To ask if you delete pics of exes?

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I've been doing a big sort job on all my photos on my PC going back years.

I got to a period of 5 yrs where I was in an unhealthy relationship. We were both immature - him in the sense of being a narc/overgrown manchild and me in the sense of not knowing any better and just taking it.

I have good memories of the relationship (the things we did, the places we went) and bad memories (him), so on that logic, I deleted any pictures with him in, but kept any that were say, of a trip we had taken together but only had me in.

Told DH as I thought it was funny that I now had albums of trips that it looked like I'd taken alone, and he seemed to be taken aback that I'd deleted them all, and said he likes to look back on everything, good or bad. I said I just felt I'd left that chapter behind and didn't need exDP taking up space on my PC that he certainly doesn't deserve!

These were just passing comments - not a big deal for either me or DH. But it got me wondering what approach others take. Do you delete everything, keep some, keep all?

I don't like keeping pictures of exes and have done the same as you with my photo albums.

I delete them if they come up. For example on my Facebook memories or if I'm going through pics on my PC with exes in. I've become a lot less sentimental about photos of late though and recently threw out a caseful of hard copies of my youth, ex boyfriends, friends I no longer see. It was liberating not to be weighed down by stuff. (I might have read mari kondo) I kept the best.

I don't delete anything, I always have enough hard drive space so I don't need to. Though in fact I don't have that many photos of exes because they were back in the days of 35mm film and we didn't take so many photos back then.

I don't delete old digital pictures or throw away old prints, no.

If a new partner asked me to, I'd ask them to get a grip.

I keep every last thing. It is my past and I like to look bad on it, even the crap bits!

Didn't have digital cameras back in those days (christ this makes me feel old) but I still have the odd old photo of an ex despite how awful it was at points. My past made me who I am. I don't want to forget it. It was a part of my life, HE was a part of my life you can't just erase that. I see the old pics as reminders to learn from my mistakes.

I have a lot of old photos. Not saved on the computer any more as I've changed computer a lot since I've been with DH. All pictures are on facebook/in a cloud storage. . There is an album on my Facebook account that is essentially the greatest hits of the long term relationship I had before DH, things ended amicably, we had some wonderful times, it's nice to be reminded sometimes. It means nothing more than memories of a distant past but they were mostly happy times, I see no reason to delete them. Dh doesn't have an issue, it was all before we even met, he has lots of photos of him and exes buried in his social media too but doesn't own a computer so none saved.

If you had a nasty break up or they are someone you don't want to be reminded of, deleting photos is a good idea and cathartic. Otherwise there is no reason not to keep them if you want to.

I keep everything. It's my past, and I like looking back at people I've been with and places I've been to. Any partner of mine needs to accept that my past happened and that I'm not going to delete years of my life.

I get rid of the lot.

It's the past, I'd like it to stay there.

I delete and get rid of everything I don't need the memories of bad abusive relationships.

Not intentionally but I have lost them amongst house moves, changed phones and broken laptops, lost SD cards etc. Can't say I'm bothered though.

I don't have pictures of ex's but then have very few good memories that I would like to treasure with them.