Out With The Old!!!
By Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
October 15, 2007 6:36pm CST
What do you do with the pictures that you have taken of or with your ex. I officially broke up with my ex-boyfriend in 1997 and today, I have just now decided to get rid of all of his pictures.
However, there were two of him and I together that I really like, so I decided to keep them as a memory. After all, we had been together for twelve years. I decided to scan them to my picture file, but before I saved it, I cropped him off.
I do not mind looking at the pictures of us together, every once in a while, but I do not want to see it everytime I go to my picture file. What do you do with yours?
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16 responses
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
16 Oct 07
I ripped them all up and threw them away. I did keep two and my husband found them and asked why I still had them - I kept them because they were nice ones of us too LOL I got rid of them after that, I mean he's my past and will forever remain in the past :)
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
17 Oct 07
Not really. I had totally forgotten about them and he is not one to really get upset about things like that but I thought to get rid of them anyways!
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@ailema4ever (2668)
• Finland
16 Oct 07
My hubby doesn't like seeing pics of my ex, so since I haven't been in contact with him for years now, I decided to get rid of those pics, as well. I don't have any digital pics of him, so I just threw away all his regular pics. Unfortunately our relationship was short and it wasn't too good, so I don't want to keep any of his pic.
@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
16 Oct 07
I have been married twice and divorced both times. I got rid of all the pictures, but now I wished I had kept a few. Not that I am lost in the past, but there were others in those pictures that I would have liked to keep for memories. I don't think saving a few would hurt anything. All they are is part of your past and as long as you keep no permanent attachment to them, I don't see any harm.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
17 Oct 07
This guy had been in my life for a real long time. In fact, he had a big impact on me because I met him when I was 15 and he was 25, so in a lot of ways, he was like a father figure. That makes the pain of everything that went on even more confusing for me.
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
16 Oct 07
Forget about your past, I would say and do not think it over. I think if you entirely wish to forget your ex-boyfriend, you need to destroy all documents held with you, else...his memories will keep haunting you. Of course, memories of your time spent together cannot be erased from your mind, but slowly those will also fade.
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@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
16 Oct 07
The only pictures I kept of my ex husband were our wedding pictures. I thought my kids might want to have them someday. They are in a photo album tucked away in my blanket chest. I never get them out. I dont want my new husband to feel weird about me keeping them.
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@momoftwingirls (859)
• United States
16 Oct 07
You know what, I did the same thing you did. I actually knew I had them and held on to them, even when I moved to a different city and was married. When my hubby and I moved into a new home, that is when I fianlly shredded all the photos of my ex boyfriends. I threw away everything that was connected to any of my ex's. It just has to be done. They are gone and in the past...time to move on...
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@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
16 Oct 07
I think it is nice to keep a couple of photos of your ex and maybe pack the others away seal them up because you never know what the future holds, you may cross paths again, I remember years ago before digital cameras I was pretty good at photographing photos and a friend asked me to zoom in on all her wedding photos so she could have as many as possible without him in it, sad really isn't it, it is a part of a persons life but I can see where you are coming from....but as I said you just don't know what the future holds.
@usmcsgtwife (4997)
• United States
16 Oct 07
well I am now married and any old letters I recieved from my ex I threw away, I did keep one picture and the first letter and a memory but it;s put away in a memory box that I have of things before I got married
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@pendragon (3348)
• United States
16 Oct 07
Good for you! I have to ex's and I have removed , shredded or tossed all reminders oif them in photo form, and all other forms now that I think about it.There's no need for those two mugs buggin' up the scenery.
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@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
16 Oct 07
I had an ex who I treat as special because we were together for five years and though he cheated on me for so many times (I actually lost count of them) along the relationship, we kept the friendship,I am friend to his family and they treat me so special too.
However, like you, I don't wanna be looking to all of our pictures together oftentimes so I burned most of our pictures together but kept the group pictures we had.
@maple_kisses (2156)
• Philippines
16 Oct 07
I used to keep my ex-boyfriends' memories, from pictures to teddy bears, to all the dried out petals of the roses that they gave me. But I disposed of them when I got married. I mean, it will only be a source of insecurity at home so I decided not to keep them anymore.
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
16 Oct 07
Hi Rozie! With the pictures of my ex, I just kept them before in a box with all his letters and some gifts that he has given me. However, when I got married I left that memory box in the house of my parents in the storage room because I moved in with my husband to a new home. I really haven't seen the box, I guess it is still in the storage room. Take care and have a nice day.
@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
8 Apr 08
i usually throw them in the trash so that i can get rid any bad memories when i was with him
@applsofgld (2506)
• United States
18 Oct 07
When my 1st hubby and I divorced, I gave all the pics with him and me together in it, to the kids. I divided the kids pics up and gave him the ones with him in them also. I didn't want any memories of him. Now when I married him, I made the mistake of destroying all the pics of me and my boyfriends from my earlier years. I wish now I'd of kept them. Maybe not to look at all the time, but just to take a trip down memory lane once in awhile. This is a great discussion :)
@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
17 Oct 07
I'm sure I have pics of my ex somewhere, but my situation was kinda different. I started dating my husband when I was in 8th grade, so I didn't have many other boyfriends. So you and your ex were together for 10 years? I think it's okay that you are just now getting rid of his pics. That was a big part of your life. I do think it's funny that you cropped him out before you scanned them. You're a real spitfire, you know that?:P
