What do you do with old love letters and cards from your ex?

[chatbox]

Well, I'm now doing my packing.
5 Years ago, I packed them with me from Birmingham to Manchester.
2 Years ago, I packed them with me from Manchester to here (Toronto).
Now, I'm thinking if I should pack them with me from here to Hong Kong.

They're the only things that I have that prove the past existed.

[north77]

What do you have to prove?
Why do you feel the need to prove yourself?
Who do you have to prove 'whataver you have to prove' to?

Hmmmmmm?
*tents fingers in shrink pose*

Re; Love Letters (in the sand)
Scrapbook 'em,
toss 'em,
or burn 'em.

[Carnage]

Publish them on RFD.

[north77]

Publish them on RFD.

Carnage, you're soooooo baaaaad!

[chatbox]

Ok, maybe prove was the wrong word.

It's good memories though...I was loved.

[dashit]

I just threw out a whole bunch from basement cleaning. Most of them talked about indecent stuff .....dont want the 'rents to find one day

[Carnage]

Well you obviously have some sentimental value in them.

So keep them. You'll only regret it later if you get rid of them.

You'll probably be happy whenever you're in one of those nostolgic moods and start looking through past stuff.

[felixdd]

Well, I'm now doing my packing.
5 Years ago, I packed them with me from Birmingham to Manchester.
2 Years ago, I packed them with me from Manchester to here (Toronto).
Now, I'm thinking if I should pack them with me from here to Hong Kong.

They're the only things that I have that prove the past existed.

No man...keep them. In true RFD spirit...they can be reused

But seriously? Chuck'em. They're holding you back...leashing you to a past that holds you from moving forward while the rest of the world flies forward. If you do keep them, keep them for the sake of learning from the past, not from the sake of living in it (although reuseability is a nice bonus )

[Driftwood]

Burn them. How are you supposed to move on if you're stuck in the past?

[Gee]

Those that dwell in the past cannot live in the future.

Get rid of them. When you get into another relationship, I doubt your new significant other will want them around.

Memories are just that. Memories. There shouldn't be any need to by reminded by letters.

Chances are you never go through them. Since most of your free time is spent doing other things.

[Ojam]

Chatbox, no offence to you, or any female members on the board, but your worse than a chick.

[cmge]

i have my old love letters somewhere in storage... for the sole purpose of re-using the poems ive written... a little change of words here and there and its a brand new masterpeice...

[Gee]

i have my old love letters somewhere in storage... for the sole purpose of re-using the poems ive written... a little change of words here and there and its a brand new masterpeice...

Hmm, does this mean you write love letters to yourself?

I thought the whole idea is to give the love letter to someone else?

Wouldn't it be easier to store them electronically?

[webdoctors]

this is a good question, I still have some from 2 relationships ago....i could destroy them, but they say such good things about me, but judging by how it ended, they were all LIES LIES I tell U...

um maybe I will delete them, .....

[Wildfire]

i have my old love letters somewhere in storage... for the sole purpose of re-using the poems ive written... a little change of words here and there and its a brand new masterpeice...

Now that's TRUE RFD spirit....

Those that dwell in the past cannot live in the future.

I can't agree anymore with that one. Well said. Personally, I just tossed them out, keeping them to look at them again, would be like opening up an old wound, why would you? Not going to make you feel any better.
I much rather enjoy the present and look forward to new relationships, than stop to think about past ones. Plus, you'll scare off anyone new you meet, no one wants to hear that you think about your ex.
Throwing out your past, is the only way, to really start anew.