Photo Scrooge
Via MSN and Dear Prudie
And really ... there are 16 million Americans out of work and struggling to make ends meet ... and this crazy lady is "filling with anger" over a picture? Count your blessings crazy lady, and smile for the camera.
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Dear Prudence,The selfishness of the human race continues to amaze me. Hopefully the fiancee in this situation dumps this camera scrooge. If she won't take a picture for her in-laws imagine how difficult she'll be about everything else!
Every year my fiance's family takes a portrait together and mails it out as their holiday card. His parents included their new son-in-law when their daughter got married. This is the first holiday since my fiance and I got engaged, and they have already commented on needing a bigger lens to fit everyone in this year. However, I have no interest in being in their picture this year or any year. They sign the card "The Smiths," but I have no plans to change my name and don't feel this last name would be mine. I plan to decline to be in the photo since I have always looked forward to having my own family and sending our own pictures to family and friends. How can I gently say to my husband's family, "Time to cut the umbilical cord" and let your children start their own holiday family traditions? The thought of the upcoming family photo is making me sick and filling me with anger.
—Won't Say "Cheese"
And really ... there are 16 million Americans out of work and struggling to make ends meet ... and this crazy lady is "filling with anger" over a picture? Count your blessings crazy lady, and smile for the camera.
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Don't get me wrong, I would be very sad not to be able to send out my own Christmas cards, but I didn't get what about the in-laws card was keeping her from sending out her own card too.
Silliness!