Coly,

If you decide he needs to come get his stuff, don't be surprised if he doesn't drag his feet on this. Many of them leave things behind and don't return to get them. We eventually either give them away or unload them on their doorstep or just store them away.

In my case, my xh left everything here and when my mother and I packed up his clothing, coats and shoes, it took him another 4 months to finally come get them. His excuse? It had been snowing and he couldn't get here. Guess what, he lived exactly 40 miles from me and we traveled the same roads, so, if I went to work...it sure as heck wasn't snowing during all of that time. If they do pick the stuff up, they generally do not unpack it. Why? Because it's reminders of the good life they had in the past.

One, thing that I have always found interesting, they'll come around eventually will take some things that you won't notice missing until much later. Some take photos, chairs, coffee cups, etc. Just because those items happened to be in their line of vision at the time they got the urge to take something. One individual in England took the steps to the shed w/him. They eventually reconciled, but the steps were never returned to the shed. A friend of mine had a young son and her xh came into the home while she was away and too the child's little desk chair. See? There's no rhyme or reason to why they do stuff because it's all based on emotions.

Whatever you decide to do, think about redecorating and making the space entirely yours once you've put his stuff in another room, etc.


Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to.
The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.