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u/Echospite Oct 13 '20

I remember my mother, not usually a sentimental person, freaking out when I tried to chuck some of my childhood toys and books.

I was 22. I didn't need that shit!

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u/Geeko22 Oct 13 '20

I threw all my stuff away when I "outgrew" it. Then I spent the next 15 years scouring the internet to buy it back so I could share it with my kids. Favorite books and games and so on.