Is it normal i stole and burned pictures to eliminate proof?

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Years ago I went through my mom's pictures and took (stole) any that I didn't want to exist anymore and I burned them.

All of these pictures were from 1996 and prior therefor not digital and there's no copies or negatives (I took care of those too).

Eliminate proof of what? Nothing really compelling, just pictures of me with certain people or at certain places.

is it normal to do this?

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  • EccentricWeird
    11 years ago | pl

    Better watch what you say, this motherfucker's MI5...

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  • disthing
    11 years ago

    The only picture from family photo albums I ever destroyed was one of me when I was about 5 in the bath and you could see my teeny weeny willy between the bubbles :/

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  • CreamPuffs
    7 years ago

    I'd do the same if the pictures were embarrassing or whatever, but ordinary photos? Why?

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  • rex
    11 years ago

    there is no specific reason for u to burn those pics.....why would u do that? it's not normal.....

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    Depends who the people were, what the places were, and what you were doing. If you were meeting foreign nationals from countries having delicate relations with yours and discussing military secrets, then it's normal (although not necessarily advisable).

    If you were meeting a person your family didn't know you knew and you didn't want them knowing you knew, it's also normal (although you should examine your reason for wanting to hide something that is true).

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      No, they were totally normal, "standard" pictures that my mom took. I didn't want the pictures to exist anymore because I guess I want to rewrite or control history (?) If there's no proof, it didn't happen.

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  • charli.m
    11 years ago

    I've been accused of destroying a video of me having a total spazzy temper tantrum at my 3rd birthday party. I totally lost my shit when they sang happy birthday and started screaming hysterically for them to stop :/

    I didn't actually destroy it. I wanted to, though :) But my family love to bring up shit I did when I was a kid and inform me that I was a horrible or strange child. Yay for shame!

    ...oh :(

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  • littlepanda
    11 years ago

    I burned a picture of my brother and I naked in the bath. I think that I would have been ashamed if someone had seen them now that I'm 19.

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    • charli.m
      11 years ago

      I love your username. Pandas are my favourite animals ever <3

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I guess it would depend on what the photos were of and how bad they were. For instance, lets say that these were nude photos that were taken of you. Then yes, it would be perfectly normal for you to want them to be destroyed.

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  • disfunkshinal
    11 years ago

    I wanted to destroy a cute picture of my naked baby butt. It's just embarrassing.

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  • Couman
    11 years ago

    Apparently my mother destroyed ALL the old pictures of her. I assume this had something to do with her drunk and abusive father, but to it still doesn't seem normal to me.

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  • NothingxCrazy
    11 years ago

    I couldn't destroy something like that even if I wish it did not exist. They aren't mine to burn usually, and even if they were they're memories. I don't remember my childhood so the pictures are all I have to remind me of even the worst days.

    I'm a very sentimental person. I mean, I still sleep with my baby blanket on my bed at night. I couldn't destroy the past no matter how strongly it felt it should be forgotten. That is not my place.

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