Ex’s and social media pictures

This topic was created in the Relationships forum by Taurus_mn on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 and has 16 replies.

How to Handle Exes' Photos on Social Media

Deciding whether to keep or remove exes' photos depends on your feelings and the nature of your relationship. Respect your boundaries and consider your emotional well-being. If images cause discomfort, it may be best to delete them. Similarly, if your ex keeps photos of you that bother you, communicate your feelings or adjust your privacy settings.

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@Taurus_mn
8 Years

What are your views on;

Do you keep pictures that have your ex in them on your social media?

And how do you view it if your ex keeps pictures of you on theirs?

Just curious and kind of in a situation.

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@DMV
15 Years25,000+ PostsSagittarius

No my one and only relationship was over a decade ago where social media was not around. So nothing exists.

If I were dating someone and they had old pictures with they ex, I wouldnt care as long as I never feel inferior to the ex.

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@PuzzlePieces
7 Years1,000+ Posts

I did just hide not delete pics of me & my ex husband when I left him. But pics of me & the Cap in vacation and pics of a guy I dated that I went to Hawaii with I didn’t delete.

Cap never deletes any pictures .. idk it’s just how he is.

maybe be it’s just this was part of my life. Of course there aren’t a lot of gross “look at us” I lovvvvve you pics. I also have all the pics of my life in scrapbooks from pre-internet, digital photos time. I don’t destroy or delete those. So why is social media any different?

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@Boots1313
8 Years1,000+ Posts

I'm just too lazy to go through it. I don't have the time to spend on deleting or hiding 5 years worth of photos.

Also I don't know whose scrolling back that far...anyone logical will realize there were relations before and understand .

At least that's how I feel and how my significant other feels

He has pics of his ex too. He was 22...I'm not going to get hung up on it or jealous.

(My so and I are both Taurus' which I think you are as well)

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@puhleeze
13 Years500+ Posts

Posted by Taurus_mn

What are your views on;

Do you keep pictures that have your ex in them on your social media?

And how do you view it if your ex keeps pictures of you on theirs?

Just curious and kind of in a situation.

Do what makes you feel better.

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@PiscesGal76
7 Years500+ Posts

For me, it highly depends how the relationship was and how it ended. Last Virgo ex ended badly, I deleted everything about him. Blocked his family aswell. But 2nd Virgo ex, we're still friends now, we go back 15 years. We tag eachother here n there, comment on eachother's posts. But we're clear on both ends its only friendship and we're happy with that. Ex hubby, all his pictures, including wedding pictures, are burned and trashed. The first ex... we didnt had social media back then but I kept all our pictures in a box. We had a good time together, sometimes we catch up. He's married tho... so purely friendly chat aswell... I dont want to get back with him, I know we werent meant till death...

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@Taurus_mn
8 Years

I was just discussing this with two friends of mine and wanted to try and get more insight in other peoples opinions about photos on social media with your ex’s. Do you keep them or do you delete them?

I’ve left them on in past relationships in hopes of reconciliation, but once the ship sailed so did the pictures from my accounts.

One of my ex’s still has profile pictures of me and her on her social media(trying to get back with her), and another deleted all profile pictures between us but still has the ones on her Instagram because “they were solid memories at that point in time of her life”

What do you do with them and what’s your reasoning for it?

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@FadedAri
5 Years

I’m am reluctant to get on any social media because it always seems like a dating site, oh yes I get a lot of attention and don’t need extra.... Ugh

With that being said I would never post pics of a s/o especially an ex. My Scorp moon is to private for that butter.

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@Taurus_mn
8 Years

Posted by saggurl88

I only had photos up when I was married. The rest get photos up that look like this. So it's not necessary to take them down.

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That food looks great!! I see what you did there, shared memory but no face

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@Taurus_mn
8 Years

Posted by bmoon8

😑

I have deleted and gotten rid of pictures of past exes. With the last ex, I could not even be bothered to block her let alone be bothered to go through and untag photos. 🤷🏻‍♀️

You still like her??

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@Libra4rmTX
5 Years500+ Posts

I always delete em. They'll pop up on the memories anyway. But I delete em. Only because Im a person that loves extremely hard so its part of the process honestly

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@ozzzy
11 Years500+ Posts

Well, I hide them usually, just in case, but if I find myself in a serious relationship, I may delete those, which leads to maybe me leaving the things open for the other person even tho I move fast and usually never go back to the same things/job/people/relationships. 😄

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@nikkistar
9 Years10,000+ Posts

I only have taken "couple" pictures with my ex-husband, and my current husband. I still have pictures of my ex-husband and I on facebook. He is still family to me, because of our son. Most of our pictures together, include our son, so I see no point in taking them down.