Letting go of childhood posessions?

Sean Hollyman

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I apologize if it sounds a bit silly but bear with me.

How did you deal with letting go of your favorite childhood posessions, if you did? When I was a wee kid I had this yellow Teddy bear called Sean Thomas, I loved it he was the best.

Fast forward a few years and my mum finds a box in the attic with a lot of my old stuff in it, and what do you know, Sean Thomas was there. Now I'm 18 and moving out soon, so keeping the stuff would be looked on as silly. But I just can't bring myself to part with them and I find myself getting pretty attached. How did you bring yourself to do it?
 

Jamieson 90

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Don't? Who cares if it's silly which it totally is not; childhood keepsakes are precious and once you throw them away you can never get them back again. I've thrown away many old things which I then regretted getting rid of.
 

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Eh how about keeping your favourites in a box or something? Unless you're really tight for space, I don't see any reason not to keep some of your treasured memories, I've got quite a few tucked up in the loft somewhere and a couple in my room, others donated to my younger sister. Everyone understands nostalgia, my parents are in their fifties and still have childhood possessions stored at their own parent's houses, don't rush into getting rid of everything just because you're becoming an adult now, you may regret it down the line.
 

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Wise words. They're already packed into one box for you, so hold onto them! You'll probably regret it if you just throw them away after you've accumulated so many good memories with them. Maybe one day, you'll pass them on to a very special someone who will share the same happy experiences with them that you did.
 

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I have a giant stuffed teddy bear in my closet. I am never having kids, but I am never EVER throwing that thing away. Because really, why should I? I have fond memories of that thing.

Hang onto the things you care about.
 

Zhukov

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*shrug*

I gave the good stuff (mostly books and lego) to my little siblings and threw the rest out.

Never been overly concerned with the sentimental value of items. They're just things. The memories associated with Mr Snuggles the teddy bear don't disappear if he lands in the trash.
 

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My Mum passed down her old Teddy bear onto me when I was a child, over time as I grew out of it he just got passed back onto her. Of course, I do plan on reclaiming him and passing him down to my kids later down the line and hopefully they'll do the same.

As for my other childhood favourites, my Transformers, they still live with me to this day. Hell, I even take them to work as desk buddies!
 

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
The process of getting older involves getting back all those old childhood things you gave up, so don't give them up.
 

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Yeah, sometimes it is really hard. I remember having a silly, bug, yellow mug with a smiley face drawn on it. I loved that mug. I had for five, maybe six years, until I accidentally dropped and shattered it... I felt so bad.
I also remember a whole lot of my childhood toys. I had a bunch of legos, multiple different spider man figures and my favorite plushie red rabbit. I can't even remember what happened to them. Maybe I've lost them, maybe my mom gifted them to other children. Letting go is relatively simple, you just feel kinda sad afterwards.
 

Treeinthewoods

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I am going to go against the grain here and say to just go ahead and give it to a charity or a kid somewhere or toss it in the trash. The things you own don't define you so not having a bunch of crap you have no use for won't magically rob you of your precious child hood memories.

Material possessions are meaningless.
 

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I have nephews and nieces.

most of the time, I would just assume they go to someone who would like them or appreciate them. Everything from stuffed toys to old consoles (The philistine I am).

There are a few things I'll never get rid of, probably, but for the most part I'm a supporter of the idea of putting things to good use. I'm sentimental, but not so much when it comes to objects.

Worgen said:
The process of getting older involves getting back all those old childhood things you gave up, so don't give them up.
Seems more like the process of nostalgia. Not that there's anything wrong with nostalgia.

Then again, I've managed to not grow up yet, so maybe I'm wrong.
 

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Uh... Either I don't and "plan" to show it to my "next-of-kin"... or, in the case of my toy chest that I had for over 15 years, I give it away to Goodwill in the hope that they can salvage it and give it away to those of need of one themselves, I guess...

So, yeah... Either you keep it for your potential future kids or you give it away to charity... Besides, it's usually not the item you like, but rather the memories attached to said item in question... So, there's that...
 

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Treeinthewoods said:
I am going to go against the grain here and say to just go ahead and give it to a charity or a kid somewhere or toss it in the trash. The things you own don't define you so not having a bunch of crap you have no use for won't magically rob you of your precious child hood memories.

Material possessions are meaningless.
I personally find Material Possessions with memories attached can help re-invoke those memories. Like a shortcut to your favourite program on your desktop. Sure, deleting the shortcut doesn't delete the files but it makes accessing them less frequent.
 

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Pretty much letting your parent getting rid of them for you (althought in my case, it was unintentionally.... seriously a couple of them would of been worst alot in the long run).
 

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I gave my stuffed animals to my dog. Now all my childhood toys are torn apart and lying in the dirt, just like my childhood dreams.
 

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Pikachu [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7If_HC-LUM] has been waking me up for over a decade. Where I go, he goes. I'm not letting go of him and I would probably shell out the money to have him fixed when he inevitably stops working.
[sub][sub]Linking to a video you made at 4AM when you're up at 4AM... It might be time to sleep Redlin...[/sub][/sub]
 

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I've only kept a select few things from my childhood (in terms of stuff like toys), one was a rabbit given to me by my grandparents from their last trip around the country, another, is a bear that's older than I am (it belonged to my mother) and the last is a bear that I got for my first christmas present, the rest were given away over time.
 

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I only throw away broken or useless things
I somehow lost my favorite stuffed pig when i went to crete
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Aris Khandr

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I just turned 32. The bear I got in the hospital when I was born, the Pound Puppy I got for Christmas when I was 2, and a whole bunch of other stuffed animals I've picked up over the years still sleep on my bed with me every single night. If you love something, being "too old" is an incredibly stupid reason to throw it away.