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Submitted by Jcksjj on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:02pm

$30 for a package of pics of SD for her to decorate her room with so she can admire herself all day. What a waste of money.

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Submitted by Jcksjj on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:15pm

Oh yes, the first year BM bought the largest package of pictures and then told DH he needed to reimburse her for half AFTER she ordered. She used to pull a lot of things like that at first, which makes me wonder how big of a pushover he really was to her.

And then I think 2 years ago BM didn't order any, but DHs got sent home to her and she told SD she wasnt sure if they were hers.

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Submitted by simifan on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:19pm

Had this happen BM kept the pics we ordered and paid for. Never again. Took SD to picture people - better pictures, no problems. 

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Submitted by Jcksjj on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:20pm

Haha, we told SD they were DHs because he paid for them and then all of a sudden BM was texting about how her pictures must have gotten lost or something.

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Submitted by Simpleton21 on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:26pm

Ha, "wasn't sure if they were hers"...mmmmkay well did you pay for them?!?! LOL!  Not that hard to figure out! 

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Submitted by Jcksjj on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:32pm

Yeah it was incredibly dumb and you could tell she was scrambling to cover that she tried to steal them. If she really wasn't sure she would've texted and asked.

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Submitted by ESMOD on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:15pm

TBH... if your DH got away with only spending 30 bucks?  good for him..lol.  I recently looked back at some old school pics of mine.. it's interesting how we change.

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Submitted by strugglingSM on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:23pm

BM once threatened to report DH to "child support enforcement" because she claimed he didn't pay her $35 for school pictures. Mind you, DH never gets any school pictures. MIL will usually get school pictures from BM, but DH won't. Neither SS is very photogenic, so it's not a loss...but is awkward when we have family photos hanging on our walls and none to include of SSs. 

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Submitted by Simpleton21 on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:28pm

LOL, I'm sure child support enforcement would take this issue very seriously!  Hahahahaha!

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Submitted by Jcksjj on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:34pm

If hes paying child support shes already getting the money for things like that...greedy greedy

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Submitted by strugglingSM on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 2:41pm

This was back when BM used to send DH a "list" every month of either money she felt he owed her (with no confirmation of actual payment, of course) or things he needed to purchase for SSs, because she decided that his CS was too low, even though it was calculated using the standard income form provided by the state. DH...like the people pleasing fool that he is...went along with this, because he thought he was supposed to and because she convinced him he would face legal consequences if he didn't. She even demanded that he pay for a broken window in her house because she said, "your children broke it"...as if DH was someone in charge of what SSs did when they were with her. Years later, DH found out that it was BM's stepson who broke the window, but again, because he is a fool, that was after he paid to fix the window. I should add that BM makes 2.5 times what DH does, so it's not as if she's hurting for money. She's just money-hungry and also has a gambling problem, so she's okay with lying, cheating, and stealing to get more money and knew DH was an easy target. 

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Submitted by Left out mama on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 2:18pm

My SD wanted to hange her school pictures in her room last year too.... not sure why. Seems weird to me. 

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Submitted by Jcksjj on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 2:49pm

DH never even opened her pics last year- theyre sitting on the shelf in her room unopened, but you can see the pics through the plastic on the front so she can admire herself. So weird and part of why I think its a waste. Why even bother ordering them?

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Submitted by Simpleton21 on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 2:52pm

Well I'm sure MIL needs a school picture! Right?!?! LOL! 

My YDS's first year of school we gave MIL one of his school pictures in 5x7 size, just like all the other gparents received, MIL was not happy with this.  She wanted an 8x10 and said she would pay to get a bigger one.  Um, not how it works, the pics were already ordered, paid for and delivered, to bad MIL!  Plus MIL never pays for anything. 

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Submitted by Jcksjj on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 1:19pm

Lol - but they arent pics SIL took!

Yeah right your MIL would pay for it, haha. Im sure she would just happen to be penniless that day.

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Submitted by MissK03 on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 6:39pm

SS17 ois senior this year. SO recently took him to get pics taken. SS17 made a comment to SO last week about "mom wants to know when my pictures come in because she wants one." Mind you, last year was the only time she "wanted" their school pics. 
 

Silly BM... SO emailed her a link so she can buy her own. Within 3 minutes of him sending the email she replied with "the link doesn't work and sent SO a screen shot of an expired 2019 album for an all girls catholic high school............ 

 

I said to SO send it to me. He did, I followed the promts, boom SS17 album to chose pics. SO texted BM back "well it worked on missk's phones" BM did not like this. "I'm not stupid I'll figure it out" 45 seconds later... "I figured out"

Clicking on the right high school might work BM.... idiot LOL. 

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Submitted by WwCorgi7 on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 7:02pm

School pictures caused so much drama for us. During the short period of time when BM was "friendly" she placed a custom order from me (I run a small business) and the school picture pack we were wanting to buy was the total cost of her order. BM also bought the same picture pack we did so she offered to pay for our pictures in exchange for my products. Okay I agreed... you know trying to be friendly and civil. BM picks up her order two days before SD was supposed to get the pictures from school. On the day SD came she suddenly lost our school picture pack but gave the second pack to her mom. I call BM and ask her and all she says was "Yeah sorry she lost them and we can't order another but I really appreciate the custom order you gave me". Lady I took a big chunk of time working on your order when I could have taken several others. I tell DH and he demands BM pay for the order. So next time we see BM she is super rude and rushes right past me and throws a wad of cash at DH. She quit being "friendly" towards me after that. Lol good times...

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Submitted by Bex_S on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 5:37am

Ugh my SD does that. She has all her school photos lined up on her shelf to create her own personal shrine. She doesn't have any pictures of family in her room, only of herself, along with a full-body length mirror that she poses in constantly. She'll pose in anything vaguely reflective and will even pose at herself when you're talking to her; she'll stare at herself instead of looking at the person talking to her. She lingers before getting out of the car so she can pose at herself in the rear view mirror.

I did put a picture of her father and older brother in there once and it didn't last long. Such puke-worthy self admiration. Having pictures of only yourself in your private space is just weird and shows a high level of self absorption.