Am I overreacting?

Long story short: We told our families before our baby was born that we want visitors to have a whooping cough vaccine and not to post our kiddo on social media. Found out months later that my sister-in-law had pictures posted on Facebook days after our baby was born and my brother was tagged in them (we are not on Facebook so a friend had told us). She claimed to have not known and took them down. But, when I talked to my brother about it, I asked if we had talked about it (maybe I forgot?) And he said that we did talk about it and he knew not to post pictures, but that he didn't agree with my rule/boundary regarding my kid. I'm livid. I was questioning myself thinking maybe I forgot to tell him, which would be my own fault. But he knew! I know he's not the one who posted them, but he was tagged in them because his wife posted them and the pictures were on his Facebook, too. I don't know if he thought this was a loophole, but I'm so angry! And to boot, he's not even remotely remorseful. Just doesn't agree. He also said that I was asking for a lot in my pregnancy so he was just saying yes to everything while I was pregnant, which is hurtful and makes me question other boundaries they don't respect. I'm just hurt because I trusted him and thought he'd not only advocate for me, but for the baby, too. And it's oddly caused a lot of drama with both my brother and sister-in-law to the point where we aren't speaking. I figured we would talk about it..."sorry I forgot" or "my bad" and then we'd move on. Am I overreacting? I'm just trying to do what I think is best for my child and these were the absolute last people I ever expected this from. Sorry for the novel, but help!🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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Everyone has a right to privacy, especially children. No one has the right to post images of your child on social media without express permission. She is in the wrong whether you'd already mentioned it or not.

Definitely not over reacting that's so not okay to deliberately cross your boundary for your child

I think you're over reacting on him. Like you said, he didn't post them. If she claims she didn't know, then why not give her the benefit of the doubt? Should he have said to his wife to take the pictures down once they were posted, absolutely, but he doesn't control what she posts so I wouldn't hold it against him. As long as they've since taken the post down and respect your boundary in the future I would let this go. You can't change what's been done, you can only move forward. I don't think it's wrong for them to have a difference of opinion on what they would do with posting pictures of their babies on their Facebook. As long as they respect your boundary in the future thats all that really matters moving forward

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