BamBam, I would put them away in a box and out of sight. There will come a day when you can look at them again without the pain. In your old age, you will be glad you did, as they are the story of your life.

I agree, put them away in a box...tucked away. That's what I'll probably do.

Yeah, everyone above is right. Just put them away in a box. It's been five months for me (4 since I moved), and I can't even THINK about looking at them again. It was hard enough looking at them when I packed to move. I don't worry about it, though. My new motto (and really I'm kidding -- a little) is:

If it bothers you, repress it.

This probably doesn't speak well of me, but my pictures of the two of us without the step kids went straight in the trash. I very much doubt I'll miss 'em. I did keep the wedding pictures, but I think they're gonna follow the other ones shortly.

I scrapbook, so my pictures were so important to me and I have albums that I have already worked on AND supplies purchased to make albums of other pictures.
So, now that is alll ruined. My hobby is basically ruined!

I have no idea what I'm going to do with the pictures.

I will share, however, that if you have children together, you should probably hang onto them.

I was married to my children's father for nine years. His aunt took all of our pictures and kept them for me. At some point, she gave them to my daughter. My children don't even remember us together. My daughter put some of the pictures out in her home, in frames. She cherishes those pictures. I am able to look at them now, and I am glad the pictures were saved and that they are meaningful to my children.

I don't, however, know what I'm going to do with these beautifully scrapbooked photos of my second marriage. My kids are so angry with him that they don't want the pictures. :(

I gave all the family pictures to the kids and even helped them hang them up in their room

My kids have some of them framed in their room. That's okay. I didn't throw any out. Still have the wedding pictures, but put away. Someday my kids may want them. We will always be their parents.

We have way too much in common. Here's what I did. I rounded up all the pics, saved only the ones that meant alot to me. If they all didn't fit in a shoe box then they went in the trash. Take them out of the photo albums, first, go through them and weed out only the very minimum. I then put that shoe box in a high up place where I would have to want to get them down, you need to save some, cause it was part of your life. I also wrote on the front of the shoe box...memories of john, if you don't want to be reminded of him, then don't open this box. You are the only one who can really know what you need to do, in time you will figure it all out and move on when you're ready.

well I never had a real wedding so I dont have to worry about those pics lol But, the family pics of him and I with the kids I kept so my kids could have them when they are older. My first thought about those is to cutt his face out or burn them lol but I kept them for my children. They are not out, I put them away. one thing I've learned a good way to move on with your life, is to go to some place like Sears or JcPenny, or even walmart and have a family portrait taken of you and your children(if you have any) hang that on your wall as a positive reminder that you are starting over! I have done this myself recently :) It's very empowering!

Maybe I'm a bit different - but I wouldn't necessarily hide away the pictures. From my perspective they represent a wonderful period in my life that I will always cherish. I know that looking at them will be very painful for a long time - but I'd rather face it and get over it. Also from my children's perspective - the pictures will also show a time in their lives that was wonderful and I wouldn't want to hide that from them. Finally the woman in the pictures is the mother of my children and she should be someone integral to my children's day-to-day lives. I can see how this wouldn't work for everyone - just my 2 cents.

I put all the pictures away. There was one small one in a frame and I let my daughter keep it in her room. I'm not sure if that is the right thing to do, but she enjoys it there. I don't really like to see it outside of her room though.

On a funny note, my mother has a shot of each of us kids with our spouses on our wedding days framed on display. As soon as he was "out of the picture" she literally took him out of the picture. She replaced that photo with a picture of me alone in my wedding dress on my wedding day. I like it!

Another funny one some of you could do...I know someone who is divorced and had a framed wedding photo. She covered her ex's head with a celebrity's face cut from a magazine. How's that for all you scrapbookers out there? LOL!! I may just "Brad Pitt" him on out of some of my photos!!

Pack them away and put them in storage.

I'm keeping them all for my daughters to see - since the youngest is just 1 - she'll have no recollection of our family of 4. I plan to store them all...once I get to the place where I can look at them long enough to store them