daisydonna
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Sept 5, 2015 11:45:16 GMT
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Post by daisydonna on Feb 5, 2016 1:24:15 GMT
As always...love the peas!! Love everyone's open and honest opinions. Thank you for taking the time to reply
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Post by leftturnonly on Feb 5, 2016 3:49:54 GMT
I scrap for my son, so I've always included the pics of him with his father. I left the ones done as they were that we were in together before the divorce, and if we had some mutual event, I actually tried to get pics of them together because I know that is something the ex wouldn't think to do. I have even asked him to send me pics when he does things with out son. I would find it weird to leave out such a big part of his life. I do something similar with DIL. I have asked her to send me photos of the grands with HER family, so I can scrapbook them in the kid's albums. Since DS and DIL divorced, she is really good about sending photos of the kids with and without her. I definitely scrapbook photos of the kids and their mom, in their books.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 5, 2016 4:56:06 GMT
DD’s dad and I split up before DD turned 2. I had started scrapbooking when DD was born, and all of my scrapping was about her and our life from that point on. I hadn’t even gotten around to scrapping my life before kids, and to be honest I doubt that I ever will. Therefore all of my photos of my ex (prior to having DD) are still in normal sleeved photo albums. Until recently they were in a box in the garage roof. They are now in my study on a shelf.
The scrapbooks of DD’s first 2 years include photos and layouts of my ex. I’m not going to get rid of them. They are in a cupboard along with all my other scrapbooks. My ex and I I did actually go to various family events and even vacations together with DD for a couple of years after we split up, but I doubt that I will ever bother to scrap those photos. They will stay in a normal photo album that DD can have.
Please don’t ever get rid of any photos or layouts of your ex. I understand that it is painful for you and your kids to even look at the photos right now, but there will be a time when your kids will be able to look back at those memories fondly. They will appreciate having them.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 5, 2016 12:01:38 GMT
I don't alter the layouts I've already done (to remove ex) but I also don't look through the books, either. If I have a scrapbook that is mostly me & the kids, but then there is a layout or two with him in it, I just remove the layouts and put them in a box with other pics of him.
If I have unscrapped pics of ex, I just set them into a box for my kids when they are grown.
All of my scrapbooks post separation are me & the kids. I figure if he wants scrapbooks with him & the kids to give to the kids, he can make them.
One thing I have done is that if I particularly want an event scrapped, but he was there, I re-scrap it. I make copies of all the pics I like (Me & the kids) and scrap it that way, so I can still look back at that event but not be resentful the whole time.
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Feb 5, 2016 13:28:20 GMT
This is a good point. Especially too because your children may want those photos years from now.
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