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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t confuse people with things. Your memories of people are not the same thing as their stuff. Keep one or two tokens and then toss or donate the rest.[/quote]

I don't confuse people with things at all, but I happen to love using the china, silver, and furniture that belonged to my husband's and my parents, grandparents, and great aunts. [/quote]

My mom is convinced that her granddaughter (my DD 7) is someday going to want her China and silver, which I don't want because I think of it as "old lady stuff". But reading this... Maybe mom is right...[/quote]

I would hang on to the china & silver and let your daughter decide when the time comes. Just box it up if you don't want to use it yourself. I doesn't take up that much space. You don't want to be the Mom who threw away her inheritance.[/quote]

+1!! (I'm the poster who uses family china, silver, furniture, etc. Some is boxed away and labeled. I would never just hand it off to Goodwill without first checking to see if someone in our extended family might want it.)[/quote]

Agreed.  I would hope that the china and silver could stay in the family.[/quote]

The daughter might not want it, but one or more of the grandchildren might.  [/quote]

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