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She's moving into an apartment with the boyfriend
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 465333" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Like many of us, I stopped giving Oldest anything of value years ago for birthdays or Christmases. She seems to lose a few more of her possessions with each move. I've grown numb to it.</p><p></p><p>Youngest left almost everything she owned in Florida. Several family heirlooms I'd given to her for her children, all of her photographs, kids' baby books, toys, books, yearbooks, clothes, furniture, everything. All she had was what we could fit into the rental van when I drove down there to get her and the kids. I could kick myself for thinking she was more trustworthy with such things than her sister is. She's hoping to get a few things back, especially the baby books, but we'll see. It's a long story as to the how and why. </p><p></p><p>I still tear sometimes up when I think of some of the things I lovingly picked out as gifts, or things my parents gave my girls as gifts, that were just cast aside or forgotten. But someone pointed out to me not long ago that it's not the "things" that are important to me, it's the memories attached to those things. Those can't be lost, thankfully. Still, it hurts.. I know. And now, I don't attach sentimentality to gift giving. Just practicality. That kind of hurts, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 465333, member: 1157"] Like many of us, I stopped giving Oldest anything of value years ago for birthdays or Christmases. She seems to lose a few more of her possessions with each move. I've grown numb to it. Youngest left almost everything she owned in Florida. Several family heirlooms I'd given to her for her children, all of her photographs, kids' baby books, toys, books, yearbooks, clothes, furniture, everything. All she had was what we could fit into the rental van when I drove down there to get her and the kids. I could kick myself for thinking she was more trustworthy with such things than her sister is. She's hoping to get a few things back, especially the baby books, but we'll see. It's a long story as to the how and why. I still tear sometimes up when I think of some of the things I lovingly picked out as gifts, or things my parents gave my girls as gifts, that were just cast aside or forgotten. But someone pointed out to me not long ago that it's not the "things" that are important to me, it's the memories attached to those things. Those can't be lost, thankfully. Still, it hurts.. I know. And now, I don't attach sentimentality to gift giving. Just practicality. That kind of hurts, too. [/QUOTE]
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