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Post by jenjie on Dec 16, 2019 22:53:36 GMT
Seen in my FB feed (D is my fb friend, no idea who the other person is.):
“D, just wanted to let you know my son M will propose marriage to his girlfriend of 5 years very soon, when that happens I will post the joyous news on Facebook, look out for the announcement!!”
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Post by naby64 on Dec 16, 2019 22:58:36 GMT
Hope it is not supposed to be a surprise! I am hoping this is not a trend but someone who doesn't know how to use PMs on FB.
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Post by gar on Dec 16, 2019 23:02:54 GMT
Good grief 🙄😊
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Post by pilcas on Dec 16, 2019 23:19:15 GMT
That’s a little off putting. What if she says no?
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Dec 16, 2019 23:20:45 GMT
That’s ridiculous. Trying to make sure they’re the first to announce anything?
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Post by pierkiss on Dec 16, 2019 23:30:31 GMT
Wow. Someone just totally blew a surprise engagement. That should have been a private message to someone else.
A friend of mine got pregnant with her first. Her grandmother gets on Facebook and writes this darling note about how excited she is about their new baby, how she hopes she’s not too sick with morning sickness, and to enjoy her first pregnancy. She stuck it right on my friends wall, so EVERYONE saw it. My friend never got to have the big baby announcement because her grandma stole her thunder. 😂
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Post by peabay on Dec 16, 2019 23:34:21 GMT
That is WEIRD.
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Post by jenjie on Dec 17, 2019 0:16:59 GMT
Wow. Someone just totally blew a surprise engagement. That should have been a private message to someone else. A friend of mine got pregnant with her first. Her grandmother gets on Facebook and writes this darling note about how excited she is about their new baby, how she hopes she’s not too sick with morning sickness, and to enjoy her first pregnancy. She stuck it right on my friends wall, so EVERYONE saw it. My friend never got to have the big baby announcement because her grandma stole her thunder. 😂 No way!!!😱 |
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Post by kate on Dec 17, 2019 0:22:33 GMT
 "I'm announcing that I hope to have an announcement soon. When I have the announcement, I will announce that I have it. Then I will announce the announcement itself." |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 0:28:51 GMT
 what's next......the announcement that Jack and Jill are trying to conceive a baby tonight!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 0:34:47 GMT
Omg. No just no
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 0:40:20 GMT
Wow. Someone just totally blew a surprise engagement. That should have been a private message to someone else. A friend of mine got pregnant with her first. Her grandmother gets on Facebook and writes this darling note about how excited she is about their new baby, how she hopes she’s not too sick with morning sickness, and to enjoy her first pregnancy. She stuck it right on my friends wall, so EVERYONE saw it. My friend never got to have the big baby announcement because her grandma stole her thunder. 😂 This is way a couple should wait to tell ANYBODY. My mother was such a blabber mouth, she was the last one to know. Fortunately we didn’t live near family when I was pregnant with daughter, so nobody knew until I was 6 months along. |
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Post by epeanymous on Dec 17, 2019 0:46:22 GMT
That seems really boundary-overstepping to me. And I have to say, I learned never to tell my inlaws anything unless I already had announced it publicly because this is exactly the sort of thing they do (and they are terrible with boundaries so).
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 17, 2019 0:56:33 GMT
Unless you know you can trust someone NOT to say something, make sure you're ready for your social media announcement to go out the same time you tell extended family. To expect anything else is just asking to be disappointed.
If I was on that announcement email I would be trolling the crap out of that. How ridiculous can someone be?
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Post by AllieC on Dec 17, 2019 3:05:29 GMT
Wow that is just ridiculous! Hope she doesn't say no.
