Wedding photos - did you throw them away?

[cam13]

I boxed the photos up and stuck them in my attic until I'm ready to toss them. One night after too much wine, I burned our 2 big wedding portraits we had over our fireplace. I loved those 2 pictures so it made me sad but it also felt kinda good.

[llh0211]

Mine are digital, so I do still have the CD/DVD with them somewhere. I left all prints with him, when I moved out. Took the frames they were in, but left all the photos in a pile. I don't know if I can get rid of them... But, it's not like a CD takes up a bunch of space, so I figure I don't really have to. Right?

[achase123]

I was just thinking this same thing myself since I'm moving.  I came across this really nice Creative Memories scrapbook/album that my aunt made for us with wedding and honeymoon pics.  WTH am I supposed to do with it??

[Deleted]

Mine are in a box and stored along with some other boxes of stuff I don't get into often. My split was also pretty amicable. I don't plan to get them out and look at them often or anything, but I kind of felt like they were a part of my history and life story. I couldn't justify just trashing them. Again, this is because XH and I are still (most of the time) on pretty good terms. Plus, I loved my wedding day for a thousand reasons, and I couldn't bear to lose all evidence of it. 

Maybe as time goes on I'll feel differently, but this is what is comfortable for me right now. 

[starburst604]

T still has his, they are stored and I saw them when I was moving in. It's not a big deal to me, it seems a lot of people dont want to throw them out. They're expensive! I do hope he'll part with them someday though, I feel kind of weird about our kids finding albums of him getting married to someone else. I wonder what his ex did with hers, she's remarried with kids.

[bullygirl979]

I still have mine but I have no clue why. I think because they cost so many thousands of dollars it makes me ill to throw them out. They are boxed up in my attic.

[spindle92]

I have all of mine and do not intend on getting rid of them anytime soon.
There are all stored away in a box, it is not like I look at them or anything.
Even though my divorce was ugly my wedding was a destination wedding that my entire family and some very close friends attended. It was a week long celebration that I just cannot part with yet.

[doriswe]

I have some in a box in my closet and a folder of them on my computer.

[usedtobebear]

Awww, I went through all of my wedding photos and momentos last weekend, it was definitely a cry fest for me but I think it was also good for some closure.  At this time, I have no intention of getting rid of any of our photos or even my letters and cards.  That might change down the road, but for now they're in a storage container under my bed, I really need to move it into another room at least.  I really can't imagine ever throwing them away.

[redredwine]

I think I might have one stashed away somewhere, but just of me in my dress because I loved it so much. I do have the CD's somewhere...for some odd reason I didn't throw them away, because Lord knows I'm never going to break them out, but maybe becasue the photographer was so expensive and I felt bad?!

[Deleted]

I left mine with my ex, he has reminded me continually that he still keeps them. Ummm okay... I still have some digital pictures, but got rid of anything with him or his family.

[sharic]

I took all the frames, left the pics for Ex and the ow. I also cleared everything out but left my wedding dress hanging in the empty closet. I didn't have it preserved, and it wasn't really expensive.

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Feb 28, 2013 18:19:13 GMT -5 @tee72 said:

Mine are in a box and stored along with some other boxes of stuff I don't get into often. My split was also pretty amicable. I don't plan to get them out and look at them often or anything, but I kind of felt like they were a part of my history and life story. I couldn't justify just trashing them. Again, this is because XH and I are still (most of the time) on pretty good terms. Plus, I loved my wedding day for a thousand reasons, and I couldn't bear to lose all evidence of it. 

Maybe as time goes on I'll feel differently, but this is what is comfortable for me right now. 

This is exactly how I feel right now. I made a very nice scrapbook of our wedding, and I don't know what to do with it but I know I don't want to throw it out. I think I'm going to box it up and rid of it someday if I decide the timing is right. Right now although I am feeling regret at being married, I don't have anything but good memories of the actual wedding day. STBX and I hope to remain friends, and even if that doesn't happen my wedding photos are full of family and friends and having a great time with them. It was an important day in my life.

[marigoldgirl]

I have mine. I have no intention of throwing them away. I have children with this man and he was a part of my life. I would not throw away high school prom pictures why should I throw wedding pictures away. Now I do not have them out. They are packed away in a box of old mementos.

