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post #1 of 15
9/26/04 at 10:24pm
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When you have pictures taken of the kid/kids do you give their father some? I have always given Jamie a 5X7 and a couple wallets. Same with David. Most of them time I do them as gifts for something. But it has been a year since Jamie gave me any and I am beginning to wonder if he will anymore. I told David that he would have to pay me for them if it wasn't a gift. He is fine with that. I guess I could do the same for Jamie. Just wondering what others do.
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post #2 of 15
9/26/04 at 10:33pm
Hmm......If it is something special, I would save it for a gift and have it framed for like Father's Day or something like that but other then that he can have his own pictures taken...lol
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post #3 of 15
9/27/04 at 10:25am
Yes I always give the other parent one. Like my Dad had them ad then we send them to my Mom. With Alisha we send to all here grandparents.
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post #4 of 15
9/27/04 at 10:35am
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I send them to my parents and close family but I usually just give one to Jamie. He can have it copied for his family if they want one. I do always give one to his nan and papa tho....b/c they are ALWAYS there for me and take care of me! That is one worry tho, that Jamie will see them there and throw a fit!
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post #5 of 15
9/27/04 at 11:18am
Big deal, just tell him it goes both ways. If they don't share pics why should you have too.

It is VERY expensive to have to buy for split families. I know for us, we have Den's mom side, her husband(who we love), Den's dad side, his step mom's side, then my side of the family. My family is the one that usually gets jipped unless I go somewhere special to get them taken and then I only get enough for ME
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post #6 of 15
9/27/04 at 11:22am
School pictures I have Cori's dad send money for. He likes to have enough to give all of his family so he can pay for it. Other pictures that I get during the year I usually just send him 1 or 2.
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post #7 of 15
9/27/04 at 11:24am
Oh I mean big deal towards his feelings, not the way you feel. But by all means if you feel better giving him a picture don't waste a lot of money. Give him a wallet or something. It shows you are still thinking of him but you aren't going broke while doing it.
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post #8 of 15
9/27/04 at 12:40pm
Well, I'm not in that situation now, but growing up, I was. My dad never took us to have pictures. But my mom did. She'd buy them, but my dad never forked over the to help with them. So, that is usually what he got as a gift for Christmas or Father's Day or whatever. She would send to all of our family and would send to my grandparents (even my dad's parents), but unless he paid for them, all he got was one on special occasions.
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post #9 of 15
9/27/04 at 1:20pm
I agree, I would tell him if he's not gonna share, then neither are you
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post #10 of 15
9/27/04 at 1:50pm
If you have a scanner I would just scan it and email and he can print it out. Or see if you can get them on disc when you buy them. Photos are expensive!
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post #11 of 15
9/27/04 at 9:48pm
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Thats some great advice/tips!!! Photos are expensive. And I think I have come to the final conclusion one what I am going to do myself. I am not going to buy any for him myself. I will mention that I am getting her picture taken and ask him if he is getting pictures taken of her for his own family... if not and he would like to buy one he can give me the money. Otherwise we can just go our separate ways. If I ever need a gift I might use one here and there but otherwise they are for me and my family.
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post #12 of 15
9/27/04 at 10:03pm
Diana and Jen that is how my friend Shannon does it she has Gary give her the money and then he can have some and so can his parents.
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post #13 of 15
9/28/04 at 12:07pm
Diana you can always save them as gifts for his family too.
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post #14 of 15
9/28/04 at 1:21pm
I think you should only have to pay for those you want to send to your family and friends, any family of his you are still very close to and WANT to send to (not HAVE to send to), and one for the father. If he wants extras to distribute to his family and friends, he can purchase the extra package or take the child himself!
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post #15 of 15
9/28/04 at 5:44pm
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Heck, it isn't hard to order enlarged sizes of the pictures anyways... and if you go thru the right company they still look good. So one wallet would be good enough.
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