To throw away cards and letters received over the years

[Finemjen]

having a sort out and came across boxes and boxes of birthday cards, Xmas cards, celebration cards for life milestones, letters received from family and friends over the years. I’ve loved looking through some of them and reading the messages (nostalgia from a pre-email /text life!) but considering throwing them away as I need the space and not sure when I’d next look at them, if at all and they’re just collecting dust. Anyone else been in this situation - I am sentimental and do like a memento but would it be unreasonable to throw them away? Maybe keep a few, but throw the rest? If anyone has kept their cards is there a way to keep them that’s better than stuffed in a box (googled but nothing came up!)

I throw cards out a couple of days after the event.

I do this too! Lovely to re-read things and keeps the memories fresh. Sometimes I come across a card or letter that just doesn’t feel important any more, then it gets recycled.

I don’t keep any cards that just say “happy birthday” apart from one which was from my great grandmother and it’s the only thing I have from her