aren't you mad if your guy keeps pictures of his x-gf's?

Philippines
March 2, 2007 7:08pm CST
My guy does that and it did not matter to me before until his sister commented that I should tell him to burn them or throw them away so I told him and he just said that it doesn't matter anymore because they're just pictures and that they're just the past and I'm the present. So I'm just contented of what he said. Do you have the same situation?
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
3 Mar 07
No it doesnt bother me at all cause I know I'm not getting rid of any of the pics I have of certain ex's of mine! Why should I? They were a big part of my life (mind you one of them was the father of my kids so thats a little different)....Just because I'm married now doesnt erase them or the great times I had with them..
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@slickcut (8141)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Good for you! I agree
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
my husband had kept some pictures and letters from his x-gfs but when we got married and we live in his house,I told him to burn them out because I felt so uneasy the moment its in my sight..so he did immediately what I wanted him to do,and he said,he should have done it as earlier because its nonsense to him already..IM so thankful for it...
• Canada
3 Mar 07
the only thing I asked my husbadn to get rid of were his old wedding pictures from his first wife. That was too much for me to bear.
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• Philippines
3 Mar 07
Good thing your husbands burned them. For me I will just observe of what he will do with those photos.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
3 Mar 07
well old wedding pictures i would not want them either.But just old g/f's thats different
@Anakata2007 (1785)
• Canada
3 Mar 07
don't have his sisters attitude. That's not fair! Everyone has pictures of their past. It doesn't mean that the person is important to them anymore. The only thing you need to worry about is if he has NAKED pictures of his exes. I have photo albums full of my ex fiance, and I would never get rid of them because that was 7 years of my whole life!!! (Of course I threw out the ones where we were kissing and stuff)
@KaMlBob (786)
• United States
3 Mar 07
I wouldn't expect Rick to give up his pictures of his high school girlfriends. I have a few of my boyfriends and to me they are just fond memories. I wouldn't be who I am now if it wasn't for the people I knew in the past. If it was a terrible memory, I wouldn't want the pictures around.
@andrika (386)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 07
just don't put the picture next his bed..
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
nah... it's in his small drawer box with all other stuffs.
@cybergwen (158)
• United States
3 Mar 07
It was part of his life, why shouldn't he be able to keep the picture? Now if they were on display, that would be different. Let's face it, we all had a life before we met our current BF/GF. You can't make the past go away just by getting rid of the pictures.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
3 Mar 07
because men never throw anything away.i don't think you have anything to worry about..you could move them if it bothers you.If you get married then you should decide but him being just your b/f now ,i would not give it a second thought
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
Yes I know but I'm just jealous seeing all those pictures everytime I open his drawer. I know I should not be but I mean why is he still keeping it when they mean nothing to him?
• United States
3 Mar 07
I think it is crazy that people get so jealous over something as simple as pictures. Before I got with my wife I was with a different girl for almost 5 years. We were together during highschool and for a while afterwards. My wife wanted me to get rid of the pictures, and I told her no way. Regaurdless of the fact that I am no longer with the other girl, the time that we spent together was real, the memories were real, and even though I am no longer in love with her, I still want to have the memories of when things were good. Of course I think that if I had the pictures plastered all over my wall, and a picture of her by the bed or what not then she would have reason to get upset, but they were in a box in the basement. It is my opinion that if you want your s/o to get rid of pictures from a previous part of their life, then you essentialy want them to forget that it ever happend. You should be a little more mature about the whole situation.
