weird things you can't part with.

[Deleted]

My sister is having a baby and I gave her a ton of stuff. I'm not sure if we're done yet but a) She'll either give it back or b) It'll be old by the time I get to the next baby it won't matter, so someone might as well use it. 

I however can not part with my PBB diaper bag and a changing table. The diaper bag I can get past because H bought it for me after we struggled, it is pretty and still looks new. 

My changing table though? Ha. It's a handmedown from my SIL she gave me with Rubes. I have used it less than 10 times between two kids. I never cared about using it. 

I'm about to go clear it off so she can load it up when she comes to town next week.

[jsillyfun]

I can't get rid of the shirt I was wearing when Dh proposed. It is worn and wasn't a particularly awesome shirt to begin with but I just can't get rid of it. (This is a shirt from 2002).

[SpartanGirl]

I can't get rid of my baby sling (a mei tai). My "baby" is 4, and we have no plans for another baby. I've gotten rid of pretty much everything baby related except the sling. I just can't bring myself to do it.

[momin2013]

I'd probably have a hard time getting rid of the sweater I was wearing the night of DH and I's first date.

I still have the shoes I wore to prom. I just did the math and realized that was 20 years ago. At this rate, they're going to be antiques pretty soon. 

I haven't gotten to the point of giving away baby stuff yet, but I know there will be some things out of there. Probably DS's going home outfit, at the very least.

[cincodemayo]

I can't get rid of other people's holiday cards. I keep them in a drawer and look at them every once in a while. I have several years thrown in there.

[countthestars]

H just tossed a bottled water that's been in our fridge since our honeymoon in 2011. It was really just a bottled water from Mexico with our resort name on it but I was having a hard time parting with it. It moved with us 3 times (lol).

[glitzy07]

I have an entire box full of VHS tapes of random Nsync performances from TV. Imagine Jay Leno appearances, Rosie O'Donnell Show appearances, the Disney concert, etc. I don't even have a working VCR in the house but I just CAN'T throw them out! And I'm the complete anti-hoarder type.

[redheadbaker]

I can't get rid of the "big brother" shirt my mom bought for DS. I don't think he ever wore it.

[cece]

I can't seem to get rid of any baby stuff yet. I am 92% sure we are one and done, but there is a teeny bit of just maybe left in me. (We are old though 38.5 and 42.5).
I can't get rid of all my cookbooks. I never look at them anymore. They are upstairs in an unorganized, falling apart bookshelf.

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Jul 9, 2015 9:26:48 GMT -5 cincodemayo said:

I can't get rid of other people's holiday cards. I keep them in a drawer and look at them every once in a while. I have several years thrown in there.

This is not a bad thing. 
I don't save them all. Just the ones from close family/friends. 

My grandmothers and 1 grandfather both died suddenly all within a year of each other. I'm glad I still have their handwriting. 

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I have all my HS report cards too! I love thinking about how "smart" i was.
I have very little else saved from that time period.

[kershnic]

Well, I think I might be a bit of a hoarder so I guess the answer is a lot?

[meij]

A lot which is why I have too much stuff lol.

My mom saved a lot of my clothes and toys so now I feel bad getting rid of any of it.

I'm 98% sure we are done having kids but haven't been able to get rid of any baby gear.

Old t shirts that I sleep in. The one I wore last night is from my second year of college (1998) and is so thin I can see thru it. But I love that damn shirt.

[Muddled]

Jul 9, 2015 9:30:26 GMT -5 @pnkybrwstr said:

I tossed it and it felt so good.

Weirdly, I'm not all that sentimental about baby stuff.

Thank goodness!

I have boxes of cards and letters and photos that follow me around.

[boxerdog]

I am a borderline hoarder, so a LOT.

I am one of the ones guilty of still hanging on to the first positive pee stick, LOL.

I keep all sorts of random shit - a few VHS tapes even though we don't have a VCR, old cassettes, my Gameboy from when I was a kid (I can't wait to show DS so his mind can be blown!), notes from high school friends/BFs, old t-shirts from HS/college, old Christmas cards, etc etc.

[bugandbibs]

Jul 9, 2015 9:30:26 GMT -5 @pnkybrwstr said:

I have this weird thing about hoarding mini-shampoos and stuff from hotels, and lotion samples. I did some purging while on mat leave and realized I had a box of this stuff that I've had since before meeting DH (almost 10 years ago now). 1. Eww, gross. 2. I'm never going to use this stuff. 3. This is especially ridiculous because we live in 550 sq ft and have only one closet, so it was taking up valuable real estate.

I tossed it and it felt so good.

Weirdly, I'm not all that sentimental about baby stuff.

Just a heads up for other (I know yours are trash, lol), but lots of places collect these items to distribute. Examples are domestic violence shelters, migrant worker programs, school health rooms, and halfway houses. I'm always begging for these.

[Susie]

I try pretty hard not to cling to stuff too much, but I have a big box of swimming ribbons & medals from childhood through college that I'd have trouble parting with even though it serves absolutely no practical purpose. It's in the closet of the soon-to-be-nursery, so I'll have to face that soon.

I am watching my brother and FSIL make crafty thing upon crafty pinterest thing for their wedding, and I mostly feel sorry for him, that he is literally going to lug that shit through the rest of his life. She never throws anything away. I specifically avoided stuff like that for our wedding knowing the more "stuff" and trinkets there were, the more crap we'd end up hauling through life afterward. That was excellent foresight. Good job, 2007 Susie.

[bowies]

I still have a ton of my sorority T-shirts. It's not like I can donate them.

