Imajerk17 Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 I got tons of photos from the times I was with my ex. All of our trips and such. After a few months, I still have them on my computer where they were before. I never touched them. But one day, I will have to find a way to put them somewhere. My previous ex's I put them in a thumb drive and store them somewhere. I now forgot where my thumb drives are and would probably one day be found by my future wife and divorce will ensue. I mean some pics I want to keep.. like scenery and such. But ya.. it's tough. I am at that familiar place in my life again. So where do you all put them? Delete? Store? Forget? I have a box where I keep old cards and letters. I even have a stuffed animal that I have at my parents' house in my old room. Do you keep text messages? I kept some, but then my phone died and I hadn't backed up my data.
azsinglegal Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 I'm a delete girl myself. All pics of "us" or just him are gone. Kept the ones of scenery and me. I also delete emails, chats, texts, all of it. Sometimes I wish I still had some of those pics, but honestly, for me, I need a clean break. I'm not the type of person that can hold onto stuff. Of course, most, if not all, of my relationships have ended kind of badly so that's probably the other reason I delete. LOL
oaks Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 I have a box where I keep old cards and letters. I even have a stuffed animal that I have at my parents' house in my old room. I found a stuffed animal recently in an archive box. It reminded me of some good times, but I couldn't think of a good reason to keep it any more so it went in the trash the same day.
azsinglegal Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 This is an interesting question because a couple of weeks ago I found a photo album with pictures of my BF's ex and sex toys in the same place. They were under the bed. Pretty much in plain view as the bed is pretty high. I dropped something and when I went to pick it up, I noticed them. I've been there several times over 8 months and never noticed before. It really bothered me for some reason but I didn't say anything to him. I didn't want him to think I was snooping, cuz I wasn't.
oldguy Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Your username explains it all. LOL I'll let you in on a secret if you promise not to tell anyone else on LS . My user name started off as a social experiment along with another user name & avatar I haven't used in a couple of years. The differences in feedback to the same responses was stark;)
oldguy Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) I have photos of my maternal grandparents and my mother from before they emigrated. It brings back an entire lifetime and culture that I've only been able to visualize from their recollections. My father was nearly fifty when I was born, so having the photos of him growing up and his war service pictures are the only reminders that I really have of his youth. I've kept some pre digital photos of my ex boyfriend (I'm only in my thirties, but I prefer having actual photos, not just stored images). They're nice reminders of outings with friends, some are with my dogs who have since passed away. Those memories are meaningful to me, and I'm not chucking them out simply because he's in them. My boyfriend knows about and has seen some of the pictures, he doesn't mind at all. No mushy love notes or naughty "hall of shame" photos, though....those never were my style. I wouldn't want to come across someone else's! My first wife & I split after our kids where grown & I was left with most if not all of the family photos. Not knowing exactly what to do with them or how to divide them among my kids I started a process of scanning them & sending the digital copies to each of them while keeping the originals. It started with sending copies of all of my daughters birthdays pictures to her for one of her birthdays. Also, if something should happen to the originals at least there are copies. I've since remarried & my wife, in anger, cut her ex from most of the photo's of the two of them together , <that's an eye roll not a smiley], except for the ones I've stored away because I'm sure one day she may want to look back at them the way I wish I still had some of the old prom pictures my ex pitched out, (I didn't know her then). There simply a visual record of your history & old prom pictures are always pretty funny too That's P R O M, not porn:laugh: Just to add; my father was also in his early 50's when I was born. I'm guessing that makes you the youngest of your siblings also? That dismisses all of the regular social stigmas of being the youngest & sets a whole new set in place Edited December 21, 2011 by oldguy
O'Malley Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 My first wife & I split after our kids where grown & I was left with most if not all of the family photos. Not knowing exactly what to do with them or how to divide them among my kids I started a process of scanning them & sending the digital copies to each of them while keeping the originals. It started with sending copies of all of my daughters birthdays pictures to her for one of her birthdays. Also, if something should happen to the originals at least there are copies. That's a great idea. I've known people who became interested in their family's history, and unfortunately the photos were misplaced or scattered amongst various relatives over the years. I'm the avid genealogist in the family, so I've managed to keep track of most of ours -- even tintypes of my great-great grandfather. I keep them in two safes, some at my home, some at my mother's. I'm the second and youngest child...and yes, you do have decidedly different experiences with an older parent.
Mrlonelyone Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Filed away on my computer. Either on a harddrive attached to my network or just on the computer somewhere. It's not a big deal to me. Those people are history and if anything I wish I had taken more pictures. There never seems to be a camera around for the best moments. The only "reason" I can see for removing old pictures is if the person your with now is so insecure that the pictures cause a problem. Then someone like that would have allot of other problems anyway.
ShannonMI Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) I got tons of photos from the times I was with my ex. All of our trips and such. After a few months, I still have them on my computer where they were before. I never touched them. But one day, I will have to find a way to put them somewhere. My previous ex's I put them in a thumb drive and store them somewhere. I now forgot where my thumb drives are and would probably one day be found by my future wife and divorce will ensue. I mean some pics I want to keep.. like scenery and such. But ya.. it's tough. I am at that familiar place in my life again. So where do you all put them? Delete? Store? Forget? I store then in the circular file. AKA: the garbage can Or if I had a dart board, they'd go there Edited December 21, 2011 by ShannonMI
oaks Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Or if I had a dart board, they'd go there Shannon, that's harsh! I like it.
ShannonMI Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Shannon, that's harsh! I like it. Hahahahaha I have one ex that I really have a lot of hateful feelings for. It is what it is
Citizen Erased Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 I store then in the circular file. AKA: the garbage can Or if I had a dart board, they'd go there I am with Shannon, mine were all thrown away/deleted long ago. If I happened to go somewhere with them that I wanted to keep memories of, I keep the ones of the view and delete those with the guy in it. Looking at their smiling faces isn't really something I plan on doing for the rest of my life, hence why we broke up.
Stung Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 I keep memory boxes, filled with photographs, old letters, mementos, some flash drives/SIM cards. Stuff from old friends, and exes. The old boxes are in my closet--I want to sort through them when I'm old, remember all the old stories. The current ones, which have things pertaining to my husband or our kids, are out on my dresser. My husband is basically the same, he has a giant box of old photos all jumbled together that I think is currently somewhere in the attic, and some memento boxes in his office. Stuff from his childhood, from his deceased relatives, from ex-girlfriends, and our kids. I expect him to want to keep old memories like that, all I ask is that he keep stuff about US separate from the jumble of history. I'm his wife, so I prefer not to be mixed in with a bunch of old half-forgotten ex-girlfriends. He showed me once that he still has the ticket stubs from our first official date. I loved that.
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