My photo albums. I am sentimental and it helps me remember when I look back fondly on whatever memories the particular picture holds. Also personal cards and letters, or emails people wrote me.
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My photo albums. I am sentimental and it helps me remember when I look back fondly on whatever memories the particular picture holds. Also personal cards and letters, or emails people wrote me.
I can't really think of anything... I might not get emotionally attached to nonliving things like that.
My wife and children.
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Originally Posted by Spooniest
Spooniest, you should take a page from Mirage's book. In my opinion, not getting emotionally attached to inanimate objects is a good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
I was going to say my wife for the hilarious gender inequality joke attached to it (hilarious :stare:), but Yeru beat me to it.
I don't see any gender inequality involved in that statement. I have no problem saying I'm my wife's possession as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quint Eastwood
I meant that my post would be using a medieval perspective whereas yours was using a romantic one. Despite the difference in meaning, you still beat me to it. :(
Aha :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Quint Eastwood
My djembe (birthday present from past relationship), my acoustic guitar (handed down by my sister), my electric guitar (my 16th b'day present), some framed photographs my dad has handed down to me that are worth quite a lot, and my art books especially my Riven and Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy books!
There are a lot of things I have sentimental value over. Mostly my letters (particularly those from my cousin) and my Aiyon books/maps/drawings/etc. Beyond that, I suppose I could also include certain stuffed toys I've had since I was a kid, paintings by my Mum (some gifted, some paid for), my FFVII game and of course my wood. It's tough picking out things I couldn't let go of as most of them are in boxes which gathering dust. xD But they're in boxes which are gathering dust for a reason - because I don't ever want to lose them. Some of my most valued stuff is still in New Zealand to this day.
Whenever I get upset over losing something, it is usually just because of the work required to acquire a replacement, not because I had a special attachment to that exact item.
I might have gotten upset over losing a photo album, because that's sort of a thing that helps me remember things that happened in my life. However, in this day and age, that's solved by having my backups as well as online backup services. Speaking of, I should probably digitalize that photo album my parents have from my younger days. Even with this though, it is not the items themselves that I am worried about, but the information contained within them.
-Edit- Now that I think about it, I did buy some super famicom games in Japan just for the sake of collecting them. I'm not extremely attached to them, though. I wouldn't want to lose them, but that's again mostly because it might get even harder to find the original games in the future. I guess that's the closest I get to emotional attachment to items, maybe. I'm not sure, though. I like playing games from my childhood, just for the nostalgia, but it's never the storage medium the games come on that does anything for me. Same with books and movies from my childhood.
Maybe this means I am a true child of the information age.