Hmmmm...
Like Legless and Frank, I've had to purge my life by means of divorce, which does in fact bring a very different perspective to material things. I used to have my kids' baby teeth, lots of photos of them as toddlers, the little piece of knit material they put on my oldest son's soft little skull in the hospital to keep his head warm, his last pacifier... all kinds of things to remind me of their infancy.

And now my ex has all of it.

After I divorced her I found that while I was really upset at having had to leave behind so much that I had treasured in life, at the same time I was really not too concerned anymore with material stuff. You're right, guys- it's liberating in a strange sort of way.

I have family heirlooms and things that have been given to me since my divorce by various people, all of which I treasure- but were it all to be consumed tomorrow, I don't know that I would be terribly bothered.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 8 May 2008, 14:35, 3 replies)

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Ditto.
You're right, it is strangely liberating.
In my case I was still 21 when the divorce came through so I hadn't amassed that much stuff. I just packed a few bags and fucked off back to my Uni friends.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 8 May 2008, 14:38, closed)

Snap
Yep - I bought my ex out of my house and still find reminders of my son who I've been to court four times for so far and have just had the pleasure of finding out she is moving half away across the country. I'm still going to court and won't ever give up unless I decide it is in his best interests for me to do so.

The day she left (without warning) she emptied his room aside from a rocking horse my mother had bought him for Christmas a couple of months before.

She left that in the middle of the room.
(Audax Victor, Thu 8 May 2008, 15:07, closed)

baby teeth eh?

Nature or hammer?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 May 2008, 15:20, closed)