Hi there, would love to get some perspective here... I'm currently on a much anticipated family holiday, the first in ages. Ups and downs but generally going well. My partner and I each have our iphones to take photos on. Last week he dropped his phone smashing the home button. I was worried - obviously most photos of me with our children are taken from his perspective. However the phone seemed to be ok and he said he'd back it up later (spoiler - he didn't).
Since then a further week's worth of photos has been taken, in various beautiful locations, moments I really value and want to remember. I have been taking photos too but generally of him and the children.. he's also the photographer in the family so has been capturing the scenery etc. Every day I have said he needs to back up the phone and he's agreed but then he's forgotten or put it off. A few times I've stopped myself from reminding him more often because he can get annoyed if he feels I'm badgering him.
Of course now the phone is dead and I'm thinking unlikely to be restorable. We can't go back and recreate them on my phone - I know that would be madness (no spontaneity and a lot of driving)! But I'm just gutted! I have loads of photos of him and the children, a few selfies and very few reminders of the epic views we've seen.
He says it's my fault too (I know it is) - I should have reminded him more often, or done it myself. He just keeps throwing it back onto me really, without allowing me any space to be upset.
I know I should be bigger than this. At the end of the day it's not that big a deal. I just put so much effort and time into organising the whole thing and it just really hurts.
Thanks to anyone who reads and responds.