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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I find it a bit odd that a married couple in their early 70s would book a studio photographer to take photos, then I guess send one to each child, and presumably keep one. [/quote]

I can think of a bunch of reasons someone might feel compelled to do this -- feeling like they aren't going to be around forever, wanted to have a picture around for their grandchildren to see and remember them, etc. It's possible (probable?) that this is an attempt by your in-laws to be more integrated into your daily life, particularly for your children. In that case, I'd be inclined to welcome it, since surely it's better than daily phone calls or visits!

In our house, we have a family photo wall on the staircase (where it's not staring at us all the time) with picture of my parents, grandparents, and great great great grandparents straight off the boat. We had one growing up, and I loved looking at those pictures. If you have space in an out-of-the-way spot, you could earn some points with your in-laws by creating something similar and telling them their picture was the inspiration for it and your children enjoy looking at it and hearing stories about their family's past. I have a feeling that's what they were after at in the first place by sending such a thing.[/quote]

This is a very nice way of looking at it.  My distaste for my ILs is coloring this, in case you hadn't guessed.  Photo is so cheesy.  The corners fade away, it's heavily photoshopped, at first I thought it must be an old photo from the 80's, since all but a few crow's feet have been digitally scrubbed away from MIL's face.  [/quote]

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