Clinging onto your childhood toys

[darren]

Re: Clinging onto your childhood toys

its true a lot of adults think its real silly keping childhood toys.
they just do not understand it.

but for me and you they are more than toys they are a link to our youth when we where kids.
thing is memories fade eventually but having these toys keeps those memories alive for me and you.

i even buy things from the time of my childhood that i never had and wanted.
for example i bought the original masters of the universe cards by mattel a few months back.
if anyone threw them out.

Re: Clinging onto your childhood toys

I could never give up some of my childhood toys, they all hold a special memory to me. Kept lots of my cuddly toys which are kept in an old suitcase in the attic, although my daughter has a couple in her room. My husband is always on at me to get rid of them, said it just yesterday when we were putting the xmas decs back up. When I was pregnant, I got rid of a few things I wish I hadn't, like my Cabbage Patch doll, a Sindy doll. I've even put alot of my daughter's toys up the attic, kept the boxes for things she plays with now, along with some Argos catalogues for her to look at when she's older. My OH thinks I'm nuts and just complains how full the attic is lol.

Like you Darren, I've bought a few replacements of toys I used to have - My Little Ponies, Care Bears. Think my Mum would have a clear out, while I was at school, of the toys she thought I was done with. I remember her giving away my Sindy house and all the dolls, I was gutted, even though I had grown out of them.

[darren]

Re: Clinging onto your childhood toys

there is no harm in keeping these toys etc.
u actually think its a very good idea.
after all they are a big part of your younger days.
they hold special memories.
i have bought old toys i used to have when i was younger.
and ill never part with them.
they are more than just toys.

people tell me grow up and your to old t o have them etc.
but why should we grow up i never will.
im a kid at heart and always will be.

[ericthecavalier]

I have about 6/7 large boxes of toys/books from my childhood in the attic...and another 2 boxes of my cuddly toys (I couldn't imagine EVER losing these) also in the attic.
I rarely look at them - but it's nice to know they're there