A Vera Bradley bag with my old monogram. It's NMS and a reminder of a previous (not great) life, and yet I keep it.

A cheap thermometer that used to hang on my grandparents' wall. It is German in style where a woman in a dress comes out of a house if it's warm and a man in camo comes out if it's cold - but it's plastic not wood.

ETA: A box of notes and cards from my first love.

[momin2013]

Jul 9, 2015 9:30:27 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

I have an entire box full of VHS tapes of random Nsync performances from TV. Imagine Jay Leno appearances, Rosie O'Donnell Show appearances, the Disney concert, etc. I don't even have a working VCR in the house but I just CAN'T throw them out! And I'm the complete anti-hoarder type.

Oohh, I have a handful of those too! I think I even have a mixed videotape that I recorded of my favourite videos, circa 1990.

I also have all of my old cassette tapes, and I can't imagine parting with those, either.

[redheadk]

I have the dress I wore on my first date with dh. I was 18 and still dancing (ballet). I could diet for 10 years and never fit into it but I still have it!

[momin2013]

Jul 9, 2015 9:30:26 GMT -5 @pnkybrwstr said:

I have this weird thing about hoarding mini-shampoos and stuff from hotels, and lotion samples. I did some purging while on mat leave and realized I had a box of this stuff that I've had since before meeting DH (almost 10 years ago now). 1. Eww, gross. 2. I'm never going to use this stuff. 3. This is especially ridiculous because we live in 550 sq ft and have only one closet, so it was taking up valuable real estate.

I tossed it and it felt so good.

Weirdly, I'm not all that sentimental about baby stuff.

I have a Xerox paper box full of these, and one day I actually organized them by shampoo/conditioner, lotion, soap, and miscellaneous because I thought it might help me use them up faster. Nope, didn't happen. And I STILL take them when we stay in a hotel - I can't control myself!!!!

[meij]

Jul 9, 2015 9:54:41 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

The last bag of frozen breast milk. Certainly not good anymore. And he quit bottles with one bag left. But I just can't toss it.

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Oh. Yeah. Uh....I have a couple bags down in our deep freeze.

From my DD. Who is almost six. (They were pumped at the end of our nursing relationship and she nursed until 2.5 yrs though, so they are "only" three years old) Ok that didn't make it any better.

I need to have H throw it out someday. I just can not do it. It is too symbolic.

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We have been married 10.5 years. I just finally got rid of the stupid pants I was wearing the morning of our wedding day. They were falling apart but I loved them.

I also still have my wedding shoes. I mean they are yellowed and not something I would ever wear. Why do I have them?

I am also holding on to random baby toys. We are for sure done but I can't seem to get rid of them.

[lolo]

Jul 9, 2015 9:30:26 GMT -5 @pnkybrwstr said:

I have this weird thing about hoarding mini-shampoos and stuff from hotels, and lotion samples. I did some purging while on mat leave and realized I had a box of this stuff that I've had since before meeting DH (almost 10 years ago now). 1. Eww, gross. 2. I'm never going to use this stuff. 3. This is especially ridiculous because we live in 550 sq ft and have only one closet, so it was taking up valuable real estate.

I tossed it and it felt so good.

Weirdly, I'm not all that sentimental about baby stuff.

A lot of shelters will accept these bottles and homeless persons or victims of domestic violence will use them. Probably not from ten years ago but something to think about going forward.

[KaraOrNot]

Jul 9, 2015 9:37:38 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

This touch lamp from college, I bought in 1995. It gives 3 diff light levels with just a touch of my finger. I recently moved it to the nursery lol

H had that light. I made him get rid of it when we moved in together.

[SallySparrow]

I have a big tote of stuff I can't part with...programs from plays I've been in, pom poms from college dance team, old ballet shoes, etc. Videos of color guard performances. An old prom dress. It's at least contained to one tote.

[water*drop]

I'm on a major decluttering kick right now. I have a LOT of stuff, so it's taking forever, and I find that I have to do multiple passes over the same stuff in order to really separate myself from the sentimental aspect. I've been doing pretty well, I think, but I have a bunch of stuff HS mementos and skating stuff that I just haven't been able to part yet.

[momin2013]

Jul 9, 2015 11:29:48 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

I still have a few bags of breast milk in the freezer. I feel sad at the thought of throwing them out.

We moved when DS was 9 months old, and I moved over 100oz. with us. I ended up tossing it all eventually and it made me pretty sad. (He had switched to BFing exclusively with no bottles, so I wasn't turning it over anymore and got too old to be useful.)

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Jul 9, 2015 10:45:15 GMT -5 @awinter said:

We have been married 10.5 years. I just finally got rid of the stupid pants I was wearing the morning of our wedding day. They were falling apart but I loved them.

I also still have my wedding shoes. I mean they are yellowed and not something I would ever wear. Why do I have them?

I am also holding on to random baby toys. We are for sure done but I can't seem to get rid of them.

I saw my wedding shoes in the closet yesterday. They are not comfortable and they weren't even expensive. I need to get rid of them and I think some other shows. That actually shouldn't be too hard for me to part with.

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Jul 9, 2015 12:19:35 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Jul 9, 2015 12:11:34 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

I saw my wedding shoes in the closet yesterday. They are not comfortable and they weren't even expensive. I need to get rid of them and I think some other shows. That actually shouldn't be too hard for me to part with.

I bought a white clutch for my wedding and still have it. I will likely never again need a white clutch, right? I never wear white or things that would look good with a white purse.

Yeah, if you always wear dark colors or whatever, ditch the clutch:)