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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a good lesson to purge through life. My daughter threw away a ton of stuff when she moved back in from college. At the time, I was only a tiny bit sad saying goodbye to those childhood mementos, since the memories were still pretty fresh. I imagine it would be far different than if I had to go through these things when she was 30 or 40 and they've taken on mythic memories.

Do the Kondo-like thing in that you thank your parents for keeping these things and for giving you the option to save them. Then tell them you would like them to send anything that's a photo or small paper items (like diplomas) that you will consider, but have enough of anything else and the cost of sending them will outweigh the benefits. [/quote]

Honestly, the boxes of stuff take time and mental/physical energy to go through.  They've been storing this stuff for years and probably have no clue what is inside of those boxes.  That is why they are mailing entire boxes of miscl crap to Op.

If I got a box like that, I'd take it outside, go through it and toss out most (or all) of the items right then and there.  I wouldn't just dump it in case there really was something worth saving.[/quote]

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