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Do you carry a picture of an old flame in your wallet, or do you keep one hidden away in a drawer or somewhere on your computer?

Or did you destroy all the photos? Will you be honest? Do tell.
LadyJ · F
I have one on my bedroom wall that i play darts with just incase i feel sporty
Bang5luts · M
@LadyJ sounds like an exciting time tbh
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
@LadyJ cool 🤣
justcallmenameless1 · 36-40, F
I have them but i dont usually look at them. His memory is etched in my mind.
@justcallmenameless1 Yes...I carry them ensconced in my heart and mind.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@SomeMichGuy I get that.
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drawer and computer...depends on which decade the old flame was from....
Degbeme · 70-79, M
No but I do carry a lighter.
Colormegone · 70-79, M
@Degbeme I just have bad matches. 🤡
JustNik · 51-55, F
I never felt the need to destroy them, but they’re just in old photo albums. Those times weren’t all bad and I learned quite a lot because of them.
Starcrossed · 41-45, F
When I was in my early 20s, shortly after my mother died and I lost my house to my estranged sister, my abusive boyfriend wouldn't let me move in with him unless I threw the photos of my exes away. I had no where else to live so I threw them all out.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Starcrossed I'm sorry. That's terrible.
Bang5luts · M
I made a shrine under my sink in a rectangular shaped receptacle and took it out when it was full. Then I ...
Mr7inch · 31-35, M
Phone in old messages
Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F
Nope and nope.
nedkelly · 61-69, M
I carry my sons drivers license with me all the time.

I had one photo of a previous girlfriend I forgot all about and Mrs. Kelly through it away
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@nedkelly Hugs Ned. I can't blame you.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
I have a few in a photo album with lots of other old pics.

There is nothing to hide about that. Those relationships are a part of my life, as are the relationships my wife had with others before me.
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
I have lots of photos of exes, 2 are dead so my pictures aren’t going anywhere!
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Jeephikelove Sorry to hear.
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
@LadyBronte thank you, one died in March, we were still good friends, I miss him.
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
I destroyed all when my second/current wife expressed unhappiness about them. Wish I'd kept one of each of them though, just for memories. I'd like to have shown my daughters too.
Funnily enough when my mother died and I was sent a few bits from her stuff pertaining to me, there was a photo of me with both parents and my first fiancée, which my younger daughter was fascinated to see. Meh.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Cheesecake I am sure old photos have a tendancy to cause problems in a marriage.
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
@LadyBronte mine has other issues than photos.
twistedrope · 26-30, M
I have a picture of each ex in my computer but only one per person. It's in case I forget who they are or what they look like and suddenly need to remember these parts of my life. Few things annoy me as much as memories I can no longer see.

These people are happy without me in their life. There memory however, is cherished with me. Though I did them wrong so, I wouldn't blame them for not wanting to remember me.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@twistedrope At least you can objectively look at those relationships now. Some people can't.
Northwest · M
An ex girlfriend took care of that for me. One day I came home, to find her proudly announcing that she destroyed all my photo albums, and burnt the negatives.

That was the second surprise of the evening. The first was that she found my extra house key and made a copy for herself.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Northwest What the heck?! I hope that's why she's an ex, and there wasn't more of that behavior before you cut her loose.
Northwest · M
@LadyBronte That was the last straw.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Northwest No doubt.
Oldest picture I found was in a photo album in the school classroom in 1998. It was before he became my boyfriend and I’d never had a boyfriend before him. In other photo albums some guys I’ve met up with have been in them with other friends. Also some pictures of former friends.

