proudwidaddy

Hey Guys,
So I've been cleaning out of the closet of some of the shirts, etc that the stbxw has gotten me over the last 11 years. I don't want those memories. I came across a box of love letters and cards she gave to me.

I was wondering what other people did with the mementos from their now defunct marriage?

that_girl

From my ex, I saved some things for our daughter when she's older.

They're in a box in the garage but someday she'll appreciate them. I know I appreciated seeing things from my parents even though they were divorced.

Clothes and the such, i would just give away.

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Amplexor

If you put them in diet soda, they'll shoot up like a geyser. Oops, sorry, misread. Dammed dyslexia.

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SRN

I put everything in a cardboard box, taped it up really well and then shrink wrapped it. Then I took it up to my grandmothers house a few towns away and put it in the attic. One day, probably many years from now, I will be tasked with cleaning the house out and I will come across it again.
That will be an interesting day.

2nd_t!me iz_best

thats what i thought it said at first too

bandit.45

Put the love letters in an unmarked manilla envelope and leave them on the porch at your wife's house. This will send a good message to her that you want no memories of her.

Take the shirts to Goodwill.

solitudeseeker

I saved some things for our daughter - the wedding album, photos of the three of us together as a family, and of her with her dad.

I got rid of all other photos of my husband and me, and tossed out his letters and cards. I also got rid of my wedding ring. I want no reminders of that man, and I am not a sentimental person who will regret tossing that stuff. I'm committed to closing the door.

cryin

I threw everything in the garbage, wedding pictures and all. None of what she wrote was ever real. If it was then I wouldn't now be divorced and been treated like a piece of trash.

Jellybeans

Some of mine are in storage. Some are ... around. And some I tossed.

Lon

Last week I found a stash of old love notes my ex wrote and I had kept. I read a couple of them, they did nothing for me. I tossed them in the trash.

cone

All trashed .... all became invalid when she cheated ...

Dollystanford

chucked them all - I'm the least sentimental person in the world
I plan to sell the rings, there is one diamond necklace he bought me that I really like and is a bespoke piece from Hatton Garden. I'm d*ckering over what to do with that one
wedding photos - going
in fact I plan to erase him totally from my life - I've given myself a goal of the end of the year but might 'bring it forward'

I'm in a bad mood today

Mrlonelyhearts

While my kids were over for our weekend visit, we went through the pictures. I gave my kids all the pictures of them with their mother. I put them all in a shoebox. All the old letters got tossed. Still have to do something with my wedding band and her wedding band. Don't know why I waited so long. I think this thread inspired me to do something with that.

Lordhavok

found a box of love letters from my ex wife, I burned them. All of that crap did'nt mean anything. Hell, she should've sent the engagement ring I paid 2500, could have bought a ak47 or a boat and motor.

nice777guy

I still have the "Family Portrait" we had taken a year ago up in the Living Room. There's also this curved glass picture frame that has some romantic BS about love etched on it with a pic of us on our wedding day that somehow ended up on top of the entertainment center.

I've read / heard that its kind of good to keep these things up - just for the kids. I really don't notice them much.

Plus - the glass frame thing - kind of pretty. Maybe I could just find a different pic to put in it. I have a Bill Cowher autographed picture somewhere...

And the Family Portrait - those things are expensive! Almost hate to take it down just because of what we paid! Aaaannnndddd....Ex had asked them to do some touch up work on her chin(s) that they forgot to do. She didn't like the pic so much!

Just need to remember to take these things down if I ever have company coming over...