Things you keep that have no purpose

Photos can be really hard to throw out. It is a really good idea to put names and dates on the back but I haven't done this either.

@lynnief And no doubt as soon as you get rid of them a long-lost relative (on your ex's side) will turn up and you'll wish you'd kept them.

I can never part with old photos either! I have some from my parents and grandparents! There's hundreds I have no idea who the people are! but like you I can't bring myself to part with them. My auntie took a lot from my mums side and scanned copies for each of us she thankfully added all the names that she knew. I recently met my mums cousins daughter through a Facebook post looking for family members on a page from my home town! Thanks to my auntie I was able to send her some photos of her dad, gran and great gran. I knew very little about that side of the family so it was nice to connect with them.

@Essjayd

Aww My partner still has the first painting his daughter brought home from nursery!! None of us including his daughter have any idea what it is but it's getting kept

I'm the same I hate having too much useless stuff taking up room!

@Essjayd Indeed, I think I am going to go throw some more stuff out right now.

@crossbones27 Haha the downside is I chuck stuff then realise I need it a few weeks later!

@Essjayd You never know when you might need something, and you usually find out the week after you binned it.

@pgntwo Yep I had to go and replace something I'd chucked out less than a week later

Lol I still have the old passports as well! No spectacles although judging by the amount my partner looses I probably should have kept any old pairs

@Essjayd I know what you mean, when we moved I had drawers in the kitchen with random junk in them, I put all of it in baggies and brought it with us. My husband doesn't understand

@cintol Haha my partner doesn't understand either...Despite the fact half of the random junk we have is his

Lol I periodically go through random drawers and cupboards intending to clear them....Unfortunately half of it goes straight back.

Yes it's strange how something random can mean such a lot! I'm sure if your boys knew the meaning behind things they may hang onto a few.

Lol I have a stuffed toy dog I took from my grandparents house....The sole reason I wanted it was because my older cousins wouldn't let me play with it as a kid

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one who has keys with no locks! My mate just looked at me like I was nuts when I told her

It's nice to have a few things that bring back memories! I was amazed to find my gran had kept a couple of things we'd made at primary school!

Lol I keep having clear outs and half of it ends up back where it was!!

Those are things I think most people would struggle to part with! My mum kept our hospital cards along with stuff like our first baby booties, and small silver cups we were given as christening presents. There was a shoebox full of little baby items I was disappointed that I couldn't find it when we emptied the house.

@Starmaiden I think it's lovely that you've kept them safe all this time! I'd love to know where ours went as I couldn't imagine my mum chucking them out.

@Essjayd I moved so many times that much of those things were lost, but I keep those cards in my bible and that goes where I go. :-)

I've never saved tickets but a friend of mine does! She keeps everything from concert tickets to train and plane tickets! She's got a huge scrapbook full of them!

Hope you had more success with your clear out than I did!