More recent pictures taken over the last 12 years I found on my computer or over the last few years, hidden in 3000 pictures on my iPhone.
funxxx707 · 51-55, M
I would if I had anyone to love me
LaLumieri · 51-55, F
I have What I like to call the x files. It's a few ziploc bags with their photos and just some mementos. Each of those relationships had good times and bad times attached to the memories. It is fun though to look back And sometimes educational to remember why those did not work out.
exexec · 61-69, C
I don't have any old flames, but I rarely destroy old photos so there are some girls' pics in a drawer somewhere. I found some pics of Lynn's college lovers in an old wallet of hers when we were cleaning out some drawers. I guess that counts.
Blondily · F
Nope tore them up and threw them away. I gave one to my daughter of her bio dad but I think she tossed it too. He never had anything to do with her. Waste of human life.😑
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Blondily Really sorry he couldn't have been at least a decent parent to your daughter. I can't understand anyone who has no love for their own child.
Blondily · F
@LadyBronte Mental issues, alcoholism, drugs, selfishness, are a few reasons.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Blondily That's really too bad.
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
i carry a picture of my now 7 yo daughter on the first day of her life in the neo natal icu when she required assisted breathing. I have no old flames and old flames blow out because ex's are ex's.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@zonavar68 Nice.
fun4us2b · M
Funny I found a pic recently that I didn't know I had from my very early 20s - she had such a nice smile, sort of sad we broke up, I hope she's OK.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@fun4us2b Aww...
Entwistle · 56-60, M
I have a couple of pics of women I used to date in my phone gallery. I like to remember people is all.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Entwistle Nothing wrong with that.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
@LadyBronte It's nice to remember important people in your life from time to time.
Adogslife · 61-69, M
I have pics in my phone. I’m not on Facebook, so they’re the only pics I’ve got.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Adogslife Mine are still on my phone as well. I don't actively seek them out, but it is a jolt when I unexpectedly run across one when looking for something else.
Adogslife · 61-69, M
@LadyBronte Yeah, depending on the pic, it can get weird when an unanticipated pic shows up in your daily story/pic feed. 🙄
HeavenBesideYou · 56-60, F
I have them all. I couldn’t imagine throwing them away, or deleting them.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@HeavenBesideYou I have some of those as well. I can't look at them, but I can't delete them either.
HeavenBesideYou · 56-60, F
@LadyBronte I have photos in albums from before the digital age all the way to a phone slap full of pics. They’re all somewhere, but I don’t go looking for them either.
Coldplay · 61-69, M
I did keep some but have since deleted. Done…gone. It was cathartic.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Coldplay I know it was difficult for you at the time. Glad it turned out to be a good thing.
Coldplay · 61-69, M
@LadyBronte Yes it was hard...
Elisbch · M
I have photos of old flames in a shoe box in the closet. 🤷.. I haven't looked at them in ages.
Ontheroad · M
Not on purpose, but I probably do have one or two... never spent the time to look.
My husband threw it out
@LadyBronte no, I wasn't
deadgerbil · 26-30
@AbsolutelyFabulous time to throw him out 🗑
BarbossasHusband · 36-40, M
I don't have any pics of my exes. Never did, for some reason 🤷‍♂
Fairydust · F
No, just puked in my mouth at the thought 🤣
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Fairydust 😂👏🏻 👍🏻
Mick961 · 56-60, M
Yes I have pics of a lot of my exes - not that there has been that many
No photos. Why would I do that? I do not live in the past. I keep poems and stories people have done in honour of me. And those from former partners. I am always honest. That is my way. Now you may answer your own question, LB?
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@PoetryNEmotion Some people do though, live in the past. I also have old stories and poems people have written for me through the years. I also have photos. A few are very special to me. Even though the photos are there, I never look at them. It would serve no purpose. My question stemmed from reading a Reddit post where old photos were causing a problem between husband and wife. It made me curious about the subject.
@LadyBronte Okay. Yet if they are meaningless really, why don't you get rid of them? The photos. My ex-spouse used to keep photos of his exes. I didn't like that. Turns out he was a cheater too. He even maintained correspondence with some. Despicable. I have no photos of exes.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@PoetryNEmotion As I said, some of the photos are very special to me. But I have no desire to go back through them all to pick and choose. Too many emotions that run much too deep, far too many memories...so I never look. Maybe someday. Until then, they can languish there in a file, unopened and undisturbed. It is enough for now.
Kiesel · 56-60, M
A couple of old flame/s pictures, yes
ronisme1 · 61-69, M
I gave them all back and didnt keep any of them
Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F
He is in a box. :(
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@Fungirlmmm It happens.
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
No. I don't keep any.
JesseInTX · 51-55, M
I’ve got nudes of my ex wife, ex fiancé and last serious GF
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@JesseInTX Thanks. I simply wondered.
JesseInTX · 51-55, M
@LadyBronte just answering honestly
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@JesseInTX Yes, and it was appreciated. Thanks.
Donotfolowme · 51-55, F
My hubby knows about them and no I don't carry my past with me.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
The only one I have a picture of never hurt me. She was run over by a car that ran up onto the curb one Christmas Eve.
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
@LordShadowfire I'm truly sorry.
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
@LordShadowfire dude 😔
I wish i had one.
Musicman · 61-69, MVIP
No I don't. No where.
candycane · 31-35, F
I kept all the pics😔

 
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