Stuff watwat226: Hi everyone,
I, as i'm sure all of you do, have many reminders of what used to be. Cards, letters, notes, stuffed animals, etc... I was just wondering if anyone has any good ideas of what to do with them? I had an idea to burn them all. But for some reason I just can't let go. Maybe i'm holding on to them hey? I don't know.
Most of the stuff is in a box. Perhaps I should put the rest in and set it alight? I wish I could put all my memories into that box also to get rid them from my mind. UUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Has anyone actually burnt all their old stuff? And did it make you feel better?
Re: Stuff Feel: I still have the stuff my x boyfriend gave me! I couldn't part with it even when I got married to my STBXH....
He was a part of my lie to get rid of it would mean to get rid of a part of my life!
Keep it in that box and one day you will look back and just look at the good times!
Re: Stuff Goddess: Yep.. burnt all the wedding pictures from my first marriage.. didnt even save them for the kids considering their dad could care less ::)
Wierd thing is I still have my wedding dress at my parents house..I dunno..thought I would just let my daughters decide if they want that or not..
My second marriage.. all thats gone too.. threw the dress out along with cards letters pics..all of it..
Im not one to really attach sentimental value to "things" though so it was pretty cathartic for me.
Once the marriages failed..I felt kind of as if holding on to those things was a lie..does that make sense? It also felt as if it was holding me back...
so now in this marriage though..I have everything.. every card.. even envelope he's gave me... but if we get divorced? who knows ???
blah.. anyway.. My 2 cents!~
Goddess
Re: Stuff brokenbaby: Deleted photos, burned everything else including my dress :o (I hung it from a tree and poof ;D )
I don't need any of it. And he could care less.
Re: Stuff ctrlaltdelete: What I did burn was all the pictures of my best friend (who cheated with my husband). I gathered every picture I had of her, everything she'd ever given me, anything that reminded me of her. We had been friends since college, she was my roommate, my daughters' Godmother, my best friend... there was a lot of stuff.
I still remember it. It was January. It was snowing really hard. I piled it in the BBQ grill, soaked it in a WHOLE BOTTLE of lighter fluid and lit the match. I wasn't wearing a coat, nor shoes - it was 20 degrees outside and I didn't care. The flames shot up about 6-8 feet and all I could do was cry.
As for the wedding album, it went with the ex. The rest of the stuff is in the attic - maybe someday I'll feel like throwing it out (if the mice don't get to it first).
Oh, and the dress? I gave it to a friend of mine for Halloween - she was dressing up as Bride of Frankenstein. She smeared dirt on it - looked great!
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