wow - talk about thunder stealing...

[thebamker]

((ftr - I'm so tired of having to clarify everyone in my former ILs family as EX... so until I get a new soulmate to make all my hopes and dirty dreams come true, I'm just going to keep the ILs in the present tense.  I do what I want))

SIL just had her first baby. She didn't say what the baby was and she kept her name choices a secret.

Well before she had a chance to say anything on FB, her cousin goes on there and says "Congratulations on your baby GIRL! Welcome to the world Firstname Middlename!"

fucking ouch!

[cleo29]

That is pretty low. Let the woman who endured 9 months of pregnancy, x hours of labor and then pushing to tell the world what they had and the name.

[thebamker]

Jan 22, 2013 13:17:41 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Ooh, I'd be fucking pissed.

Cute name though?

:-#

let's just say that if I was still married to H, I'd officially have my first niece/nephew with a made up name.

[rex]

My SIL did this when our other SIL had our niece.

I was pissed, so was the SIL who had the baby!

[ginandjucie24]

That sucks! I would be bugged.

[pantsparty]

Oh no you din't!

[Deleted]

I just know my MIL is going to do this. I'd be piiiiiissed if I were your SIL.

[iheartvino]

Ouch, that's low. My sister didn't find out what she was having and didn't throw out any name possibilities. She told us in no uncertain terms were we supposed to post ANYTHING about the baby, even that she had him, on FB. I can appreciate that. Parents should be the ones who control the information about their kids.

[KKD]

My sister's college friend did the same thing when my niece was born (although we knew she was having a girl, they kept the name a secret). My sister didn't even realize until I told her, and she was so preoccupied with loving on her new baby that she didn't even care. My other sister and I were still annoyed for her. lol.

[adhdfashion]

I don't get keeping the name and gender a secret. But posting before the parents get a chance is low.

[livinitup]

That wouldn't bother me at all. I had no plans to announce on FB from my hospital recovery bed and just told the normal family/friends you tell after birth -and assumed the word would spread as it usually does. Thank goodness everyone was healthy/happy. I liked the congratualtions that come-through on my wall and the well wishes - when I finaly got around to checking it.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

This is why I disabled my Facebook wall when the contractions started.

Sent from my crappy club for jerks.

[Deleted]

I'm very careful not to say anything about anything important until I'm SURE the person it happened to has put it on their wall. So I get pissed when others don't show the same sense. I get that you're excited but it's NOT YOUR NEWS. Of course I assume those are the same people posting status updates about every minute of their day "got on the bus" "riding the bus" "preparing to get off the bus" "my kid pooped" and get more annoyed.

[Deleted]

i'd set shit on fire.

[imoan]

Awww... I feel badly for her.  I doubt it was intentional- but still.

The day we found out the sex, my mom posted it on Facebook immediately after I told her before H even had the opportunity to tell his brother (and WELL before I posted it on Facebook).  I ended up having to call her and telling her to remove it until H could tell BIL.  And I know she was just excited and jumped the gun, but I was a wee bit annoyed.  And then I felt like shit for being annoyed.  And the funny part was, I saw after she posted it that my BFF liked it (I hadn't told her yet).  So then after she deleted the post, BFF emailed me and asked me what the sex was.  I was like "Let's not play this game.  You know"  LOL!

In the end, not a big deal at all... but you DO wish people could use a little more decorum or common sense.

[imoan]

Jan 22, 2013 13:44:23 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

I hate this sort of thing. Why would you not let the parents tell this news? asshole.

My cousin is the queen of this. She even put my sister's death on FB, before one of our brothers had been notified; it's how he found out. NICE. I hate her.

Okay... THAT deserves death in a really slow burning fire.

[SKP82]

Ugh. H has an aunt who does things like this. When we got engaged, she posted on both our walls before we had a chance to tell all our friends. H's grandfather died on New Year's Eve and she posted on all the ILs walls about it before everyone knew.

I don't get why people do this. I feel bad for your SIL.