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Lets start with some back story. My 2 friends John and Mark decided to do their 2 year working holiday visas in Europe and Mark left a small box of stuff with me. All of that was fine, I moved to the other side of Australia about 6 months later and Marks box along with some of my belongings went to mum and dads for storage. Gotta love mum and dads free storage cupboards.

Anyway! This was over 5 years ago. I haven't seen them since they left (and subsequently returned to a different city in Australia) but have always kept in sporadic contact with John. Mark and I stopped talking 4 years ago, zero contact even through facebook because Mark has a facebook account but doesn't use it. We weren't exactly close and when he left it was kind of a relief for me to get some space from him. I sent him several text messages 3 years ago asking what he wanted me to do with the box because mum wanted to do a clean out. I also messaged John asking if he could talk to Mark about the box. No answer.

I had never looked in the box before this, but mum wanted it gone and Mark apparently didn't care anymore. Inside was some photos of buildings in NY from a trip we did, a drawing another friend of ours did for Mark, some sketches, tarot cards, a silver bracelet with his birthday engraved and a broken silver watch.

Fast forward 3 years and John messaged me last week via facebook. We hadn't caught up in ages so we had a great chat with our usual jokes. He asks me if I still have Marks box, he wants it for Marks birthday. I tell him I don't have it anymore. It either went to recycling or the opshop.

John: That was stuff from his 21st birthday, and his grandparents jewellery. OMG he is not going to be happy.

*ahhhhhhh, fuck*

Me: I tried to text him because I wanted to send him his stuff.

John: Fb or text? His phone has changed since then.

I apologised profusely and John tells me it's not him I should be apologising to, it's Mark.

So guys, how many years is acceptable to throw away someone elses jewelry? AITA?

throwing away my friends jewelry