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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in the process of selling The Marital Residence (tm) and will be downsizing to a much smaller place that may not even end up being in the US. Kids are early 20s, out of college, unsentimental about things from their bedrooms. Their father lives in his girlfriend's house so I'm not even sure that anything that ends up there will not end up getting tossed by the girlfriend who couldn't possibly know which things might have been important to them at some point. My ex is also clueless about this stuff.  I appreciate their desire to get rid of pretty much everything but....

I was good about purging and donating when they were young. I held onto a few specific toys that were special to them when they were little, some favorite books, and one small box of baby clothes.

It feels weird to let everything go - I don't want them to turn around in 10 years and say "Mom I was still processing the divorce and didn't know what I actually wanted or would miss when the dust settled."

[b]It would be awesome to pack boxes and tell their dad to deal most of it. He has more space than I will have. [/b] He does not have access to this house anymore nor do I want him here to assist with this stuff.

Do I just do the brutal purge as directed by the kids or should I be mindful that some of this stuff might matter later? [/quote]

Well there you go. You already had a good answer. [/quote]

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