Should I throw out old pictures?

Question

My wife and I have pics of our exs in our picture collections, should we throw them out now? Is there any valid reasonto keep them?

Answer 1

The only reason you should keep them is if you are both comfortable with it. There are things you did before you were married and those things aren't going to disappear - you might have gone on vacations with ex's and there might be some memories there. Just discuss it with your wife and make a decision together. If having pictures with ex's in them is going to cause conflict, then you should by all means get rid of them.

Answer 2

I don't think you should keep them. It is the past, but not like a vacation, or holiday with family. You both may say your O.K. with them and you may be but I would always ask the question of weather you still have feelings for the person? I have memories of my past girlfriend, when she fuc* me over, I forgot about all of them. I found some pictures of my wife's old boyfriend, I thought why the hell would she keep these? Maybe my little insecurity, but I would not keep them if I were you.

Answer 3

My husband hates the pictures I have. So I just put them away. He knows I kept them, but they are not out where he can run across them. I think he feels threatened by them in some way. I try to convince him it is just the past and remind him that I have to still deal with his ex wife because of their kids. Talk it over with the wife and see how you both feel.

Answer 4

I got rid of most of my pictures a few years after my divorce. If the divorce is still fresh, leave them in a box for now. Flipping through them can reopen old wounds. Unless you are emotionally prepared to re-live those memories, they're not hurting anyone where they are now.

I kept some of them that involved my family or hers. They were great pictures of people that I miss, too bad she's in them, but I'm not going to carve out her photo. But random pictures of us together have - for the most part - been culled from my photo albums.

Just make sure you feel that you can do this without it bringing you down.

Answer 5

Keep them that was a part of your past. Just get a box and throw them all in there. Out of sight out of mind. My husband when we were dating cut up all of my pictures which made me mad but expected me to not to do the same with his. Or if you don't want them in the house you can keep them at your parents house.

Answer 6

well me and my boyfriend went thru this too.he kinda took it upon his self to go thru my pictures and he destroyed every pic i had of my ex husband .our marriage pictures everything.i was a little po about it but i was like well were not tog anymore so why hang on to them.but months went by like a year later i find pics of his ex wife in his closet hidin.u talk about someone going off.i went off on his *** .why did you get rid of my pics and keep yours i felt i couldn't even trust this man any more.he must still love his wife or just cant let go.so my thing is this if u both love each other and have moved on then u both need to get rid of the pics no sense on hanging on to old memories.relationship must of been bad or else you would still be together so why see pics to remind you of that,a wasted busted up relationship that's over.you don't need pics for that.don't hid them if both decide to destroy them do it in front of each other.and things should be fine

Answer 7

It depends on how sentimental you are. If you never want to think of that person again then pitch em. If you have fond memories of them keep the photos in an album somewhere. My mom has some pics of her old boyfriends and I like to look at them sometimes. I like to look back on my exes too and remember the good stuff. They were an important part of your life at one point!

Answer 8

Don't throw them away but keep them separate from the pics you guys have of each other.Every time we look through my mother in laws pics we run across his ex wife's pics and it just irritates me even though I know they have a child together.

Answer 9

Its what ever you feel like doing? If you two are both comforable with having pictures of your exes then keep them. But if its a problem I would trhough them out. Your not with them anymore so forget that part of your life and move on.

Answer 10

if you feel that you and you ex had great times, keep them. if not throw them out if you hate looking at the picture.