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Originally Posted by Aksion
Ya know -- I spoke with my younger sister today. She was with her Ex-Bf for almost as long as my wife and I were together before they split. She told me that she hung on to the notes/poems/cards that they shared for well over a year before she was able to let go. And when she did? She took them outside into my parents pit in their backyard and burned every single one of them.
I'm not sure I could do that -- maybe I can one day, but she sorta showed me that I can hopefully one day be ok again.
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When my first ex left, he left behind a few clothes and stuff. I held onto them for about 3 months and then I took them to a burn barrel and burned them. It felt good because he had just asked me if he could come back knowing that he had a "knocked-up" girlfriend and was running from her.
So far, I have removed all pictures of ex, son has a few of them in his room. I am taking the wedding gown to Goodwill this weekend and am going through the wedding album to keep the pics I want and giving the rest to my mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
It's whatever makes you feel better, but love may have died....the person didn't. Hanging onto to stuff for too long defeats healing. But you can only do it when you are ready.
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