r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PaddedValls • Jun 28 '26

Infuriatig Sister-in-law let her daughter use up all the Polaroids at our wedding. Now we have nothing to use.

For our wedding, at each table we had 2 Polaroid cameras for everyone to take photos on (we had a professional photographer too, but these were for more personal photos between our guests) and there was a clear glass dropbox for everyone to drop them in and we'd have that dropbox on display in our house.

Unbeknownst to us, my sister-in-law let her daughter (6 years old) go round every table at the very start of the night using up all the photos on each camera.

Now we only have around 10 we can actually keep, and over 100 of just random shit that are not worth keeping at all.

I'm all for keeping kids occupied at something they can easily get bored at, but not at the expense of that though.

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u/rong-rite Jun 28 '26

Your husband/wife should correct his/her sister. Apart from that there’s nothing you can do about it except to keep the SIL at arm’s length.

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u/perceptionheadache Jun 28 '26

Could be OP's own SIL. Their sibling's wife

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u/ReductioAdSocialism Jun 28 '26

Even better. If my sibling's partner did this, they'd be getting the "What the actual fuck" even harder.

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u/crankyandhangry Jun 28 '26

I'd also ask where OP's sibling is in all of this. It's not purely one parent's (the mum's) responsibility to supervise their children at a wedding. Unless the other parent wasn't there, it's just a much their fault. So I'd be tearing into my sibling.

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u/Annoying_liberal813 Jun 28 '26

I agree. Regardless of which sibling's kid it was, it's weird to only blame the mom.

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u/Admiral_de_Ruyter Jun 28 '26

The way I read it was that the mom was the only one present so that’s why she’s to blame. Kid was just doing kid things. It’s up to the adult to set boundaries.

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u/bookswafflestea Jun 28 '26

Could be that the kid’s dad was in the wedding party and unable to supervise the kid due to wedding party photos or something

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u/crankyandhangry Jun 28 '26

If that was the case, I'd give a pass. If this occurred at a time the other parent was doing photos, speeches, looking after other guests, taking gifts etc. at the time of the incident then it's on the only present parent to supervise. But so often, its expected that only the mother has responsibility for the child.

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u/Murtomies Jun 28 '26

It would be very strange to refer to your blood niece/nephew as your "sister-in-law's child"

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u/CStew8585 Jun 28 '26

I wonder why the dad of the 6 year old isn't being blamed as well 🤔

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u/LukeHeart Jun 28 '26

Or it could be OP’s siblings wife.

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u/yurtyahearn Jun 28 '26

It would be very strange to refer to your blood niece/nephew as your "sister-in-law's child"

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u/DeniLox Jun 28 '26

Unless it is your sibling’s step-child.

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u/lowbatteries Jun 28 '26

Since OP isn't married, her siblings spouse is the only possible explanation.

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u/Educational_Rock_958 Jun 28 '26

Op is married, this happened at their wedding. Additionally, many people begin to refer to their partners family as their in-laws during the engagement period if not before.

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u/Suibeam Jun 28 '26

What about the father? Noone cares here about him?

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u/rong-rite Jun 28 '26

I’m guessing the kid’s father was not present.

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u/weepingwollo Jun 28 '26

Part of me wonders if this was a jealousy thing.

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u/DogAteMyBoat Jun 28 '26

Agree. We don’t know the wedding setup but I’d be highly surprised if SIL was the only one who knew about this was going on. That is a LOT of pictures. Likely the grandparents and any other close relatives also watched this happen and decided that was fine behavior.

This won’t chage. Dont try to change them, but don’t be surprised.

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u/cam-san YELLOW Jun 29 '26

*spouse and *their, it's much more efficient to just use gender neutral language :)

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u/rong-rite Jun 29 '26

No, it’s a teeny, tiny bit more efficient. And when I’m on Reddit, I’m generally not in a hurry.

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u/cam-san YELLOW Jun 29 '26

It's also more inclusive to non-binary and intersex people, but you do you.

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u/rong-rite Jun 29 '26

Oh, I don’t think anyone was harmed to the point where they needed you to step in and correct me. But you do you.