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How often do you pull those old wedding invitations out and what value do you get by holding onto them?
by beart 10y ago
How often do you pull those old wedding invitations out and what value do you get by holding onto them?
- pmarreck 10y agoI think the fundamental dilemma here is between the "packrat" and the "thrifty liver" I have a box with all my old handwritten letters from just before the Internet and email exploded. I rarely take it out, but when I do, it's kind of neat to show my niece and nephew.
- pjc50 10y agoRarely. Certainly not more than once a year; if I'm adding a new one to the box, I might leaf through the old ones. But it's a nice sense of joy and continuity, and I can of course know that they're there without having to even open the box. The emotional value like most mementoes varies over time, but trends gradually upwards. (I do wonder if all the people who say "collect memories, not things" have more vivid, eidetic memories than I do; mine can be a little fragmentary without help.)
- criddell 10y agoFor things that I want to remember I take a photo and then get rid of the item. I began doing this when my kids started school and would bring home new art every day. I love that they made a portrait of me by gluing macaroni to a paper plate then covering it in glitter, but I don't necessarily want to become the caretaker of that masterpiece forever.
- cableshaft 10y agoJimmy shows dad his new masterpiece. "That's great Jimmy! Now let me get my camera..." SNAP! "There, now we've got that memory forever. Now open the trash can and throw it away!" I know you don't literally do this, but that's what your comment made me think and it gave me a chuckle. How long do you usually hold on to them?
- criddell 10y agoMy kids are teenagers now, so the flow of glitter and glue art has slowed considerably. There was no rigid routine. Things would go in a pile and periodically the pile would go to the recycling bin.