He could ask you something similar!
You've broken up and everyone has gone their separate ways, you'll probably be crying and he'll be living his life having moved on.
Whether you're his friend on social media or not, you still go to the social media profiles he manages to see what he uploads and, uh, you come across photos of you from the time when you were together and happy.
At that moment, you feel a pang of melancholy and fall back to the floor. After some serious thought, you decide to ask him to delete your photos. But do you have the right to do that or is it "unreasonable" to ask something like that from a person you've been through a lot with?
So let's look at some opinions:
Yes, I would like my ex to delete our photos, as looking at the past keeps me stuck there & negatively affects me & doesn't let me move forward at all.
I don't have a problem if he doesn't delete them, because he hasn't deleted them yet or forgotten about them or doesn't care that much or he might just still have feelings for me. The only thing that's certain is that when he finds the next standard one, he'll delete them, because his current one will feel uncomfortable too.
I wouldn't mind if he kept them, after all, the photos remind us of the beautiful moments we spent together, but on the other hand, they also leave you with a sad memory. But I could never ask him to delete them because I want him to, what matters is how he feels too.
I personally delete photos with my ex immediately, so that I don't get upset whenever I see them. Others can handle it, but how far back does having our memories constantly in front of us hold us back?
And how unfair is it for the next person to know that we have kept photos with our ex?