us women place a WHOLE lot more importance on things than men do, the night I found the motherload of letters and picts I had H toss all of them into the fire, there was one framed pict, him, being his practical self, took the picts out to get rid of it but since the frame was to his eyes, perfectly usable, he left it on our bedroom

This is sooooooo very true. We women attach every little piece of item with visions of our H with ow, and to men, it's just an item. Nothing more. I recall fighting with H when I insisted that he get rid of her stuff (furniture etc) and he was upset that I wanted to throw perfectly usable stuff. Anyways... it doesn't bother me that much now. Luckily, I am also quite a practical person. Why throw when it's still usable?? True, you know.. Also, if I could accept a tarnished product back, aka H, what are a few non-living usable things??? Besides, I think ow would be kinda upset if she knows that I have been using so many of her stuff!