My sons are 45, 43 and 37. Granddaughters are 11, 9 and 8.
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Posted 6 months ago #
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@Sky, just an idea, but since your sons are so adamant that the girls might want the china, could you buy some china storage boxes that would fit under the girls' beds and give that to them for Christmas, in addition to whatever you are already doing? Or, depending on how much you want to spend and how much spare room they have, you could even get them a "hope chest" (do girls still do that?) and stock it with china, plus you now have an easier time shopping in the future because you can just add things for their chest. ;)
Your sons may decide it's time to declutter it when it's taking up room in THEIR home. LOL
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Yes, if your boys say their daughters might want it, why can't they store it?
I honestly can't see a reason why YOU have to keep it for them.
Anything my girls might want for their kids/future kids, they are happy to take home with them.Posted 6 months ago # -
@BreakingFree: brilliant solution. Let those who say the stuff should remain in the family ... live with THEIRS, not yours!
Posted 6 months ago # -
BreakingFree....great idea! Thanks
Posted 6 months ago # -
sky, it is definitely time for the boys to store the heirlooms.
you've done your share!
if they don't want to, then i'd say the way ahead is pretty clear, no?
you just say this: this lovely stuff is leaving my home as of now. either you guys take it, or i am donating it. today.Posted 6 months ago # -
I can best let go of things ( that are in good condition) when i know it will be appreciated. I hate waste, and yet i too have bought something i later regretted doing: you all know: the motivational dress or pair of pants that will fit when i lose x amount of kilos, or the object that would make a perfect present, but then it turns out not to be, but one keeps anyway...
Once given away, i have hardly regretted anything, except for maybe a book or two.
Funny enough, in younger years, i have felt angry when my mother gave away something to somebody and i had wished she had asked me first if i wanted it...not that i would have wanted it, but having that feeling that i should have been asked. So now i ask my daughter first and she always says: "it is your stuff, you can give it to anyone you want."Posted 5 months ago #
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