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re: How sentimental are y’all?
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:46 pm to Hobie101
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:46 pm to Hobie101
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Fair point. But you can’t hold on to everything
Of course not. But I understand it.
My grandfather, when he was a kid during the Great Depression, had to keep everything he owned in a cigar box. They'd have to leave, sometimes in the middle of the night. Times were hard. Real hard.
After he came back from Korea and gained a good profession, he said he wanted land, to never go hungry again, and to never have to throw anything away that he didn't want to. And he did.
But I think that came from that cigar box childhood, and having to lose his possessions over and over again.
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Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:08 pm to Hobie101
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This.
Your loved ones stuff that you keep then becomes stuff your descendants have to route through when you die.
I've been a part of this a lot with my grandparents dying with the past few years. I took only one thing to remember them. My grandmother's coffee cup which I filled many a time for her. My grandfather's block plane from his woodshop.
For me, I don't need or want half a house full of stuff to remember them by.
My poor step mother is from Germany and was mailed a several boxes of her parents "stuff" after they died. Its been spread out in a spare bedroom for over a year. She has no use for the stuff but also pains her to get rid of it. So it just sits in purgatory and every time she walks by the bedroom and sees it her day gets a bit worse knowing she has an dreaded unfinished task sitting there. Its fricking with her mental health.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:16 pm to Shorts Guy
Sometimes it’s the little things. I have my Dad’s 1950’s Rolex, but it’s a handwritten poem to my mother that I cherish the most.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:19 pm to WinnaSez
That’s awesome!
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:25 pm to Shorts Guy
When my last grandparent died, my mom and her siblings went through the house and reminisced about certain items, but in the end, each only took a couple things. Things that REALLY meant something to them, personally. You have to be pragmatic about stuff. I know I have way too much crap to just grab a truckload and add it to the pile.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:32 pm to fr33manator
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I probably attach too many memories to things, but I do
I kept a ton of my grandparents stuff, couldn’t let it go
It makes me happy to see it displayed in my house
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:32 pm to ManWithNoNsme
I have a hat rack from my maternal grandfather that I keep in the corner of the living room. It doesn’t really go with the room but I like having it because it reminds me of him and his hat he always wore. I have my fraternal grandfather’s arrow head collection that he found over the years hunting them on the Sabine. I used to look at them for hours as a kid. I also have something he brought back from WWII that I will never get rid of and will be passed down till it falls apart. Not going to say what it is fed. He also had an extensive gold and silver coin collection which my sister has displayed at her home. Not allowed to sale any of it without consent from me. My FIL recently passed and all my wife wanted was his leather Harley jacket and his helmets. We gave several of my grandmothers old wall prints and curios to my best friends wife. She did some amazing things with them and has them displayed in the room we sleep in when we go up to visit. It’s a nice touch and I know my grandmother would like it.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 11:35 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 12:05 am to Shorts Guy
I’m only sentimental about my kids, not much else
Posted on 4/29/24 at 1:32 am to Turnblad85
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Stuff is just stuff.
Ehhh. It depends on what “stuff” we are talking about.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 2:11 am to Shorts Guy
Younger people might appreciate some things but they don’t collect things like antiques etc
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:23 am to Turnblad85
quote:Yup, Katrina & a house fiya taught me this.
Stuff is just stuff. Memories are where it’s at.
Having a lot of “stuff” means the stuff owns you.
I’ve got a minimal amount of heirlooms, screw a bunch of old furniture, etc.
The total would fit in a small suitcase.
I don’t want my kids/grandkids worried about my “Employee of the Month” plaque from July of 1978.
Obviously pictures and movies/videos are not included in this total.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:30 am to Lonnie Utah
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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
I catch a slight wiff of my Grannies rose perfume every now and again. Oddly ebough everytime I do smell it, I end up see her in a dream. It makes me happy.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:52 am to Shorts Guy
I'm probably overly sentimental. I have stuff from four generations in my home ranging from photos, recordings, firearms, parts off old paddle wheelers from the 1800s, LSU student tickets from the 1940s, Dad's toy train set from 1936 as well as his 1957 Thunderbird. Lots of stuff from the tobacco farm in West Virginia where my mother was raised as well. Not to mention a good portion of the furniture that my parents had in their home from the year they were married in 1964. Lots of true antique stuff too.
Also... I never really thought about what happened to all the teeth I lost that were taken away by the tooth fairy until I opened a box that my mother had stashed away for me to open after she passed away last August. Yup, every last one of 'em in envelopes. I have absolutely no idea what in the world to do with those.
I prolly need to see a psychiatrist about this.
Also... I never really thought about what happened to all the teeth I lost that were taken away by the tooth fairy until I opened a box that my mother had stashed away for me to open after she passed away last August. Yup, every last one of 'em in envelopes. I have absolutely no idea what in the world to do with those.
I prolly need to see a psychiatrist about this.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 7:00 am
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:33 am to LSUJML
I have a feeling I'll be like that with my grandma when she passes. She's my last grandparent alive and really why I'm so attached to LSU sports.
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