Photos on FB

I don't think it has anything to do with 'possession' and an glad that I don't know anyone who gets upset about things that don't matter- or read things into simple figures of speech.

I don't mind DD talking to me in that way merlot. I'm used to her by now and I know she loves me dearly and appreciates everything we do for her. She's always been one to 'say it like it is'!

I'm always talking about My Daughter or My Son and then thinking "Oh dear I should have said Our"

So many sensible answers. I sometimes wish we had a 'thumbs up' smiley to show we agree.

I don,t understand why anyone posts their children photos on Facebook.

I'm thrilled when my 'children' post photos of my GC on FB as I can copy them my own computer or tablet.

We can't always be there with them but we can share happy moments in this way

To share happy moments with friends and family granny 2016, that's why. I live hundreds of miles from my DD and GS, and i know she can send me photos by email, but the spontaneity of a snap taken on a day out and posted on her F Book page, and to read the comments from other F&Fs is lovely. It somehow brings us all together. And despite what many people fear, F Book pages can be private from the general public.

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Totally agree Anya and Wills.
I'm a long way from all my grandchildren and I love seeing what they're up to as it happens.
It works both ways too - they like to see what Grandma and Grandad are doing too!

I'm lucky enough to live fairly near to my grandchildren. I joined Facebook so I could keep in touch with the teenage grandchildren and now we are lucky enough to have babies i the family, I share the joy of their parents who post photographs of their children. I do understand the anxiety many have about posting photographs on face book but with careful use of privacy settings the joy those photographs bring outweigh the risks (for me any way)

I think this figure of speach is common these days, dont worry, if it is on FB it is the personal page and I think its acceptable to say, "my boys" etc as I say "my Grandchildren", nobody seems to be offended.

I must be misunderstanding, because I thought the op finds it odd that her daughter in law, when posting a photo of her husband and son (i.e. mernice's son and grandson) on fb refers to them as 'her boys'. Which might be a bit of an odd way to refer to your husband (a grown man who you didn't give birth to )?