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Post by zookeeper on Dec 17, 2019 3:08:28 GMT
Trying to make sure they’re the first to announce anything? I call this the "town crier" syndrome. |
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 17, 2019 3:15:45 GMT
That seems really boundary-overstepping to me. And I have to say, I learned never to tell my inlaws anything unless I already had announced it publicly because this is exactly the sort of thing they do (and they are terrible with boundaries so). me too, specifically my mil. She was so pissed that she was essentially the last to know I was pregnant with #4. We wanted to wait to tell our other kids till we knew the gender and we had scheduled our christmas photos - we told the kids during the photos so we could capture their reactions. We went straight to their house after taking the pictures to tell them. She was super pissy asking if others already knew. We told her that yes they did know. We didn't trust her to not slip up and say something in front of our kids. |
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Post by bc2ca on Dec 17, 2019 3:41:12 GMT
Seen in my FB feed (D is my fb friend, no idea who the other person is.): “D, just wanted to let you know my son M will propose marriage to his girlfriend of 5 years very soon, when that happens I will post the joyous news on Facebook, look out for the announcement!!” This reads like someone thinking they were private messaging. Oops.  |
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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 17, 2019 4:02:11 GMT
What if she says "no"? That post seems absurd. Way premature.
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Post by scrapngranny on Dec 17, 2019 4:43:43 GMT
Future MIL needs mind her own business. She is upstaging the couple’s event.
I see a lot of butting in throughout the wedding planning. Good luck to them all.
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Post by anniefb on Dec 17, 2019 4:45:56 GMT
Just no.
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Post by wellway on Dec 17, 2019 12:00:44 GMT
Wonder what her son had to say about it especially if he was planning an expensive proposal.
If they do get engaged/married she has probably ensured she is last on the list to be told anything of importance.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 17, 2019 12:30:56 GMT
A friend of mine got pregnant with her first. Her grandmother gets on Facebook and writes this darling note about how excited she is about their new baby, how she hopes she’s not too sick with morning sickness, and to enjoy her first pregnancy. She stuck it right on my friends wall, so EVERYONE saw it. My friend never got to have the big baby announcement because her grandma stole her thunder. I've had my hand over my mouth for a few months about my first grandbaby on the way. Sweet DIL recently posted it on FB, but I'm still trying to low-key it because they are so chill about the social media stuff. I don't want to be one of 'those' MILs. I also asked before I shared the photo of a Thanksgiving day engagement of another son. She thanked me for asking and said I could share away. "I'm announcing that I hope to have an announcement soon. When I have the announcement, I will announce that I have it. Then I will announce the announcement itself." I have friends on FB that post *exactly* like that. Lol. |
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Post by summer on Dec 17, 2019 13:10:37 GMT
Did anyone comment on her post? If so, what did they say? Wouldn't it be something if the GF says no to the proposal?
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Post by joelise on Dec 17, 2019 13:17:10 GMT
Can you imagine what sort of MIL she will make!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Dec 17, 2019 13:30:16 GMT
I've had my hand over my mouth for a few months about my first grandbaby on the way. Are you kidding? You're going to be a grandma? Congratulations! Brag all you want about it here!!!! |
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Post by christinec68 on Dec 17, 2019 13:43:55 GMT
Wow. way to steal someone's thunder!
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Post by jenjie on Dec 17, 2019 14:06:23 GMT
Did anyone comment on her post? If so, what did they say? Wouldn't it be something if the GF says no to the proposal? Not when I saw! I don’t know the person at all so I can’t even go back and look. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 17, 2019 14:17:27 GMT
Are you kidding? You're going to be a grandma? Congratulations! Brag all you want about it here!!!! Yes and I am delightedly awaiting a late April arrival. As you know, I have four boys and... it's a boy! The whole family is so excited! |
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Post by janeinbama on Dec 17, 2019 14:40:13 GMT
Are you kidding? You're going to be a grandma? Congratulations! Brag all you want about it here!!!! Yes and I am delightedly awaiting a late April arrival. As you know, I have four boys and... it's a boy! The whole family is so excited! As a boy Mom, you will be right in your element! Congrats Grandmom to be!! |
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what's next......the announcement that Jack and Jill are trying to conceive a baby tonight!!!
