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[quote=Anonymous]Nope, I have all my stuff that I wanted. I'm 36.

My mom (parents divorced, joint custody) had me clean out my old room probably my 3rd year of college so she could turn it into a guest room. I packed up probably four boxes of mementos to keep, she was happy to store them for a while. I took the boxes when they downsized - I was about 30. Still living in a small apartment, but I went through the boxes, did another round of culling, and found room for the stuff I wanted.

My dad had me clean out my room more in stages - most of it right before leaving for college, and then I slowly took stuff I wanted, probably once a year when I had room in a suitcase, I'd take another few things. The final big clean out when I was probably 28. At that point, my sibs had kids, so I left a lot of toys and stuff for them to play with when the visited, at my dad's request, but I had taken everything I actually wanted to keep by then. The last of the toys got trashed/donated when he downsized last year.

I remember at the time being a little bitter that my mom wanted me to clean out my room in college (seemed earlier than most of my friends), but in retrospect, it was the right call. Much easier (mentally and logistically) for her to deal with 4 nicely packed, labeled boxes that could be put in the back of a closet, than to have a basically completely wasted room. Plus I had plenty of time to do it, because I was home for winter break, I didn't have to rush. And I do think those rooms that looks like museums of a late-nineties high schooler are a little silly. Plus, the guest room was really nice (my mom likes decorating) and it was really useful - they replaced my twin bed with a queen bed, my grandparents had a comfy place to stay, and once I had my first serious boyfriend at 22, there was a nice place for us to stay when we visited. I'd probably request a similar thing from my kids when they're grown. [/quote]

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