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" We&amp;#x27;ve talked about whether you keep photos of your ex-boyfriend around, and even where you store your old photos, but what about love letters? Is it OK to keep those when you&amp;#x27;re in a new relationship? And if so, where should you put them?I was spring-cleaning my closet this weekend and when I got to the back filled with shoes and bags I should be eBaying since I haven&amp;#x27;t worn them in at least two years, I found a box of journals and notes from college. In the box, there was a pile of love letters from a very old relationship. I haven&amp;#x27;t thought about the guy in forever, but it made me laugh to read them. They reminded me of a totally different time in my life. And going through them made me realize how lucky I am to be in the place I am right now. But I couldn&amp;#x27;t help but wonder if my husband would be upset knowing I had stuff like this around the apartment. So I asked him, and you won&amp;#x27;t believe what he said... He asked me to throw them out immediately explaining that the letters were a symbol of my past that I didn&amp;#x27;t need to remember. I just don&amp;#x27;t agree. If I hadn&amp;#x27;t had those failed relationships, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be where I am today, so I need to remember those times. He&amp;#x27;s a confident guy, but when he made that request, it showed me a more vulnerable side that I hadn&amp;#x27;t seen from him before. I&amp;#x27;m glad I told him because I wouldn&amp;#x27;t want him to randomly discover old love letters if he ever dug through our closet. It&amp;#x27;s not like I was truly hiding the notes from him, I just didn&amp;#x27;t have them out on display for obvious reasons. I&amp;#x27;ve decided not to throw any of them out because I don&amp;#x27;t have the heart to put them in the trash. Instead, I buried them in the back of the closet again, with my winter boots. When I explained my reasoning, he understood where I was coming from. I don&amp;#x27;t think it should matter if you keep notes and letters, especially since they&amp;#x27;re just memories, like pictures in an old photo album. It doesn&amp;#x27;t feel right to throw something sentimental in the trash. Even though those feelings aren&amp;#x27;t true anymore, they were at one time, and it&amp;#x27;s sad to get rid of them. So, what do you think? After you&amp;#x27;ve moved on and are in a new relationship, is it okay to keep notes and momentos that remind you of an old relationship? How often do you look at them? And where do you keep the letters so that no one gets hurt? For a different male perspective on love letters, read this post from Ryan on Single-ish. And do you remember this reader&amp;#x27;s super sexy love letter? Or Looking for Joanna? She&amp;#x27;s on vacation but will be back Monday. Cheryl Brody is a writer/editor from Philadelphia, but for the last five years she&amp;#x27;s lived in New York City&amp;amp;#8212;dangerously close to her biggest weakness, Bloomingdale&amp;#x27;s. She&amp;#x27;s also the Vice President of Ed2010, a volunteer, networking and mentoring organization committed to helping aspiring and junior-level editors reach their dream magazine jobs. Karma is a good thing: Her former intern introduced her to her husband, Drew. Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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