• United States
4 Mar 07
Honestly answer this.. Is it okay for your wife to have a bunch of pictures of her ex's? How does that make you feel? Are you 100% okay with the fact that she still has them? And for you to say yes, you seriously cannot have EVER have had any thoughts about not wanting her to have ex-bf pictures. Pictures are not simple, your holding on to something when you keep pictures. Also I don't think it is okay with your wife if she asked you to throw them away. And ofcourse this is just my opinion, but If you cared about your WIFE, wouldn't you throw them away to make her happy? Since you are supposed to be spending the rest of your life with HER, not your ex. Once again this is my opinion and I am not trying to make anybody mad, but I do feel strongly about this. :)
• United States
3 Mar 07
my boyfriend of 6 yrs still has letters from ex's and pictures of his first wedding i tell him to get rid of htem but he says part of his past of who he is
@Phlamingho (7825)
• Denmark
3 Mar 07
Yeah that's just nothing you should do. Or if you do, hide them well :-)
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
Why will I hide the pics? what do you mean? :)
• United States
4 Mar 07
yes you should be because they might still have feelings for the other girl
• United States
4 Mar 07
yes you should be because they might still have feelings for the other girl
• India
3 Mar 07
i dont think so its any problem for a guy keeping pictures of his x-gf,it depends how much you trust him,if you trust him then you know he will never betray you and by d way that was his past,he loves you now,you are his present now so it doesn't matter whether he keep his x-gf picture or not
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
Yah you're right I'll bare that in my mind. Thanks by the way :)
@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
Maybe, i only get jelous not mad because it's just only pictures. The important is i'm the one who love him this time. As long as, he really love me and those pictures are just only from past, no special feelings at all for his gf's and that's ok with me. `
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
You're right I should be content as long as he loves me and I trust him.
• United States
4 Mar 07
Just pictures?? Then why doesn't he burn them, if there JUST pictures?? Ask him that? I think there not just pictures to him, because he wouldn't need to keep them. My husband had an album and a box of crap from his ex's, but he threw everything away because they didn't matter to him. I dunno I think he's just bull shi**in you. I could be wrong though that is just my honest opinion. :)
• Andorra
3 Mar 07
My g/f goes nuts as I have kept some of my old foto albums. There is no emotion involved for my ex but I like to look back on my past with no regrets. You cannot change the past and I wouldnt want to. i think your past makes you the person you are today and i dont think anyone should try to make you erase it.
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
i'll get mad if that happens to me. i dont like it when he still has pictures of his old girlfriends for me it is an insult.
@katisaurus (1038)
• Canada
3 Mar 07
Oh, man.... I don't think I'd be mad, but I'd be so uneasy. It'd make me really uncomfortable, especially since in my case, his ex girlfriend and I are no where near friends. I think it'd be just certain pictures, like old highschool prom photos, or formal stuff..I wouldn't be able to look at them.
• Canada
3 Mar 07
My ex had a lot of pictures of his ex girlfriend. It didn't bother me in the slightest. We spent 4 years together and had a daughter together. However, when we split, he got himself a new girlfriend (now his wife) and she found all the photos of us together right down to the ones my family took of me and him together right when our daughter was born. She literally cut him off all the photos and returned the photos to me, minus him. I was devastated. Not that he was with her, but that she'd had the nerve to ruin memories that were special to both of us. I don't know why she did it, but I cannot find it in my heart to forgive someone who would so cruelly destroy the only photos I had of my daughter when she was 10 minutes old. Jealousy makes people do strange things I guess.
• United States
3 Mar 07
I dont think that its a problem for a new bf to have pics of an ex-gf. I have pictures of old boyfriends. It's not abig deal, its just memories. As long as you trust your man it shouldnt be and issue...unless its a huge framed portrait in his living room!
@wendy82 (437)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Yes I do. But I would not be telling him to burn them or throw them away. Becuase that is there past. This is the future. If you know he is with you then you have nothing to worry about because he is going to stand by your man and he is not going to have any conflicts with his ex girlfriends. Because he is committed to you. He is going to be faithful to you. Do not listen to anyone if it is not bothering you then do not make him throw the picture away if you can do the same thing. Because it is part a 50-50 relationship.
• United States
3 Mar 07
I have never had this situation, but why should it matter. The only thing that matters is if you believe in your relationship. If he is with you then be content with that until he shows you otherwise. They are just pictures. You will not be his present if you tend to be jealous over something like a picture. This is advice to all girls.