AIBU to keep photos of myself displayed in my bedroom?

[ThisPeppyWriter]

A few friends came round for dinner and commented on the fact that I have a lot of pictures of myself displayed in my bedroom. They said it came across as self-centred, and one person even suggested I should take them down, saying they would call the police if I didn’t.

I have been thinking about whether they had a point and whether having lots of pictures of myself in my bedroom could genuinely come across that way. I can understand that everyone has different tastes and that some people might prefer a more neutral or less personal space.

At the same time, I live by myself and I’m single at the moment, so my bedroom is a personal space that reflects me. I do have pictures of my adult children displayed around the rest of my house, but the pictures in my bedroom are of my own memories, experiences, and moments that are important to me.

I don’t want to dismiss how others might see it, and I understand that not everyone would choose to decorate their bedroom the same way. But I was hurt by the way it was presented, as it felt more like criticism than a genuine conversation. What upset me most was that not one person stepped in and said they understood my point of view or that I had a right to have my own choices in my own home.

The situation ended up turning into an argument because they kept telling me to take the pictures down and I chose not to. They then said that if I wasn’t going to remove them, they would leave.

Am I wrong for having pictures of myself in my own bedroom, or is it reasonable to want my personal space to include things that make me happy?

Who the fuck are they to decorate your bedroom?

Keep photos, lose losers

I'd think it very weird if someone filled their bedroom with photos of themself, but I wouldn't comment on it because its not my house.

What on earth have I just read.

I have 2 framed photos of my and DP in our bedroom. Ill ring the police just to let them know in case they have any reports of us having photos of ourself in our bedroom

On a serious note - WTAF. How many photos OP? Or are there that many that it’s practically wallpaper 😂

I hope this is true and I hope they do call the police. Please op we need updates even though it can’t be real

It's none of their business, most certainly not something they need to call the police over. These people are not your friends. I try to avoid photo's of myself as I hate them but I totally understand the sentiment that photo's bring back memories.

This???
and why were these people in your bedroom??

you have some weird friends

Gosh that escalated fast

future if AI too sadly

Ok then 🙄

Your friends are weird.

😬😱😱

What did the last post say?

How bloody rude. Reminds me of an episode of Come Dine With Me when the guests take a tour purely to poke fun at the host. Leave up your photos. They’re happy memories. No one says you can only have photos of other people in your place

It was a rather crude threat to kill anyone who referred to her friends as weird

Some of the replies taking this serious do make me wonder if some posters have never had human interaction.

You have very strange friends

What a pack of weirdos. The person threatening to call the police sounds quite funny though. I mean I'm assuming they were all taking the complete piss but behind all the 'joking' they were sincerely laughing at you for being vain and conceited.

I don't think they are your friends.

Why were these people in your bedroom? How many photos are we talking about? What exactly would they plan on saying to the Police?

Nah, I don't think this is real either,

I have started catching up on an old series on Stv player. And the episode I started watching today has the guy breaking into a young woman's flat. And she just has loads of photos of herself placed all around the flat. And I can't tell you how much it irritated me and made me dislike her because I'm thinking she must be totally in love with herself.

So I'm afraid OP i would find it very off putting if I knew you enjoyed looking at photos of yourself to the extent of having your bedroom plastered with them.

many years ago we viewed a flat and above the fireplace was a large studio photo of the girl who lived there (she was young and her parents owned the flat). The bedroom was full of her photos. The thing that stuck with me though was that every millimeter of surface in the bathroom was covered in make up bottles etc. it was quite impressive

I'm assuming copious amounts amounts of illegal substances were consumed at this dinner party as everyone seems a little off.

This is mental. You can decorate your own bedroom in any way you choose to. I’d think it was a bit unusual to adorn a bedroom with photos of yourself but it doesn’t matter what I think, it’s your space, not mine. Don’t take your photos down.

Obviously a joke

I assume it was a tour of her new flat or house and they’d been drinking hence the stupid jokes about the police and they would leave if she didn’t remove the photos.

If you can't have self esteem in your own private home, where can you?

I have photos of myself in my home. I joke to my son "this is from when mummy was young and hot, before 2 years of sleep deprivation".

You know what my friends say when they see them? "Wow, you look lovely in that photo!"