Debating proper baby picture etiquette

I notice that you didn’t answer the question, so I’m going to take it as a “no, you don’t have those photos.”

Now, I will answer yours. When I was in that situation it never occurred to me to actually get into the hospital bed with my wife while I was there for the duration of the stay (for each delivery).

And if the photographer had suggested it I also would have thought it was weird. Of course the photographers, who (in my case anyway) basically spend all day taking photos of people who just had kids never suggested it either. Nor did the grandparents who came by and took a fuckton of photos also.

Yeah, that one looks weird to me too (Are they models or an actual couple with a kid?). Do you have that shot of yourself and you wife? I’ll believe you if you tell me. You don’t have to post it. The one I normally see is the husband not actually in the bed but leaning over.

I also went around google images so I know it has been done before. It’s odd, not one of a kind. Since initial PetePhotoGate, I have taken a great interest in the photos of friends who have just had kids. I’ve never seen it once among people I know in real life.

I mean, I have to thank you because you actually made me go back and take a look through our photos, which was fun. I have no memory of it, but woudlnt’ you know, There’s a selfie picture of me half up on the bed cuddling my wife and daughter. No I’m not going to post it. It doens’t matter though, I’m married to a woman so nobody thought it was weird.

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Eww they’re so weird.

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1,3, 4 definitely not weird. Note how each guy is not actually fully on the bed. That may be the case in 2 also, but can’t tell.

Great to see them all looking at the newborn

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That’s like my whole point. Kind of half on the bed is standard. I’ve got one of those too. Entirely on the bed is weird.

Yeah, unlike those weirdo gay guys

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Lol, yeahok.gif.

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Unlike staged photos.

Quality post!

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All those photos are staged photos, lol

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Someone should post Mayor Pete’s wedding photos so we can also get complaints about how staged and unnatural those look.

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I wound never have thought to do it, but there was some professional photographer trolling the hospital floor soliciting people to sign up for a photo shoot at their convenience. I still would have said no, but my wife of course thought it was an awesome idea.

Same. We had someone drop by our room and offer to do newborn photos. I’m assuming she would just go from hospital to hospital soliciting all the new births for business.

That’s been my one of my points from the beginning, sorry that you missed it.

Perhaps you should self-reflect on whether you have a subconscious bias and that it’s not actually the number of legs on the bed versus the floor that you found so weird? I have found that reflecting on my subconscious biases have helped to make me a better person.

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I mean they are weirdos and it’s OK to say that. It’s weird when you say the gay part is what makes them weird

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Pete is a robot trying to appear human so of course those will look unnatural as well

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I’ve admitted that it might be ableist. So we can add that to things we’ve already covered. Anything else you need explained again?