have you ever burned some of the letters you received?

This is a habit of mine. I just simply do not keep letters at all. I don't really know why but I never valued them. After cutting out the stamp which has caught my attention, I get rid of the letters. When I was young, there was only one way we got rid of garbage, by burning. Now, there are times when I kind of remember those letters I burned when I see others keep their file of the items... wondering how those letters would have looked like now if I had kept them all.

Long time ago, I went through one of my I hate mean things and I burned all of my old love letters. Had a fire in the sink. I wished I hadn't done it. But, so be it.

For me letters are one of a valuable things, they are a good memories.I experience just like you the times when I broke up with my ex's and even we broke up still I dont turn into pieces nor burn all the things they gave to me. because they are good memories for me.Even though it hurts on my part and even though its hard to move on when you see it always but still its a treasure to me.

Wow.. burning seems rather.. drastic a reaction? The worst I have done was tearing and dumping them. Burning would be saved for those that would really be "dangerous". :P

no,i never done that.i think those are my memory.i don't want to kill them,no matter they are happy or unhappy.

I didn't just burn letters and notes, I tore them AND burned them. And the other stuffs he gave me (which is like only a handful), I gave it back to him. Those were useless anyways.

I have to admit that I never keep anything from past ex's, I have only had two serious relationships in my life and both I have been so glad to get away from, any letters I had a devilish side in me by shredding them by hand, the satisfaction in doing that made me feel real good, I also did that to their photos too, it marked an ending for me.

I had a very long (8 years!) long distance relationship before, so you can just imagine how much letters, cards, photos, voice tapes I have accumulated over that period. We broke up because it didn't work out, but we remained friends. Then came my last boyfriend, who saw me and my ex's pictures when he was getting something from my drawer. He got furious over it and we had a huge fight. He's thinking that I might not be totally over my ex that's why I'm still keeping all those stuff. For me, I'm just a sentimental person and I want to keep everything that brings good memories to me. He was so jealous and I can't convince him otherwise so I had no choice but to burn all of them just to prove that there's really nothing to it. I later regret it when we broke up. I should have just kept in it a safe place. :(

No I don't think I ever have. If I did I don't remember doing it. If anything I just tore them up and tossed them in the trash.

No I havn't gone to that far but when my heart got broken by my sweet girlfriend last year. I just threw all the pictures, love letters, and even the ring we got at Worlds of Fun. I was so devistaided but the bad thing was the next month we got back together and I didn't have the ring we got together, so we got another pair and have being boyfriend/girlfriend since then.

I have burned letters. I have moved quite a few times and have gotten rid of things in the past that I now regret getting rid of because they were sentimental and sweet.

Actually I haven't tried burning those old letters of mine.I just tore them on pieces instead.I enjoyed tearing them until it is definitely very tiny pieces.

I've not tried burning letters but I've tried throwing them away. Burning letters is a waste of time and also resources hhehe.. You need to light the letter with a lighter pa..

Yes I did! I usually keep old letter from my friends and ex's. One day i saw all of them and saw them. I read some of them and they were funny. I thought of them as junks so instead of throwing them, i decided to burn them. In this way, others will not read them. Likewise i just want those memories to be with nature. NOthing painful though. Goodluck!

We do that all the time-when a letter is likely to cause misunderstanding with your spouses for instance, the best thing to do is burn it up to avoid lengthy explanations or actual quarrels.

yes, i did before i went to Germany many years ago. i made a bon fire outside nd burnt letter and cards.

My ex never really wrote me any letter. I had some emails from him and some gift. I kept everything for about 2 month after he broke up with him. But I started to fall in love with someone who was ready to wait for me until I have forget my ex. I decided to delete all of his email and I trow away all the gift and I felt all se free. It really helped to do that :)

I have piled of letters! I still kept letters from friends when i was 15. Gosh! that was ages ago! But I do burn some, a few years back. You know... from the person who broke our hearts, and we want to forget about... so that i will never ever think of the person again. Arrgh! You make me think of that person!! Anyway, I still kept most of my letters i get, especially postcards i get from friends who travel to so many places that i've never been, and greeting cards. cheers

yeh, i burned them purposely. not because i hate them, but because- it's for the sake of my new relationship. what's the use of those if it might create anxieties to your new relationship! i have a new beginning now, and why do i have to let or allow those previous experience bother me! ofcourse i must have learned from them so i must go on to a new chapter, not be stagnant "crying over splled milk..." c'mon, go ahead, no use looking back especially if you allow those hurts! no way...! okies for you?

yeah, like letters from my crush which i dont like anymore, i burn it all. i burn letters as a sign of moving on and forgetting that person. and sooner, ill burn the letters from my ex-bf...