To keep old letters from Ex-Boyfriend?

[HangingOnTightly]

Whilst sorting out some stuff in the loft I discovered a pile of letters from my ex boyfriend that I hadn't realised I still had. I spent a nostalgic hour reading through them and having a bit of a weep, because he sadly died a few years ago.

I'm now happily married with DC and it's been almost 15 years since the letters were written, but would I be unreasonable to keep them? Not to read regularly or pine over, but just because I have very little else left from my ex who was quite a significant presence in my life at the time?

It's fine to keep them and read them every now and then but if they become a part of your daily or weekly routine to get them out and read them I'd be worried you're not coping. Plenty of people keep a memory box of exes.

Were you still together when he died?

No, we split up 13 years ago, I found out he'd died very randomly a couple of years ago - it's quite sad as he became an addict and never really managed to turn things around.

I've no intention of regularly going through the letters, just keeping them with other sentimental bits and pieces in a box in the loft.

I think that's fine. I have some letters from old boyfriends, I never read them but I wouldn't want to throw them away.

In that case I personally think it's strange to keep them.

Totally not unreasonable to keep them as they represented a time in your life.

I have momentos from different times in my life including previous relationships.

I wish I had kept mine. I am very happily married and it was over 40 years ago and was a very 'young love' thing, but soooo romantic! My darling DH would do anything for me and proves his love in many many ways..... but he hasn't a romantic bone in his body.

Get rid of them. You've read them now so what more do you need from them? And what would your husband think if he somehow found them?

@TrishM80 my husband is fully aware of them and doesn't mind. He's not threatened by a past relationship, especially with someone who's no longer around.

Thanks for the responses