ideas please!! need advice from other divorced momma's !!!!

 I put all of the photos of my ex in a photo album and I put it off to the side, to give to my son.  I know he'll want pics of his dad, so it wasn't hard to buy a cheap album and put them in it.  I don't have to see them..LOL

Put them in a plastic bin that in weather proof and slide them into the attic or basement or under the bed. When your children are older they will appreciate it. I've kept my photos, first engagement ring, and dress for my daughter.

My rings were the next thing I had to figure out what to do with..lol.. I have tons of jewelry (diamond necklaces and such) I knew that I wouldnt get the money back for or anything close to it so I had already put those in a bank deposit box for safe keeping.. I am glad to hear that other mom's kept pictures.. I really dont care to see them again and I dont ever want my future husband to come across them even by accident. He understands that my ex is part of my children, he just doesnt care to be reminded..lol... my future husband has been more of a father to the kids then the bio dad ever has been... its all about principle and the right thing for the kids in the future.

Quoting beeonit:

Put them in a plastic bin that in weather proof and slide them into the attic or basement or under the bed. When your children are older they will appreciate it. I've kept my photos, first engagement ring, and dress for my daughter.

Exactly, your children will want them. Tell your husband that you are putting some things away for when your children are older from your first marriage, so if he stumbles across it he isn't confused.

My DH could have cared less what I kept from my exes. His thought was they are exes for a reason but that the kids deserved to have the photos of me, ex & kids. I just put the stuff in a tote and tossed it in a closet. My DD enjoys seeing those photos since we divorced when she was a baby.

Maybe get a lockable chest and put those things in. Not sure how old your children are. That's what I would do. I wouldn't throw them away.

Ya just store them. Gl on your new venture!

Quoting beeonit:

Put them in a plastic bin that in weather proof and slide them into the attic or basement or under the bed. When your children are older they will appreciate it. I've kept my photos, first engagement ring, and dress for my daughter.

If your new husband is that insecure, maybe you should rethink marrying him.  Pack up the old albums and pictures and put them away in a closet for your children.   It is their heritage.  You can't undo the past and the kids need to be able to look at the pictures of their childhood. It would be a real nice gesture of you to make an album of them with just their Dad and for your ex too.  Even if he is a jerk.  Just sayin.

Put them away for the kids in the future. They will want to see them someday. Tell your future husband what you are doing and why. If he can't understand that you might want to rethink your plans with him.

I would put it in a special box for the kids since that is who you are doing it for.