hour phone fight with me crying and us not speaking for a few days, causing me anxiety and horrible childhood flashbacks.
Sooo... Go with the wine.
parents always think pictures of their kids look great and fine and dont filter anything like we would - bad pictures of me always turn up on fridges, in christmas cards, etc but i am sorry about the photos at least she didnt post them on the internet yes i am being too lazy to punctuate
If it was me / my mom, she just wouldn't get it so I wouldn't anything about it.
If the pictures are really that embarassing I'm sure the people she sent the pics too realize that she should not have sent them & feel for you.
But maybe you need to post the pics here so we really know what you are talking about! Just kidding! :)
cringe.
doesn't seem like there's anything to be done now, but I would tell your mom. if she did it this time, she'll do it again if you don't say anything (of course, not knowing your mom, it's possible she'd not listen and/or understand. in which case... just.sorry.)
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