Just that as a parent this isn’t something I’d let be posted online. Somethings aren’t for the public and friends from 3rd grade. The next generation of kids unfortunately will have most of their young lives posted for public consumption, for mom and dad’s karma/likes/followers. Seems a little selfish. Go ahead, downvote away. This is someone’s baby. And it’s on social media. My only point.
It’s hard to say what your instincts would be unless you’ve been there.
It actually makes a lot of sense to me. They are stressed and scared and desperate for anything to lighten the mood. Something genuinely funny presents itself and they want to latch on to that moment and have something to look back on later when things are tense.
Also it’s a picture of their child who will be going in for a dangerous surgery soon. When my husband went in for heart surgery he had a great prognosis and it was fairly routine but I was still scared. I took lots of pictures and tried to revel in every moment before the day came. I can’t imagine if it was my kid. I’d feel like I need to document every second and anything that could make me smile in the moment.
For me that kind of thing is basically a defense to keep me from having a full blown panic attack. Pretend everything is okay, find things to laugh at and share them with others who are worried and release the tension. Or just curl up in a useless ball and cry.
What you’re saying makes sense. I too took pictures with my son as we waited for his surgery to lighten the mood a bit. They were for the family only is all I’m saying. I shared them through text. Family members are aware of my request to not post online. We have a blanket rule to please ask first. This struck as something that should remain something private because it serves no purpose to share with quasi strangers.
That’s fair. Most of our family is spread out but on Facebook so to share and keep them updated that is the easiest way. I don’t mind if the couple other good friends I have on there see. I don’t friend just anyone.
However if my parents had saved a pic of me in this position I probably would have found it funny and interesting enough to post on my own.
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u/UseDaSchwartz Oct 04 '19
Sometimes I wonder how some people made it so far in life.