Keeping pictures of your ex?

Post all the nudes on 4chon /b/ - isn't that what everyone does these days?

Kidding aside, that is up to you - if its been uploaded anywhere (services/social media) it's likely
everyone's pic/vid forever. (you just deleted your copy, that is safely stored in hundreds of databases)

If its on paper (old ppl eh?) and likely nowhere else - why not keep it ... getting kinda difficult to keep track of everything, thats
why i'd choose to keep anything i had, but limit the access of more private stuff (only offline ... on some hdd/usb/disc), even if
chances are i'll never look at it again.

I don't take pictures of my hand.

I had no pictures of her, but kept the bookmarker she made, and the book I got from her. I don't like to throw out gifts, and it also serves as a reminder as I did kind of deserved to be broken up with. As long as reminders and memories don't drag one down, I don't see much problem keeping a very handful ones as memories from a period of one's life

sadly i do, its a sadly reminder of times gone by and that i screw up... but i just cant help myself. i am too sentimental, i recently after a looot of time deleted them from my phone but i still have them somewhere in my pc

I rarely delete stuff, they just get buried between backups, hard drives switches, folder reorganization... So they're most likely still there

Not going to bother you all with a rant/story about my ex, but whatever happened to you in your breakup was probably a much more delightful experience than what happened to me. I should maybe be glad I got out alive.

I could have some pictures (of my ex) somewhere with all the other pictures (of everything else) I have. If I find picture or two after all these years I just usually toss them in the bin, I suppose I don't have many fond memories of the time and I think that she wouldn't mind (pics of me may have been burned, the end was a bit... unpleasant).

No nudes, I think that I'm a bit too old fashioned or something

I used to ritualistically purge the physical mementos like pictures, clothes, poetry I'd written (shut up), mix tapes and cds, etc with fire while getting spectacularly drunk with some close friends.I haven't met or talked with any woman recently that's inspired me to even want to get close enough to them to eventually break up with them someday, though.

Edit: I am still on decent terms with a couple of them though, for the DENNIS system.I'm kidding about the system...seriously.

I think I've never deleted a pic on purpose, of any kind. I'm one of those that just hoards all the pics ever to gather digital dust forever, but I almost never look at my old pictures so... kinda pointless.

Oh shit, where do I keep them?

Only one partner and no exes so I have 23 years (and counting) worth of photos. That's what happens when you meet your best friend and future wife at the age of 5.

sure, why not

I still have a few pictures/letters laying around bit i don't check it tbh. I may delete certain pictures but normal pictures will probably stay unless i disslike/hate my ex.

I put everything on the cloud, so now i have a HUGE collection.

Really depends. Definitely delete any nudes and maybe also the innocent pics I happen to find, I have random pic folders that I don't even access often and won't make an effort to clean my PC from pics no matter what anyway, so there are probably some left. If I'm in the picture too, I may keep it anyway, even though it's a bit uncomfortable to look at those, but hey, some pics are pretty.

It really depends on how/what I feel for the person in question. If whatever pictures/items I have only triggers bad memories and emotions in me, I see no reason to keep it around. My last ex cheated on me, so in this case I couldn't get rid of whatever remnants of her fast enough.

i kept the nudes until i got a new gf lol

I keep everything and I keep the ex-partners themselves in the basement so that they could help me build an industrial empire one day in the future.

I have two pictures of my ex-girlfriend as well as the pictures of her two daughters that she gave me after we had broken up (they were 4 and 5 at the time). She said that I was a part of their lives for almost two years, and that I deserved to have them if I wanted them). I have them still, even though we had broken up almost 15 years ago. It was a "nice" break-up, and there was no hostility or animosity between us. And here is a fun fact! I actually work with one of the daughters (she's now 18).:)

Bear in mind, they are physical copies rather than digital, so it wouldn't be as easy as hitting 'delete'.

My opinion is that if there were some happy moments in a relationship, and especially if the picture(s) was/were taken during one of those happy moments, why not keep them? It is good to have a reminder of happy times/moments, and a jog down memory lane can be cathartic. :)

That being said, if the pictures would cause a person nothing but sadness and/or anger, then keeping them would not do that person any good.

I delete everything..it hurts too much to see chats and selfies after it ended... it would remind me of the happy moments, and it would burn really...so i don't wanna see or hear anymore..makes it easier to move on.

I deleted everything. In fact that was not only because some of those memories hurt me, but also because of my fiancee, who's really jealous, and thus I was just a coward and wanted no trouble in case she would find those pics and other stuff

Girlfriend? What kind of mystical creature is that?
Never had one so I can't say anything about it :(

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