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How do you feel about tactile mementos of your past?
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:50 am
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:50 am
i'm in the process of moving into my mom's old house, the house I grew up in. currently my gf and i are going through and gutting the house of what's left over. we started in a room that had become the default "kid's room" over time.
i was going to throw out my yearbooks (still have elementary through high school) and all sorts of little nick nacks from my past that i haven't looked at in 15+ years. i contacted my brother and sister about how i was collecting their old shite into boxes and putting the boxes in the shop, and that they needed to make time over the next few months to sort through what they wanted and what was going to be thrown away.
they were blown away that i was going to throw out things like my yearbook, tball team pics, etc. i don't get it. i don't look at this stuff and haven't in years. it's just stuff to me, and it's present utility is very minimal (negative if you count the clutter it creates and the need for storage)
i'm not saying i'm objectively right in this situation, but i need somebody to explain to me why this stuff (junk?) is so important
i was going to throw out my yearbooks (still have elementary through high school) and all sorts of little nick nacks from my past that i haven't looked at in 15+ years. i contacted my brother and sister about how i was collecting their old shite into boxes and putting the boxes in the shop, and that they needed to make time over the next few months to sort through what they wanted and what was going to be thrown away.
they were blown away that i was going to throw out things like my yearbook, tball team pics, etc. i don't get it. i don't look at this stuff and haven't in years. it's just stuff to me, and it's present utility is very minimal (negative if you count the clutter it creates and the need for storage)
i'm not saying i'm objectively right in this situation, but i need somebody to explain to me why this stuff (junk?) is so important
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Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:51 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:52 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
gf
You know what to do.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:52 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:please post
tball team pics,
quote:pics?
y gf
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:52 am to SlowFlowPro
Your kids, grand kids will enjoy looking at that stuff one day. Hold on to it
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:52 am to SlowFlowPro
It's not about you. It's about what you pass down.
Finding pictures of great grandparents I never met are cool af.
Finding pictures of great grandparents I never met are cool af.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:53 am to SlowFlowPro
It's little snapshots of your life. People are sentimental about that sort of thing
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:53 am to SlowFlowPro
I've got a box sitting at the end of my dresser full of shite like that. I just need to pitch it. I think I'll pull the trigger when I get home.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:53 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
i was going to throw out things like my yearbook, tball team pics, etc.
why would you throw out childhood memories? as someone who lost all of mine in katrina, i don't understand this.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:54 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
(negative if you count the clutter it creates and the need for storage)
Exactly how I see this situation. It is mostly junk and I purged it all out.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:54 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
but i need somebody to explain to me why this stuff (junk?) is so important
its a physical connection to memories
some people need that more than others
i've got a container in my attic that has a handful of random items that i've deemed important over the years
But that's it. the vast majority of shite i get rid of
Part of it is also to have so i can share memories with my kids and have something physical for them to touch and hold so that they can get a better feeling for those memories and stories, whether they be about me or other family members
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:54 am to SlowFlowPro
I'm on the fence. My wife is more along your line of thinking. I tend to hold onto stuff.
I don't know exactly why I do, but I'm sure it'll make more sense when I'm old. Will help jog the 'ol memory for reminiscing purposes.
I don't know exactly why I do, but I'm sure it'll make more sense when I'm old. Will help jog the 'ol memory for reminiscing purposes.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:54 am to HogBalls
quote:
Your kids, grand kids will enjoy looking at that stuff one day. Hold on to it
this x1000000
This post was edited on 11/10/17 at 10:56 am
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:54 am to HogBalls
quote:
Your kids, grand kids will enjoy looking at that stuff one day. Hold on to it
Scan in all the pictures, save to the cloud, and throw the originals away.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:55 am to SlowFlowPro
I pretty much agree with you. My mom is super sentimental about everything. I used to be like that too, until I married my wife and she pretty much throws everything away. It used to bother me, but now I've gotten used to it. As you said, I don't look at things that I've collected that are super old, so why keep it around. At that point it's just clutter.
This post was edited on 11/10/17 at 10:56 am
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:56 am to SlowFlowPro
Prove a point. Burn the house down.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:56 am to SlowFlowPro
A huge amount of my childhood photos are gone. Some lost to a housefire, the rest were taken away by the flood last year.
I would love to have those pictures back. Can't believe you would just throw it away. You might really regret that decision years from now....just saying.
I would love to have those pictures back. Can't believe you would just throw it away. You might really regret that decision years from now....just saying.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:57 am to CoachChappy
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I've got a box sitting at the end of my dresser full of shite like that.
a little box of keepsakes is one thing
i'm talking about a full, extra long banker's box + 2 more regular banker's box full of shite per person
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:58 am to SlowFlowPro
Spoken like someone registering on the psychopathic scale.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:58 am to SlowFlowPro
Those t-ball pics weren't for you, they were for your parents. Those old yearbooks aren't for you, they are for your kids.
If old stuff wasn't a big deal, don't move into your childhood home, period.
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