(Closed) Family photo table situation

posted 5 years ago in Family
  • poll: What should I do about family photos?
    Keep it as is (with photos of all grandparents and FI's parents) and leave your parents out : (2 votes)
    18 %
    Keep as is and Include divorced parent wedding photos : (1 votes)
    9 %
    Keep as is and add separate photos of parents : (6 votes)
    55 %
    Don't have any photos at all : (2 votes)
    18 %
    Other (please explain below) : (0 votes)

    11 votes

    • Post # 1
    Member
    164 posts
    Blushing bee
    • Wedding: September 2013

    Looking for some advice on an awkward situation.  My Fiance and I thought it would be a cute idea to have some old pictures of couples in our family at our guest book table.  So far, he has pictures of his parents and both sets of his grandparents.  I also contacted my grandparents (both sets) and got pics of them. Everything looks great so far! 

    The awkward part is that my parents are divorced.  I know that wedding photos of my parents are still buried away somewhere, but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t want to have their wedding photo up.  My Fiance suggested just having separate pictures of my parents. I think that’s even more awkward and just brings attention to the fact that they’re divorced. 

    I’d really hate to scrap the idea entirely just because of my parents being divorced.  Personally, I think it’s fine to just keep it the way it is and not include my parents but my Fiance disagrees. Help?

    Post # 3
    Member
    3765 posts
    Honey bee
    • Wedding: February 2013

    @Ilovewine:  Are there individual photos of your folks on their wedding day? Maybe your mom’s bridal portrait and a nice pic of your dad? I’d also talk to your parents about it. They might be perfectly ok with you using a wedding photo of them together.

    Post # 4
    Member
    12247 posts
    Sugar Beekeeper
    • Wedding: May 2013

    How was the divorce, and is one or both of them remarried?

    You could use their new wedding pictures, use their old wedding pictures if the divorce wasnt bad, or just you really nice pictures of them!

    Post # 5
    Hostess
    2634 posts
    Sugar bee
    • Wedding: June 2013

    @Ilovewine:  I agree with your Fiance, use individual pictures. Maybe you can get pictures of each of them with you asd a kid.

    Post # 6
    Member
    164 posts
    Blushing bee
    • Wedding: September 2013

    It was a pretty bad divorce. Hopefully they will be ok with doing the separate pics, and I like the idea of pics of us together when I was little. I’ll talk to them both this weekend and see how they feel.

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