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A woman has taken to Mumsnet to share how her mother-in-law had shared photos of her and her husband's children without their consent, and the internet is outraged.
Posting to the discussion-based site on December 7, under the account name Babybrain77, she started by revealing that her husband felt "extremely strongly about photos of the kids on social media."
Due to the fact he had "worked in cyber," he doesn't want "pictures of his kids online."
As a result, he will only share photographs of the children with family and friends via a secure messaging app, however his mother did not want to use it.
The woman then explained that as a result, they had been "printing off and giving her pictures of the kids whenever we see her, and also sending regular pictures in the post during lockdown."
However, the couple then received a message from a family friend in Australia revealing they had been viewing the photos on Facebook.
The woman added: "His mum has been taking pictures of the hard copy photos we've sent and posting them on Facebook, freely viewable to all (no privacy restrictions). She has uploaded literally hundreds of pictures."
The story poster then explained her husband had given his reasons previously and when "he confronted her about it and she shrugged and said 'I have to be able to show off my grandkids.' He is spitting mad and has said he will never give her another picture, to which she has kicked off massively."
The post ends with her asking whether or not he is being unreasonable.
The story has gained lots of traction online since it was posted on December 7, having attracted more than 310 comments, with many people sharing their outrage at the grandmother's actions.
One Mumsnet user, Hellodarknessmyoldpal, wrote: "She completely disrespected your wishes. I would not be giving her anymore pictures."
Another person, WinniesHunny, suggested: "Report every single photo to Facebook and get them deleted. Let the f***ing idiot stew in her own stupidity."
Hellodarknessmyoldpal stated: "She completely disrespected your wishes. I would not be giving her anymore pictures."
Inloveagain2022 revealed: "Your husband sounds a tad excessive but in the course of time I sure he will be proved right for his caution. In any case she completely disregarded his wishes and to not apologize just showed she won't stop. I wouldn't send her picture again either."
ToykotoLosAngeles added: "She is being hugely unreasonable and I would feel the same as he does!"
PinkWaferBiscuit typed: "I can absolutely see why he is furious. She knew that you didn't want to share photos online and did so deliberately. Yes they are her grandchildren but you're their parents and your wishes trump hers. If I were your husband I'd really struggle to trust her in future."
Bagelsandbrie shared: "Does she not understand the privacy settings or does she just not give a f**k? I think your dh is over strict but then that's his choice and she's disrespected him."
CurzonDax commented: "Your MIL [mother-in-law] is being very unreasonable. They are not her children, and she has disrespected the wishes of the children's parents."
