What to do with old wedding albums from previous marriages

[MumOfTheMoos]

I have an old wedding album, well
actually it was so long ago , pre digital, it was the big album that we had to choose the ones for the proper album from - the marriage was very short so by the time the proper album came along my Mum took it.

As I said, it was a short marriage, we haven’t seen each other for over 25 years; my son only knows him as someone I was once married to before I met Daddy etc, etc

I’m now in a new relationship and been clearing out loads of stuff but I don’t know what to do with this album. I’m in my 50’s now so am very aware that anything I keep for sentimental value is just going to have to be dealt with by my partner and my son at some point, and so feeling quite ruthless, but somehow it seems wrong just to bung them all in the bin.

2nd marriage much easier - all digital - and besides my son will have an interest in them as they’re part of the history of his family.

What should I do?

I burned all my first wedding photos, but we’d been married for less than a year and he cheated!

A friend of mine kept the album from her first wedding as she thought their daughter might like it when she was older.

If there’s no children from the marriage, then I’d get rid.

I kept the nice photos of my relatives and bunged everything else in the bin. I didn't want it so couldn't see anyone else wanting it either.

I burnt mine, and it gave me joy. 😂

Yes, you’re all right - I might keep a couple of the better ones, just as a record and then bin it.

I’d just bin it

Chuck. Photographs are an absolute menace and a burden. If you don’t get rid of it all now, you’re just making it a chore for other people after you die or when you go into a care home.

If it was a good short marriage and you dont feel bad over it, then keep. If not then bin.

Before you bin it, check the group pictures for any ones of friends and relatives- keep them and bin the rest.

Mine went in the tip along with my wedding dress. I took much pleasure chucking them both over the wall

An older relative has recently died & I really value photos of them when young & photos of other family & friends I know. I'd keep nice ones of you, maybe one formal photo for LOLs at the dress, and any good ones of people you're still in touch with or relatives who've since died. Basically bin 90% and put the nice ones in a small album with labels of who everyone is.

if you’ve got a scanner I’d scan it put it on a memory stick then bin album
it’s a strange one I don’t even know the reason why I’d do that but I would

If you do keep any pictures then keep a note of who they are of. When we cleared MILs house we found boxes of old family photos and it was frustrating not knowing who the people were. We did as much detective work as we could, and were able to send a cine film of a 1930’s wedding to the couples grandchildren. But there was a lot more that just ended up in the skip as random photos of random people. And I’m sure their grandchildren would have been as delighted to get them as the ones we did track down.

I left ours in the wheeley bin right at the top!

My friend who is going through a very acrimonious divorce has some lovely pictures of her and her family from her wedding framed in her living room (not featuring the groom!) I think it’s great, she is remembering what’s good about the day. So maybe keep any photos like that?

I think it is an entirely personal decision that only the individual can decide.

I have the album plus loads of loose photos from my first marriage (to the father of our children). It is part of my history and I have no desire to dispose of it, 18 years after the marriage ended.

I have digital photos, plus a couple of physical ones on display, from my second marriage. Different circumstances as he died 9 years ago, but I wouldn't consider disposing of them.