Please tell me I'm overreacting about photos :'(
My husband wanted to go to a wedding when our daughter was three days old. I didn't want him to go because I was in a lot of pain and adjusting to being a new mom, but he really, really wanted to go and I knew it meant a lot to him. I ended up finally caving and he left on Friday afternoon and came back at 1am Sunday morning. I could not go as I had just given birth and was in tonnes of pain. To be honest, that weekend was hell, but my parents came to help me which was super helpful.
The photographer's photos from the friend's wedding just came in, and he looks so happy in them. He's all excited about the photos. He has a fantastic smile in each one. He's been showing everyone the photos from the wedding, sending them in Facebook chat messages and everything. The last two days, all I've heard about is these photos. He has shared them on social media and has one set as his profile picture on social media platforms.
Here's why I'm upset. Our maternity shoot photos came in last week, and he could not have cared less. He didn't even look at the maternity shoot photos except for the few I mentioned I loved. He only saw them because I sent them to him in a chat. He didn't even open the link to the full album, but he mentioned how much he didn't like the shoot or the photos. He even said, "I don't want to see those. If you want to put them in an album somewhere, fine, but don't put any with me in them up on the walls."
He didn't want to do the maternity photos in the first place because he told me he HATES professional photos, which is why he hates our own wedding photos too. He only did the maternity photoshoot because it was important to me. His smile in our photos is so fake, whereas the friend's wedding photos are great.
He doesn't want any of the maternity shoot photos with him on display in our home. We have one photo from our wedding on display. He's already talking about getting the photos from his friend's wedding on Mixtiles so he can have them in his office. There are about 12 photos. He wants them in his office on the wall, and he says that this would be the perfect Christmas gift.
I feel so hurt. I know friends are important, but I feel so upset that he loves those photos so much and he hates the maternity photos and our wedding photos.
Please tell me this is postpartum nonsense and I'm making something of nothing. I know he's not doing this intentionally, but it cuts like a knife still.
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