[lookingup]

I think MIL still has mine, which I'm totally fine with. I was really bitter about them anyway. H refused to put out money for a decent photographer, so we got 200 freaking snapshots that were mostly awful. We didn't even get the disc with all the pictures on it that was in the contract, and it was impossible to even get in touch with our photographer. I'm glad they're gone.

[Deleted]

I had a memory stick from the photographer, but I left it when I moved.  I did have the photos printed out and somehow those came to my new apt.  They are in a box in my closet...I guess I will toss them, but feel a little weird about it because it is part of my history.  I got rid of all other photos of "us".

[glitzyglow]

My exH has our wedding photos. I told him if he didn't take it along with his stuff, I'd have a bonfire with all of it. I have no idea if he has them or not. He all of our mementos of ours from the years 2001-2010; I thought about asking him if I could just have the pictures back of me, lol. I might.

[BookLover]

The printed ones are in a box packed up with the rest of my stuff. I did throw away the engagement photos. I really just want to save the ones of my dress. I loved my dress.

I have a couple of CD's of pictures, they are somewhere...I just can't remember.

[GilliC]

Feb 28, 2013 20:38:04 GMT -5 marigoldgirl said:

I have mine. I have no intention of throwing them away. I have children with this man and he was a part of my life. I would not throw away high school prom pictures why should I throw wedding pictures away. Now I do not have them out. They are packed away in a box of old mementos.

This.  I think there's still a prom picture framed in my old room at my parents' house.  I would probably throw it in a box rather than display it, but I'd definitely keep it.  Why not?  I looked hot!  And I'm still FB friends with my HS boyfriend (his second child was born this week).

Maybe it would be different if I completely loathed XH, but even then I would still keep the photos of my friends and family and me with my BMs.

Our official album was a simple photobook I made, and it's still on my book case.  I also have a small photobox with miscellaneous pre-digital Knot planning and wedding photos.  I need to go through it, but for the moment it's easier just to leave them in the box and ignore it.

[Deleted]

I can't see myself throwing them out. I have a box with all the cards, our table name tags, cake cutter, pictures... all that stuff. Even though I'm not a fan of H anymore, it was still a very happy day and I don't want to forget that. When my parents divorced my Dad threw all the wedding pictures away. Even though they didn't work out I think I still would have enjoyed looking at the photos. To me, there is just something about wedding photos that fill my heart seeing the happiness and hope that a couple has on that day (no matter how the relationship ends). I plan to keep mine incase my kids want to see them. We are pretty amicable, so maybe that changes things?

[kaneen]

I kept mine.  Like others my split was amicable and I don't have hard feelings towards my X.  They aren't on display or anything but they are part of my history and I spent so much money on them that I can't see just throwing them in the garbage.

[greysgirl]

I just have an album. Like you, I threw away all the cards, etc but I put the album in my garage.

[gerberdaisy]

I don't know what to do with mine. A few months ago I de-x'd my house and took down all the pictures, but my favorite pic of me and my friends is from my wedding. It sucks that I shouldn't really have that one up. Never really cared about the ones of XH and I, just the ones of me and friends and family. I'll probably keep them in a box somewhere till I throw them away. Just so much money spent, and I had a lot of fun on my wedding.

[riverpestie]

I got rid of the ones with me and the X, but the ones with me and the kids or family, I gave them to the parents of the kids and other family members.

[prettyinpearls]

I have the CD's mine were on, but I threw away any hard copies I had around (mostly in frames) and threw away the photobook, but not before I kept the two pages of pictures with me and my grandparents. My mom has a copy of the same photobook, so I didn't feel guilty pitching it.

I only kept the CD's in case DS wants to look at them someday when he's older and see pictures of all of his family members.

[achase123]

I am seriously contemplating getting rid of the big scrapbook. I do have two "coffee table books" that P could have one day, if he wanted but the scrapbook seems a bit much. It wasn't like things ended amicably for us and there are so many AWFUL memories that it seems wrong to keep it, kwim?

[hainesherway]

I just moved in January, so I ended up throwing a lot of them away and putting the ones of me, my friends, and family into an album.

[audg]

Feb 28, 2013 18:19:35 GMT -5 inara said:

I still have mine, but we have kids. I put them in a box in the garage. I figure they might want to see them someday. I threw out the pictures of just us as a couple and it did feel a little weird. Kind of like I was trying to rewrite history. But I don't see myself going back to look at them fondly, so.

This is my thought exactly.