To give away my lovely but too small clothes?

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I have been saving a few things that haven't fitted me for years in the mistaken belief that I will wear them again or that I will pass them down to DD (because they're vintage you see).

Realistically this is not going to happen. In 18 years time, God knows what DD will want to wear - she almost certainly won't want my old shit. So I've given them to the new charity shop round the corner.

AIBU to be sad about giving away the clothes I wore when I was young, single and childless?

Yanbu to feel a bit sad but have done a good thing.

ive done this its awful 6 years later im still kicking myself for getting rid of my favorite dress especially since my dd is liking that sort of hippy shit i used to wear!

Don't do it!

I gave some things away and a months later ( well quite a few months later actually) I was back into them

Thank god I didn't give my decent stuff away and only gave away a few pairs of trousers and a couple of tops.

YABU! My friend's mum died and her Dad kept all the clothes...they were fantastic. Suede waistcoats, beautiful maxi dresses....keep them for DD!

I still have things from my pre child days that dd is beginning to wear (she's only 11, but she's almost as tall as me!)

Oh God. So that was a mistake then.

I just did this too. How short were all the dresses?

My mum is nearly 80. I still have the dresses she wore in her youth and early twenties in the loft.

Go buy back your favourite ones. That way you are still giving to charity and will only keep the ones you really love.

They do split things up between shops so call first thing and explain. Good luck.

I always give away clothes that I don't wear regularly. I might stretch the meaning of 'regularly' when it comes to evening dresses etc but I still don't keep anything I haven't worn for a couple of years.

Do most other people really make wardrobe space for clothes they don't wear? Gosh. Never occurred to me to do that. I didn't even keep my wedding dressl

I much prefer a good clear out - and hopefully someone else gets some use out of clothes I'm not wearing myself.

Having recently lost some weight, I gave away a shitload of clothes that are now two sizes too big for me. It did hurt a bit as I'd bought some nice things, not wanting to wear rubbish clothes while I was porky. The upside is that I kept my nice clothes from before I put on weight which I can now nearly get into. I did, however, have a fairly strict sort out of those and gave away some which I know I'll never wear again.

I wouldn't keep tons of stuff I don't wear but some of it is worth holding on to. I kept my wedding dress as it's too gorgeous to give away and it's the sort of thing that could be worn again.