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Post by melanell on Jul 13, 2014 19:31:40 GMT
No. We have a very tiny living space, so the complete lack of room makes getting rid of unused items a lot easier.
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Post by leannec on Jul 13, 2014 20:10:17 GMT
The only thing that we have kept is Barbies ... we have Barbie everything Dd#2 still plays with them from time to time even though she recently turned 11 ... when she stops I'll still pack up most of them for her to keep for her own kids Other things, like Fisher Price, stuffies, etc. are gone gone gone ... I sold a bunch in a garage sale and garbaged the rest ...
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Post by keknj on Jul 13, 2014 20:14:18 GMT
Every Christmas and Birthday we have at least a small purge. I will get them to get rid of at least 10 things. Yeah, they try counting happy meal toys, but it takes 5 of those to make 1 regular toy! I am keeping all of the Thomas stuff (and I have LOTS) they were expensive to buy and I want to save them for any future grandchildren. I will also keep Polly Pockets and probably some Barbie and the Bitsy Twins. Hopefully that's it!
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 13, 2014 20:18:53 GMT
Not for me. But I don't seem to get attached to physical things. And I love seeing my kids grow and change. I don't hold onto keeping them young, I love seeing them grow into adults.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 13, 2014 20:21:36 GMT
For DH and me, not at all. For DS, it's traumatic. If we ever asked what he thought he should get rid of, he would take hours going through ALL of his wall of toy bins, only to hand us two or three broken toys, usually the free crap he'd gotten at a fast food restaurant. We finally learned that asking HIM what to get rid of was pointless.
As a result, when he was younger, we'd wait until he was spending the night at his grandparents and do a purge of any toys we'd not seen him play with in a while, putting them in storage bags we hid in an unused closet. If he didn't mention/miss them for three months, we dropped them at Goodwill. We did this for several years without him ever missing anything. Since he's now 16, it's more favorite clothing that we are having to deal with, not toys. Books, he could figure out how to purge, especially since he has younger friends and relatives that would inherit those.
I think DH and I are pretty easy-going about it because we both have mothers who have refused to part with our own toys and now keep trying to foist them off on us. Seriously, why would I want my beaten up walking doll that is 50 years old? Nor has our son expressed any interest in either my or DH's saved toys. Honestly, I think parents save this stuff because the PARENTS are unwilling to let go of that stage of their child's life. What we saved has special family meaning: his first blanket, the Kissing Hands book, favorite classic board games, his scrapbooks.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 13, 2014 20:23:38 GMT
I have kept their teddy bears and a few special books, like the Lucy and Tom, Alfie and Hairy McLairy. Tbh the books I think I have really kept for me. I always have a little peep at Lucy and Tom's Christmas at that time of year.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2014 20:29:12 GMT
I have a hard time getting rid of certain toys, but not all. We kept all the Legos, Lincoln logs ( those might have been mine) good board games, and some of the cooler action figures and hot wheels. My aunt kept all of my cousins little people toys from the 70's and I am thrilled she did (my mom gave mine to a friend of hers and I really wish she had kept my Sesame Street Little People Set at least!), my nephew and niece love playing with them. Heck, my boys did too when they were little. I think there are some toys that are timeless, and some are good for sentimental value and the kids may appreciate when they are older. My mom kept my strawberry shortcakes, Barbie clothes, stuffies, dolls, and my Fabuland Legos. I love my Fabuland lego people and have them and some of my better Strawberry ?shortcakes in my scrapbook room. Strawberry ?Shortcake herself had some sort of terrible disease that made her hair partially fall out, and what didn't fall out is sticking straight back, so she went back to storage with some of her other friends. She was pretty scary looking. She also saved my brothers Star Wars toys and GI joes. I am glad she did, the boys loved my Legos and just added mine to theirs and they loved playing with my brother's toys too. My toys that were girly I am glad to have myself.
If you are storing toys in a garage though, please be sure to use a tight sealing tub, some mice got into some of my brothers things and chewed them a bit. Poor Gi Joe!!!!
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2014 20:29:53 GMT
I also keep good classic books, or ones that are particularly sentimental.
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Post by miominmio on Jul 13, 2014 20:35:25 GMT
We have kept most of the toys (kids are 8 and 15),we get rid of broken toys, and a few has been given to others.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 13, 2014 20:57:44 GMT
I was going to say no.....but then I remembered the cupboard still full of Lego, Lego train sets, Thomas the Tank Engine stuff,Playmobile etc., etc., etc., that have been there for years so I guess that wouldn't be strictly true!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 21:51:26 GMT
It was really hard for me, but necessary. I gave away some, sold some and kept some.
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Post by bdawnb on Jul 13, 2014 22:55:10 GMT
I will make you a deal. I will say no and you will not look in my attic.
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 13, 2014 22:59:31 GMT
I'll have to let you know when I do it. My kids are 23 and 20.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 23:30:51 GMT
I got rid of A LOT of Little People toys around Christmas. We had a ridiculous amount. I kept the barn, garage, and house. It's my husband who can't let things go, so they sit in the basement.
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Post by readsomething on Jul 13, 2014 23:42:03 GMT
Ugh. Does the fact that I've got tears in my eyes as I read this thread answer your question??? It doesn't help that many of DD's toys and things have a special meaning attached to them *for me.* When we were pulling together all our paperwork for the adoption, shopping helped me keep my sanity. Filling the house with baby things helped prove to me that YES, WE WOULD BE PARENTS. I wasn't pregnant, didn't have a big belly to show off -- but I could collect all the baby stuff. And then some. We celebrated certain milestones along the adoption process with special purchases -- her first doll was an Asian Cabbage Patch doll that i hunted for at Toys R Us and finally ran over to get one night because I'd heard a rumor that they were bringing in a new shipment. (DD turned out to not be into dolls -- but I cannot let that doll go!) We bought a ladybug stool from Target's Sunny Patch line at one point -- it was put together and in her room months before we even traveled to get her. When she was about 3 or 4, she'd drag that stool into the living room every morning to watch "Dora." She stood on that stool to look out the window at the neighbor kids walking to school. Etc., etc. She doesn't have much attachment to many of her things (she's 11 now) and if I told her some of this stuff, she'd roll her eyes, of course. But I can't let that stuff go! And clothing is much the same. (I spent a pretty penny at Gymboree in 2003-2008, let me tell you.)
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Post by Zee on Jul 14, 2014 0:38:38 GMT
Yes! I still have a bin of Bratz, bionicles, and teddy bears. I did well other than those. So hard! Oh yeah, I still have all their Hamtaro stuff.
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Post by caro on Jul 14, 2014 0:47:20 GMT
Oh gosh, I am such a pack rat and saved lot of things. Our kids laughed at us as they got older. Well as soon as they started having kids of their own they LOVED going through their box of ytoys/clothes.
I My mother saved the Feltman Bros dress I wore when I was Christened. Dd woe it and so did Her DD. We will continue to save it.
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