Throwing away ex boyfriends
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Throwing away ex boyfriends
| Mon, 06-27-2005 - 7:02pm |
Am I the only one that gets a little sentimental with the stuff exes have given me or that reminds me of them?
As I pack, I've been throwing out A LOT of stuff.

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---Tell me I'm not alone in my sentimentality!---
Don't you even DARE discard one single thing--buy extra boxes and hire extra movers. You'll expecially want those 'treasures' when you have a husband and children and they begin to accumulate theirs :)!
Moving gives us a whole different perspective, doesn't it?
Seriously, given the fact you're a teacher, I imagine you're also sorting through magnitudes of gifts/papers/notes/whatever your 'kids' and their parents have given you. I can't even fathom how challenging that must be.
V.
Oh, P.S. 'Toy Story' is one of my all time favorites, so I'd encourage you to keep the Slinky and consider throwing out anything else from 'exes' that doesn't even remotely resemble a toy--after all, who are you and what is it you do? If you're like me, and I think you are, you play w/the kids who land on your doorstep and find a way to incorporate learning w/fun.
I too have a tendancy to gather things from exes.
I just moved, and I threw out all the pictures I had of my ex that I was with for four years.
You are definitely not alone. There is one ex that I didn't keep anything from. Not from anger but a total lack of caring anymore. But I do have cards and little notes that were sweet as well as ticket stubs, wine corks, photos (I am huge into photos and my entry hall is filled with them), and other various memorabilia from the 2 that really meant something to me. I also have a journal devoted to all of my memories of the one that I loved most. I am glad that I wrote them down at the break-up because now I can read it and recall some wonderful moments that wouldn't have made it had I not written them down.
I am not at all obsessive about this stuff, but every now and then I like to just remember. When I read my journal or touch the things that we shared together, it's like I can pull the good memories out of tissue and turn them over in my hands carefully and with great respect. I enjoy the combination of pleasure and melancholy that these things inspire in me.
I also have every letter that my grandmother wrote to me in college and I am glad because she passed away not long after I graduated.
Intimate photo?
Ok...here is just a few.
I have 3 2$ bills in my wallet that my dad gave me.
Hmmm. this is all funny to me because i can not relate to this.
I have had ex boyfriends and have not received many things.
I am really unfortunate in life and really feel I've been taken advantaged of.
I have emailed 3 ex boyfriends and I don't know why. They replied as if it was nothing. I really feel like I was nothing to all of them.
So I can't understand the sentimental value of exes. Then I thought...should I?
I do wish I had one of those exes as actual boyfriends....then I wouldn't have a string of jerks.
I hate to be the negative one, and I am bitter for many things in life, but I think all those little things/memories should have been kept alive in one solid, beautiful relationship.
I would not keep anything. I would go foward because that one and only guy will not have to leave you reminders, but give him himself to you.
Stacy
Part of the reason why I keep things is because they remind me of where I've come.
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