Am I being too judgemental re: fb baby announcement?

[marina007]

A Facebook friend just had a baby. She publishes an announcement about the birth, baby's name, size etc and a photo of herself and the newborn boy. Except - the baby has been pixelated.

I'm super weirded out. I totally understand that people may want to keep photos of their child off facebook. But why not then just post a status announcing the event?

Why post a picture at all?

Am I being too judgemental?

[youhadmycuriosity]

This is really weird, for sure.

[jennistarr1]

Weird

[WOT?*]

Are you sure the baby was actually pixelated?

[sonrisa]

Eh. Odd but who cares. She's just been through twelve hours of labor, is probably drugged to the gills, flushed with hormones and not exactly thinking clearly. You do weird stuff that first while. I'd save the judging for another day.

[shell24]

I don't think I'd judge necessarily but it is odd for sure.

[chia]

Her baby must be ugly.

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[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Is he nursing? Unless there's a naked tit, this is weird and AWy.

[birdistheword]

You're going to feel bad when you find out her baby is just naturally pixelated.

[marina007]

(I'll stop judging, btw - but i still think it's super weird)

[specialk]

Those Xs don't really do anything.

Yes, this is odd.

[kittyb]

Strange.

[escrow]

Wait, did you add the xxx?

[marina007]

Dec 24, 2014 6:32:53 GMT -5 escrow said:

Wait, did you add the xxx?

Yes, i did - sorry - felt bad putting up the photo without obscuring her face a little.

Apart from that, it is just like it was posted.

[wise_rita]

That is beyond weird.

[gingerjar]

Bizarre. Why post a pic at all?

[ECB]

Odd, sure. But not something judge worthy.

[sonrisa]

Not nearly as odd as you reposting it here, XXXs or not. This is exactly why she did that. Reposting photos of such an intimate moment from facebook feels sketchy to me. 

[gingerjar]

Dec 24, 2014 6:50:35 GMT -5 @smace said:

I'll take a pixelated baby over vag shotsmof a baby being delivered. I don't care how natural or amazing it is, I don't need to see my friends' vaginas fully dilated delivering a baby.

No. No. Noooooo.

Do you actually know someone who posted a pic like you describe? That is disturbing!

[spitforspat]

You are a shitty friend.

[MixedBerryJam]

Dec 24, 2014 7:43:22 GMT -5 gingerjar said:

Dec 24, 2014 6:50:35 GMT -5 @smace said:

I'll take a pixelated baby over vag shotsmof a baby being delivered. I don't care how natural or amazing it is, I don't need to see my friends' vaginas fully dilated delivering a baby.

No. No. Noooooo.

Do you actually know someone who posted a pic like you describe? That is disturbing!

Related story. My husband did a really good job with the video camera during my first one's labor; nothing awful, no screaming; mostly stills. But at the verrrrrrrry end, like the last 10 seconds, is a pan across the whole room so he gets everyone that was there, including me, legs splayed, and my dr who was stitching me up. Fortunately I caught it right before I sent a copy off to my inlaws.

[lilafowler]

That's...kinda mean.

[hereigo]

That's weird.

[rosiebear]

Now that I've seen the picture, it's not that weird. She doesn't want her baby on the internet (understandable), but she has a really blissful look on her face as she cuddles her newborn, and she wants to share that part.

[kyah]

Posting her pic like that is fucked up. The fact that she's pixelated her baby probably means she doesn't want pictures out there on the internet. Apparently she is justified

[CloudBee]

I don't understand why she didn't just show a picture of the baby turned from the camera in her arms or in her chest, head turned the other way.

[marylennox]

I think it's weird that she pixelated him.

I am also against posting pics of other people without their knowledge in pretty much every scenario.

However, I've seen people do this all the time here and no one seems to care, so I'm wondering why people are more mad about this one? because her face is visible? Because its a new mom?

[raangoli]

Why not just post a picture of baby fingers or toes?

[flex]

OP--please delete the picture since it's not yours to post.

If you don't delete it soon, I'll do it myself. Thank you.

[iamgrace]

I don't even understand why you care.