I'm 23, graduated high school in 2005, and I've been on Facebook since way back when you had to have a valid email address from a college on a pre-approved list in order to sign up. I opened my account the summer after graduating from HS, when I was 17. FB has seen me journey through a lot--through moving away to college, changing and growing drastically over those four years, through graduating from college and moving across the country for grad school and then dropping out and starting a new path at another undergraduate institution. It's seen me through 6 roommates, 4 boyfriends, and countless new friendships. And it's all been documented through statuses, notes, and photos.
Today, I was explaining to my current boyfriend what A Day in My Life (adayinmylife on Livejournal) was all about, and I showed him an entry of mine from 2007. It had a picture of the guy I was dating then in it. When he has finished reading, my boyfriend asked me if I'd be mad if he asked me to take down my photos of my exes from my Facebook. He claimed this was because a couple of his friends had asked who this other guy was with me, but I'm pretty sure my bf just didn't want to admit he was jealous...my FB is private and we don't have any mutual friends besides the people who introduced us. But either way, should you take down photos just because your partner asks or just because their friends ask about a pic?
There aren't many pictures posted either way. You'd have to really dig through a ton of my photos to even find them. I don't have any feelings left for my exes (except some strong dislike if anything), but I guess I feel like deleting it deletes a part of my history, my story. I've journaled like flippin' Anne Frank since I was a kid, so maybe this all just a part of my sick need to assure myself that the past happened. What would you do? I personally wouldn't care if he had pics of his ex buried under tens of albums like mine are. What do you think?
Today, I was explaining to my current boyfriend what A Day in My Life (adayinmylife on Livejournal) was all about, and I showed him an entry of mine from 2007. It had a picture of the guy I was dating then in it. When he has finished reading, my boyfriend asked me if I'd be mad if he asked me to take down my photos of my exes from my Facebook. He claimed this was because a couple of his friends had asked who this other guy was with me, but I'm pretty sure my bf just didn't want to admit he was jealous...my FB is private and we don't have any mutual friends besides the people who introduced us. But either way, should you take down photos just because your partner asks or just because their friends ask about a pic?
There aren't many pictures posted either way. You'd have to really dig through a ton of my photos to even find them. I don't have any feelings left for my exes (except some strong dislike if anything), but I guess I feel like deleting it deletes a part of my history, my story. I've journaled like flippin' Anne Frank since I was a kid, so maybe this all just a part of my sick need to assure myself that the past happened. What would you do? I personally wouldn't care if he had pics of his ex buried under tens of albums like mine are. What do you think?