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[quote=Anonymous]Hello,

I am the mother of a 10 month old. My parents and my ILs are very devoted grandparents, which we love, and have been taking copious amounts of pictures of our little one since birth. The issue is...that MIL doesn't share the pictures she takes of my child with me. Most of the time it doesn't really matter because I am an avid photographer myself and rarely leave home without my camera. But a few weeks ago we were at a family birthday party and my battery died. MIL was snapping away and as we were leaving I asked if she would forward me copies of the pics. She didn't really say anything. I never received the pics so during one of our weekly phone calls, I asked her to send them again. There was an awkward pause and then she said, "You know, Jane...those photographs are personal to me." I didn't push it because I was caught off guard. I made small talk and then got off the call.

But as they days go by I am starting to feel more and more weirded out by this. Those photographs are of my kid at a party that we all attended. I just don't get it. I have made MIL a member of the site where I upload pictures of DC several times a month, I send her hard copies of the best ones regularly and for her birthday I made her a photo book. I know she knows how to get pictures off of her camera to send them because she is always sending us snaps of dings to her car or tomatoes in the garden. So it isn't that. And our relationship is pretty good -- she has always been a little competitive and perhaps a bit dramatic at worst but for the most part we get along well and nothing like this has ever happened before (although now that I think about it, years ago I requested baby pictures of DH to make copies of for a birthday invite and she never sent them). And FWIW, my parents regularly email me copies of the pics they take of DC without having to be asked (and even send copies to MIL occasionally).

My friends have said they would not allow her to take pics of my child anymore if she's not willing to share but I am more inclined to just let it go. Still, my feelings are a bit hurt. What would you do in my situation?[/quote]

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