Possessions you wouldn't give up

[Shorty]

Let's not include obvious things everyone would name like laptops, pcs, phones, etc (unless they hold specific special meaning to you). Try and think about possessions that are personal and unique to you that you would not give up.

• My "special box" filled with notes, cares, movie stubs, concert tickets, pictures and an array of miscellaneous throughout my life that . Full of sentiments and memories that I would be absolutely devastated to part with.
• My hand-painted porcelain carousel horse. Given to me in my grandmother's passing. That damn horse sat in her curio cabinet my entire life and I always wanted it. Even though I acquired it under less-than-desirable circumstances, I love it.
• My 6x4 foot By The Way Chili Peppers tour poster. Got the thing for $20 on eBay about eight years ago and somehow, by the grace of god, it's still mostly in one piece. It's pretty damn sad, though. Lots of rips and tears, the corners are coming apart and it's crinkled all to hell. Don't care. I won't part with it.
• -My pop-up Alice in Wonderland book. It will stay behind locked glass and my children will not get to play with it.
• My copy of Invisible Monsters, signed by Chuck Palahniuk. I always give away my favorite books to others who show interest in reading them because I want them to read them. I gave away my original copies of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead years ago, and this is the next best book that I love and I absolutely would not give it up.

There are probably more things, but these are the ones that popped into my head right away.

[Pheesh]

My musical instruments and the box with every concert ticket from every concert I've been to (except one, never going to forgive Mum for that -_-).

But honestly, why would I give up any of my possessions unless I was being robbed or something?

[Shorty]

It's a hypothetical situation in which you are being forced to give up possessions, Philip

[Formalhaut]

Hmm... tough. Of the top of my head right now, I suppose my teddy bears. Right I know this is going to sound silly at my age and gender, but I've kept literally every teddy bear I've ever owned. I cannot bring to dump them, so they inhabit either my bed, or in locations around my room.

I'll probably take a picture of them tomorrow so I can show you. I really really care about them. One time, my mum (this was when I was 15) insisted that I send some, some of my teddy bears into the loft. I flatly refused. She even held the black bin liner in her hand, and I refused unequivocally. She gave up, and has never asked me again.

I imagine when I go to university, something will have to give.

[qwertysaur]

My books.

[Jiro]

No, you can't have my trout, I'm a hoarder

[Flaming Ice]

No, you can't have my trout, I'm a hoarder

Trout hoarder?



I wouldn't give up my books...my collection of fire starters is growing .......my house will be a library!

[noxious.sunshine]

- My Maternal Grandmother's Vase. According to my Dad, it was already like 100 years old when it was given to him and my mom. It's ugly, but it's an old heirloom. I'd love to get it appraised someday.
- My Paternal Grandmother's China Set. It isn't worth anything - back in the day, the grocery store she went to would have these promotions.. Spend so much money, add on to the china collection for free. My Gigi Maw would drag my mom every time they'd advertise a new part of it
- My Doll House & Teddy Bear. My dad built my dollhouse by hand and it's a damn good piece of work. He spent like 6 months making it. He bought me my teddy bear when I was 2 and had to have my 2 front teeth pulled. If I go anywhere overnight, my Teddy goes with me. It with lots of reluctance that I let Parker sleep with it at night.
- A Couple of Letters and Pictures from my Ex (in Phoenix). There's absolutely no reason for me to have kept these, but I can't bring myself to throw them out. I guess because I destroyed everything else that documented our relationship - photos, a couple of dried flowers, the rest of the letters he sent me from jail.. I guess because without them, none of what happened would feel as real to me I guess.. It already seems like a really bad dream as it is.

I'm sure there's more - my gold Seiko Mickey Mouse alarm clock that's now worth a grip of money, my dog's headstone, Parker's old swaddling blankets, my X Japan poster, a blanket of mine, etc.

[qwertysaur]

No, you can't have my trout, I'm a hoarder

Trout hoarder?

he has an advanced case.

[Flaming Ice]

No, you can't have my trout, I'm a hoarder

Trout hoarder?

he has an advanced case.

Better have some freezer room or that'd be smelly

[The Man]

Most of my LP collection, especially the box sets (maudlin of the Well and Strapping Young Lad in particular; those are pretty much flawless boxes). There are a few I'm planning to hawk for cash when the price is right, but only because they're limited coloured LPs that will fetch some asinine prices while the black versions are still available. (Avifauna is already going for something like $70 on Discogs despite the fact that the black version is still available for roughly $25).

[Spooniest]

...There aren't any for me.

(SPOILER)Depressing.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

As silly as this one is, my copy of Final Fantasy VIII. It holds a lot of sentimental value just in the memories of watching my brother play it. It was how we seemed to bond for a little bit. Memories surrounding that game are some of the things that helped shape who I am today. Sort of tied with that would be my copy of the VIII soundtrack signed by Nobuo.

My books. I am way too attached to all of my books.

My VHS tapes of Flight of Dragons and Balto. They were my childhood.

My stuffed raccoon. I think it actually looks pretty silly, but it was given to me as a kid by my Uncle Buck just before he passed away because I was obsessed with it when I would visit him in the nursing home.

[Synoptikal]

My three rings. (SPOILER)I stole them from the Elves - Immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. I wear three rings. My wedding ring (obviously) is on my left hand. The two on my right hand are also special. The first is a band with yellow gold and white gold spiraling around it. My mum got me it after her mother passed away. I wear it to remind me of her and the brother I lost when I wasn't even born. The second ring is my dad's mother's wedding ring. I was given it by my dad when she passed away.

My thimble collection. I know it sounds weird that I even have one of these but I inherited it from my gran (again, my dad's mum) when she passed away. I was one of the driving forces of the collection while my gran still had it. I would make my parents buy a thimble for her on every holiday we went on. When she passed, that collection came to me and I am carrying it on.

Less sentimental possessions are my iPod because I will NOT lose my music collection. My trading cards because I've spent too much money on that collection to just let it go up. And a couple of my favourite t-shirts. Some of my t-shirts are limited print promotional t-shirts from back when I worked in Gamestation. Some others are limited print from limited print websites.

I'd be fine to lose everything else though.

[The Man]

Ah yes, my iPod is another thing I won't want to lose. For that matter a lot of my books as well, although I've grown less sentimental about those since realising how easy it is to find ebooks online. *cough* Many of them still have sentimental value to me, though, like most of my Discworld books, larger numbers of which I bought over in Scotland. Not getting rid of any of those.