Bit of a dilemma.

Over the years my dad has painted me some pictures, some good but some not so good. I can't bring myself to send them to the tip or destroy them as I would be devastated if he found out, and I just wouldn't do it because they were done especially for me.

But, I need to do something with them because I will never put all of them up. What can I do?

funny you should say that,we were in a shop today, lookin at sleepin bags for my lot..

i said to my mrs"what happened to the ones we had back there"

chucked em away..

i was gutted..

how do you think you will feel about your dads pics..

hope this helps...

ast

Hi Mandy,
Keep them even if they never go up, if you bin them, you will regret it. Keep them for the kids, they may be fashionable by the time they get their houses

Can you make digital pics and create something on facebook like an album (tell your dad its incase anything happens to them. Classify the pics so the not so nice ones go somewhere.....

Then oh oh the original (not so good ones have been lost in an accident)

No one gets hurt... and certain files can be archived

Thanks, it's just that the oh has just took some stuff to the tip and he asked me if I was chucking any paintings. I just couldn't do it, felt quite emotional about it actually

you wont regret bringing them,wait until you unpack everything over here,,
you cant buy all your memories back..

Yep M very true

How's it going? how's the job situation now?

Bring them definitely - I regret binning my dyson so I can only imagine what I'd be like if I'd binned sentimental stuff

Totally bring them, they were done especially for you by your dad, you will never get them back again.

Don't do it just know, wait until you're there, store them for a while and if you still feel the same (emotional) DON'T throw them out. I for example have 2 hideous cups and saucers (ok bit smaller than the paintings ) from my nan (died in 1999) and I have them stored in the attic, wouldn't chuck them out.

Miranda

Ditto!

Seems we all think the same. Bring them!

Wow! Imagine that on BE!

Someone will come along and say bin them, just for a laugh.....

My dad gave us a bunch of paintings he did, too. Like you some were very good and some not so good. He did a pen and watercolour drawing of the house I grew up in and had it framed for me when we moved over here. It was very touching and I have it hanging in my front hall near the 2 I did of my aunt's barns.

Anyway, I brought all the paintings he did and hung them for just long enough to take some photos to send him. He likes to tell people he has his art haging in 4 countries. (Canada of course, me here in Aus, my brother in the US and my sister's ex husband in Germany) It makes an old man happy, so it makes me happy.