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LOUISA1523 Sun 09-Mar-25 14:27:40

Honestly just suck it up...you not going to have any of the photos displayed in your home....its not worth falling out over .....this wedding is about them and its not too much to ask for the mother of the groom to be in the photos...its hardly bridezilla stuff....if you stay home then be prepared for the fallout ....don't do something you may regret .... I'm not you ...I don't know your history....but as an outsider I would think it very petty that the grooms mother was not in attendance over a photo disagreement...honestly it the young couples day ....just do it

Baggs Sun 09-Mar-25 14:24:03

Forgive me for being blunt, Lizzie, but I think this is rather vain. My grandparents weren't smiling in my parents' wedding photos but it's nice to see them as they were then. They didn't look cross either, they just stood there knowing it wasn't about them but their offspring.

I daresay there will be photos you don't have to be in but surely you can manage one or two?

You claim to be rarely anxious but this sounds like a long-running anxiety to me. Doesn't your son want you to be in one of the photos at his wedding?

I think it would be unreasonable of you not to attend because of this fear. Can you not get a dose of tranquilliser or something to see you through it?

Norah Sun 09-Mar-25 14:23:05

Perhaps just avoid cameras, photo time is brief, be unavailable.

Grannylynj Sun 09-Mar-25 14:19:12

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JaneJudge Sun 09-Mar-25 14:17:46

A happy compromise is to be on some photos but not on all
you have to go to your sons wedding, it's not about you

Grannylynj Sun 09-Mar-25 14:17:34

Suck it up and 😁

Lizziethelab Sun 09-Mar-25 14:15:34

Hi, I’d like some advice please. My DS is getting married this year, and I’ve told his wife to be that I really don’t want to be included in the wedding pictures. I absolutely hate having my photo taken and avoid cameras at all costs. I never know how to stand or smile and I’ve yet to see a nice one of me. His fiancé knows I feel this way, but she is insisting I am to be included. It’s making me upset and anxious (something I rarely suffer from), to the point I’m considering staying at home on the day. Am I being really unreasonable? I’d be grateful for any advice . Thank you.