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How sentimental are y’all?
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:09 pm
Kind of a soft question, but I went to an estate sale this weekend and was kind of floored that these folks’ survivors (I know they had several children and grandchildren) were prepared to just scatter all this (very nice and presumably heirloom) stuff to the wind. I know I’m more sentimental than the average bear, but what are y’all’s thoughts on family heirlooms, making space in your home/life for this stuff? Assuming it’s actually nice stuff and not post WWII crap. For clarification purposes, I’m a Millennial.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 10:16 pm
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Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:10 pm to Shorts Guy
Stuff is just stuff. Memories are where its at.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:11 pm to Shorts Guy
Us younger generations don’t hoard like boomers.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:12 pm to Shorts Guy
Was recently faced with this, though most of it wasn’t valuable or frankly very nice. Some of the furniture but truthfully, no one wanted it or more directly needed it or had room for it. I’m 50+, I don’t need more stuff from my 70+ year old MILs estate.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:14 pm to Turnblad85
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Stuff is just stuff. Memories are where it’s at.
While true, often times memories are strongly attached to “stuff.” I’ll come across something in my closet sometimes that literally takes me back in my mind to when I was younger and bring back all those memories. Seems like the connection to some of those memories wouldn’t be as strong without the physical stuff. But that’s just me.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 8:04 am
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:20 pm to Shorts Guy
I had an ex gf wash a shirt of my brother's I kept. Just to smell his scent every once in a while.
I could have slapped her for that. shite I can never get back.
I probably attach too many memories to things, but I do.
I could have slapped her for that. shite I can never get back.
I probably attach too many memories to things, but I do.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:22 pm to CocomoLSU
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While true, often times memories are strongly attached to “stuff.” I’ll come across something in my closet sometimes that literally takes me back on my mind to when I was younger and bring back all those memories. Seems like the connection to some of those memories wouldn’t be as strong without the physical stuff. But that’s just me.
This is kind of where I’m at. My house is definitely not a museum, but there’s something in just about every room that was passed down and it just brings back happy memories that maybe wouldn’t remember if it wasn’t there in front of me.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:24 pm to Turnblad85
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Stuff is just stuff. Memories are where its at.
This.
Your loved ones stuff that you keep then becomes stuff your descendants have to route through when you die.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:27 pm to Hobie101
I believe that objects can hold memories. I mean, tell me if you open an old closet and find the video game system from your childhood, and blow the dust out the cartridge you aren't transported back to those halcyon days, if only for a moment.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:27 pm to Shorts Guy
I am 75 and have a lot of keepsakes. My mission is to label item s of significance with date/cost purchased and any provenance. Probably 25 % done. But I want the three kids to know the background prior to giving it away at a garage sale
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:31 pm to Shorts Guy
It’s a huge mind shift with the coming generations.
Boomers inherited the few items of value/true heirlooms from their parents (and their grandparents had very few valued items due to growing up in frugal conditions)
But the younger generation has less space and less want for all this stuff…and so many boomers are basically hoarders at this point.
Take the one or two things that make you happy for the memory but you have to let go of things instead of them just being stuck in a box for years and years
Boomers inherited the few items of value/true heirlooms from their parents (and their grandparents had very few valued items due to growing up in frugal conditions)
But the younger generation has less space and less want for all this stuff…and so many boomers are basically hoarders at this point.
Take the one or two things that make you happy for the memory but you have to let go of things instead of them just being stuck in a box for years and years
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:31 pm to fr33manator
My parents have a steamer trunk from my grandmother’s house. When opened, it still smells like her house…all these decades later. It’s sad and a big rush of amazing memories all at once.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:34 pm to Shorts Guy
I think getting rid of everything is just as wrong as keeping everything exactly like it was a la Miss Havisham
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:34 pm to Shorts Guy
I believe I am more sentimental than most. When a loved one passes, I seldom go for the valuable items like most people do. Instead, I go for items that bring back memories of my childhood associated with that person. For instance, no one understood why I wanted my grandmother’s pot the she cooked spaghetti in every Sunday for 50 or 60 years. It is just an old raggedy pot to most people, but it is priceless to me.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:35 pm to momentoftruth87
Have my dad’s Langlitz Leather motorcycle jacket. There’s a 2 year wait for one at $5,000 each. I also have mine that I’ve outgrown over 30 years.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:35 pm to Shorts Guy
Fairly. I try to keep it to a small number of items though.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:35 pm to Eighteen
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But the younger generation has less space and less want for all this stuff…and so many boomers are basically hoarders at this point.
Super legitimate point. Square footage costs more today than it did in the past. Less room for that piano, etc.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:38 pm to fr33manator
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I believe that objects can hold memories. I mean, tell me if you open an old closet and find the video game system from your childhood, and blow the dust out the cartridge you aren't transported back to those halcyon days, if only for a moment.
Fair point. But you can’t hold on to everything
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:41 pm to Shorts Guy
I'm not. I literally don't give a shite about sentimental value. None of my family's items are worth anything to me. It doesn't bring them back and I still have their memories. Don't need crap to remind me of them.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:43 pm to fr33manator
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I had an ex gf wash a shirt of my brother's I kept. Just to smell his scent every once in a while.
Nothing to add except of all our senses, smell is the most strongly associated with memory. All of my grandparents died 20+ years ago and to this day I'll catch a whiff of something and say, that smells like my grandpa's truck or my grandmother's kitchen, etc...
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