People who have pictures of themselves all over their houses.

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I have never asked why as it is judgy isn’t it so I’m asking you all, why do people do this.
Especially those that are obviously professionally done, all misty around the edges, there’s usually feathers and off the shoulder outfit with heavy makeup making them look somewhat dragqueen like.
Pictures of them self up the stairs, huge ones in the living room with lots of smaller ones. No other family members, just themselves.

Or those awful painted or hand drawn ones that are just awful, why does that look amazing to one person but makes another shudder?

I’m old, I’ve been in many many homes, lots and lots and it always surprises me as it’s a lot, loads and loads of people have these.
Curious that’s all.
Not saying they can’t do or have what they want in their own homes...blah blah blah, just curious.

No photos whatsoever on display in my house.

The canvas ones of the family lying lined up on their stomachs with bare feet in the air particularly irk me. There is no reason for that but they still do.

Read somewhere that couples who regularly see visual reminders of them enjoying good times together are better able to weathered troubles together. Just reminds you that there’s good times too.

When we viewed it the house we now own was like a shrine to the wedding of the previous owners. Multiple photos in every room, giant canvas print wedding picture in the living room, they'd even had her wedding shoes and veil put in a glass box and framed.

They were selling the house because they were getting divorced.

When we were looking to buy a house we went into several where there would be this enormous photo in a prime location (small dining room, over the much smaller tv, in the tiny entrance, etc) and it would either be the homeowners on their wedding day or their very young children. It was so eery walking around a small quiet house with eyes (enlarged to life size) following you about everywhere.

@RJnomore1 do you never get one of those photos that just makes you smile? And everyone looks lovely in it?

I much prefer having photos up to actually see rather than stored away in an album or on a phone/camera.

But yes, staged canvas prints make me twitch too.

An acquaintance of mine has giant, lifesize prints of the professional 'family photoshoot' they had done in their living room. It is quite unnerving and also - and I know this is mean - it doesn't do her any favours to sit next to an airbrushed version of her with professional makeup. She's an attractive woman but she's outshone by wall her!

Wait, you specifically say to your DH “here’s the camera, take a photo of me and the kids” And he refuses?
He says that he doesn't know what to do, or he can't see the screen properly, or he pretends not to hear me and wanders off. It just isn't interesting or important to him, I suppose.

I have several family snaps of family on one wall. Just unposed birthday parties or holiday pics.

I can't tell you how much I loathe those awful white background portraits though. They are always so fake and posed, even though they are meant to be casual and informal. And the price, OMG!

I mean, who really larks about with a beach ball inside, or forms a human family pyramid all dressed in best-photo clothes?

@LisaSimpsonsbff - that's tragic!

OP - what ones do you mean when you say 'painted or hand drawn ones' - any examples?

I love my electronic photo frame though, as do kids. All our holiday snaps. Is that allowable? Huge canvases not my thing either.

We have lots and lots of pictures of the kids in the hall, front room and dining room, some also have me/ DH/ grandparents and I am a little bemused as to why a PP thought this is strange! I like looking at my kids at various ages. I like them to feel we are celebrating their Scout badge/ school play/ bike race or whatever the picture shows them doing. I have photos of my parents wedding, my wedding and my sister's wedding. I like to be reminded of happy things.

But the OP's point was houses full of pictures of just one person, I agree that is weird. Don't think it's weird to have a few pics of yourself, like wedding pics, but yes, if there are no pictures of anyone else that is odd.

Boudoir shoots are even worse.

Can't hang them in the living room. Be a bit weird to hang them in your bedroom.

When exactly is your partner going to look at them?

Where are you going to keep them? Hide them in a box under the bed? The attic?

"Sorry love, didn't hear you call me, I was just upstairs looking at your tits"

WTF!

How did they ever become a thing?

My friend had one of those ‘sexy boudoir’ photo shoots and put the pictures up all over the house. We thought they were just downstairs but my dc had a sleepover at hers and said they were in every room upstairs too! All different poses and different outfits

I have hundreds of photographs but only one on display of my DDs as I'm not crazy on them as decoration.

I have seen quite a few at peoples windows facing outwards, usually of kids, which I always think is really strange.

I think family photos are nice but not keen on the professional shoot ones to be honest.

I absolutely hate having my photo taken and there are very few photos of me in existence! I have no photos of myself on my facebook (hate that so many people's pages are only full of selfies) and no photos with me or DH in our house. We do have photos of our dogs and some holiday photos of scenery/places on display though.

I once went to a house where there were loads of photos of the woman in various states of undress! There were quite a few topless ones where she had her arm across her boobs! Almost all the photos had been enlarged to a painting size and were all around her living room! No photos of her husband.

Surely if you wanted photos like that you would restrict them to the bedroom?

I have paintings of my grandparents, dad and uncles done by my grandmother who was an artist. I love them. I also have school photos of the kids on the shelf. Does that count? If it's naff I don't give a fuck.

@DontDribbleOnTheCarpet I’m so sorry your DH is such a dick. What a horrible man to just dismiss you like that.

1. stop taking photos of him.
2. get a tripod and set the timer / get a selfie stick

We have lots of small family photos and frames with several pictures in all over the place - their mostly of the kids having fun on holiday , but there are some of us too . They are bright and cheerful and reminders that we have a largely happy lucky life . We have very few staged pictures ... our wedding photo is a5 size on a bookshelf

I have lots of kids when they were younger in the spare room. My son stayed for a few months and said it was like sleeping in a shrine to him and his sister 🤣. There is a photo of me and dp on fridge from holiday last year year which l like but that's it. I just started using free prints to print off the vast amount of photos on my phone.

Sorry love, didn't hear you call me, I was just upstairs looking at your tits

"Sorry love, didn't hear you call me, I was just upstairs looking at your tits"

cackled at this - imagine!

I have something like an actual gallery on the staircase wall, starting in the hall and going up the stairs! But they are all photos taken of us in significant places. There are no studio type photographs anywhere - DH has one from when he graduated but I think his mum has that.

I don't have an issue with those whole family in the studio with white background type, I just wouldn't want something as staged as that. Ours are reminders of the lovely places we've been, the enjoyment we had being there. (There is one wedding photo amongst them, but again it's more the place (a Greek church) than the people in it. Although we also have ones of people that we cherish as we love the people and know we won't have them forever, iyswim.)

I can't imagine having loads of photos or portraits around of myself, frankly. I'm not especially photogenic and it would be oddly self obsessed to want that, although I suppose there could be other reasons..?

I have one of me taken about 30 years ago because I was stunning - now I am old and fat and few people believe I could possibly have looked that good. And it's my house - why the hell do you care? As PP have said, each to there own - if we came to your house no doubt there would be stuff that would make us go

We have photos of ourselves and family snaps on display. I like them. We live thousands of miles from family so it's nice to have them. I also have wedding photos of me, my mum, her mum and her mum on display so that's nice too. I do have a rather odd head shot of my MIL that she sent us. Bit odd.

I know what you mean OP, those Venture style photos are awful and wtf do they always have bare feet?! Bare feet are not attractive. There’s an example of one here:

www.avforums.com/threads/venture-photography.1702346/

And lol @lilmisstoldyouso at boudoir shots and “upstairs looking at your tits” 😂😂

I do have photos of various family members around my house but they’re in small frames all together. The only ones I’m in are photos that have been given to me as presents.