If you're not sentimental..

emoxymoose · May 2014

Is anyone else not so into saving things from your previous children?

I'm cleaning out my junk room to make room for all the new stuff we'll be bringing in for the new baby and I have an entire Rubbermaid container of all DS's cards. (Birthday, Halloween, easter) I was going to make something with all of it but now I just want to pitch it and have the extra room. If this was our permanent home I'd say I'll just store it (and probably never look at it again) but we're a military family and move every 2-4 years depending on what's going on. We're currently in Georgia and there aren't basements here so I'm extremely limited on storage space. Would you just throw them away too?

NunyaBennis · May 2014

I would burn them and roast marshmallows over the flames so y'all could enjoy them one last time.

uncharted01 · May 2014

Can you put them in a binder? Or just chuck 'em! Whatever floats your boat

VanillaTwilight13 · May 2014

We've only made two moves so far (also military) and I'm coming to this same realization. I'll save a few things, like pictures and maybe a sentimental outfit or something, but yeah, most gets tossed out. I already have two boxes of keepsake stuff from mine and my husband's childhood and I have no idea what to do with them. No need to add more I guess.

mander82 · May 2014

I don't save shit. My mom saves EVERYTHING.......and her house borderline hoarder conditions.....ha ha.....birthday cards are displayed for a few weeks, then tossed out. DH and I each have a plastic tote in our attic from sentimental childhood things we saved.....but aside from that, we throw things away.

I agree with @kyliedaniellexx with the saving things from family members who have passed away, those I would keep. My grandma is still alive, but I won't part with things from her because I know her days here are limited and I want to still have something from her when she goes.

brooklyngirl18 · May 2014

i LOVE throwing stuff out. granted i don't have kids yet but everytime i've moved ive gone through all old crap and tossed a lot of it. i would probably save the really special cards/outfits but if you dont have the space and its just sitting in boxes to move from place to place i'd chuck it. maybe this will inspire me to go through the remaining boxes from our move last october. while i love throwing stuff out i also am very lazy and love sitting on the couch bumping.

aa98 · May 2014

I say get rid of them. If you are feeling extremely guilty about it, you could always take pictures of all of them and "save" them that way I guess. I am not really sentimental either except for the really big things like our wedding, honeymoon, etc... but even with that stuff, I've started to prioritize. Conversely, DH is a HUGE pack rat!

The best response he has given me for keeping some useless chachki is, "well, so-and-so gave that to us so we can't throw it away." REALLY, so we can throw away things we've picked out and loved, but because your 2nd cousin once removed gave you this ugly knick knack, we have to keep it???You should see the stuff I find (high school papers, random receipts, childhood toys) when I go through boxes that he lugs (unopened) place to place every time we move. Honestly we don't have space, we live in a small two bedroom apartment in the city. If we had a basement, I'd just throw them down there and avoid the hassle. We (I) have tons of unhoarding to do before the LO comes.

Edited: grammar

emoxymoose · May 2014

I'm actually taking a giant truckload of stuff from this 8x8 room to good will before DH gets home from work because he'll root through all the bags and try to argue to keep it even though its 99% my stuff. How all this stuff fit in that little room I'll never know.

DoubleUp8 · May 2014

I only keep the cards if they have a lengthy hand written note. If someone buys a greeting card and just signs their name, it is a great thought/gesture, but I don't need to save it after the holiday/event has passed. DH always writes a 1-2 paragraph note in his cards (half of them make me cry, now more than ever), so I have saved everyone one he gives me.

absolutelymaybe · May 2014

Ugh! I would have such a hard time chucking them, too. I'm ridiculously sentimental -- I've saved cards, drawings from my nieces, school work from my little sis in law (she's now almost in high school) -- I even have a box of DH's prom/tolo/homecoming formal pics with his ex and I insist on saving "for him."

maebee87 · May 2014

I hate keeping things that you can't display or use.I say take some pictures of them and toss them. I have a friend who takes pictures of all her daughters art work, she then takes the pictures and puts them on a jump drive and puts them on display in a digital photo frame. Appreciating the work without keeping the huge art projects.

emoxymoose · May 2014

@maebee87 that's a great idea!

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