Me and my girl have been living together for almost 2 yrs now. I noticed she still has pictures on Facebook of her and her ex's. Not doing anything bad but like them taking a selfie together or sitting on their lap. And I also saw she has a folder on her computer called the ex files where she keeps old photos of ex's. Now is it OK that I am not happy about this? I mean I still have some naughty photos of my ex's. I honestly don't even look at them. Don't know why I have them anymore. So on one hand I'm a little upset but again I don't really think I have the right to be if I still have some photos of my own. Any advice on the situation would help a lot.
Ok. So you are upset. Why? Really think about what you think her keeping the photos means to you. Not to her, but to you. I keep photos and such from past relationships. They helped make me, me. I'd get them off facebook once a new relationship was solid. But they'd be in a folder and backed up. (I love the name of her folder, btw) We all have pasts. We all deserve to document them. You say you have erotic shots of an ex. She's just got social shots. Think about that. And, also, why do you keep your old flame photos.
So you have naughty pics of your exes and....you never even look at them? Bullshit. Pm them to me and I'll look them over and they aren't even my exes. With that out of the way.....who cares if she has pics? I say you should assume she is always upgrading in partners...or at least she hopefully is. So you are the upgrade and they are the reminders of a worst past. How do you lose here?
I have pictures of my exes and I've been married for 15 years. My husband knows and he doesn't care. There is no changing the past. Keeping pictures doesn't mean you want to be with that person. It's acknowledging that they were a part of making you who you are today. If your girlfriend wanted to be with those people, she would be. If you feel threatened by them then that is your own insecurity. She has chosen you. Be happy about that. I'm guessing you have no reason to worry. ESPECIALLY if you have naughty pictures of your exes. Her pictures sound pretty innocent compared to yours. Maybe she doesn't even realize those pictures are still on her fb. If they bother you that much, do what any adult in a relationship should do and talk to her about it. Let her know how you feel about it but you better be willing to get rid of the pics you've been saving all this time too. Whats good for one is good for all.
They are her ex's for a reason. She's with you now. You have nothing to worry about. I still have pics and even videos of some of my ex's too but that doesn't mean I want to jump into bed with them again, quite the opposite in fact.
dont see the sense of keeping them to be honest :/ now that its over, whats the point? unless you are friends with them maybe. mine i got rid of as they were too painful to look at to be honest.
I understand why it bothers you- when I found out my boyfriend had kept pictures of his ex's......I was very jealous and upset. If it truly makes you uncomfortable, I would talk to her about it................AFTER you delete all the pictures of you and your ex's. It's a two-way street, my friend.
I am sure my Facebook has pictures of my ex. I just haven't deleted them. I don't look at them. I was also married for over 15 years and we have children. If a new partner is jealous, that is their problem. I'd communicate your feelings. I agree with a previous poster, my last makes me, me.
sorry but you have no right to take away memories. Im in a situation of having had photos with a woman i was with at one stage although its ended I dont plan on getting rid of pcitures of her or her and me and she meant a lot to me. When we get older and need some cheering up or pictures to jog our memory it nice to look at a picture and remember how you felt at the time as we learn from the past.
^ i agree with you there....people should be allowed to have photos or anything else that is from their past. I would never expect anyone to get rid of anything.....It is their property to do with as they wish. Who cares what was before me before I came along, anyway?
Agree with everyone else on this one, my friend! I have a box of photos from my past and it represents my life. I'm not longing for the ex therein, but to throw that stuff away would be like throwing away who I was, my history. Those pics aren't about documenting the relationship so much as documenting me, in my younger days. My husband has a box of his own. We've been together for 18 years She's with you now, so let your insecurity go. Hopefully pictures of the two of you will be in the foreground on FB.
Ouch ..and yet, pointedly telling. Not saying the OP does go through his ex's pictures, but that there are some... well, not issues, but perhaps less-than-healthy ways in which he views himself and his past and present relationship.
I never deleted the photos of my exes with me, I have documented them, just a remembrance of the past.
Just forget it and be happy she doesn't have a homemade porn video of her and an ex . :There's worse things that could happen .