Have you used it (or loved it) in the past year? If not, toss it out. I can't imagine keeping anything from my ex, but everyone is different.

If you have kids, I think you should keep some of the special things and pictures to pass along to them. If not, it's a judgment call. If seeing them dredges up bad memories, maybe you should let them go.

Always sorting stuff and moving stuff. Major OCD.

Trying lol

I am a 59 year old guy living with my 31 year old son and ocassionally my 22 year old foster son.
What is this spring cleaning of which you speak?

What is cleaning

Keep the useful and the smiles and put the rest behind you.

Absolutely! Tis the season! I downsized once and it was the perfect time for it...kept the things that were most valuable...sentimental and gave away everything else. Soon I will downsize even smaller to sell my home. My advice if you have the time/space, do one sort and hang on to anything you're uncertain about. Then when you're up to it going back through it all once more.

I am cleaning like a mad man....some of these places haven't been delved into in decades...I am not very sentimental about items and I own less than 10 pictures that are hard copies...if it was up to me, I would almost gut the place....what I would do is find a little storage area....put things that you feel are painful to get rid of in that area....revisit that area in a few months and see if you have that 'I don't ever see this stuff, so who cares' or 'I don't use this stuff at all' feeling....that way you avoid the 'a man, I had that and need it now' feeling...for the most part....feelings...nothing more than....feelings...hehe

Sorry havent teh energy for that yet = I tossed everything from my relationship unless it was soemthign I really like , and felt I owned . I donate mostly .

Still waiting for spring to spring!! My area is under a winter storm warning. Nearly a foot of snow is expected. More snow at the end of the week.

At this rate, when it finally happens, it will end up being "summer cleaning."

Autumn here

Various points - when I was a chold I had an elderly relative who sniffed at the idea of spring cleaning and said that if you kept your house clean and tidy all the year round you didn't need to clean once a year! However, since having a house in Spain, where we have a wood-burner and put rugs down in the winter and strip the house completely for the summer, that theory doesn't work. On the tossing out issue, you are fortunate to be able to make the decision. I would love to get rid of stuff but my husband is a hoarder and won't let me.

Freaking too cold to do that yet here.

Weeeell, I have to move in a few weeks, so I kind of have no choice.

Valerina, my tip for helping you decide what to toss, is watch some HGTV shows on organizing and/or the tiny house movement. They will inspire you to let go of stuff, ...plus sitting in front of the tv is easier than actually cleaning.

Not the house, but the bike is about to get his spring cleaning. ?

I do a major purge every few months. I save pictures, and not much else.

I tried to clean my place up but it was too much, so I just soaked it in gas and lit it on fire

...seems I’m always cleaning.. Once, an at-home-dad, the same thing. Though now, first time living alone, things have a wonderful way of staying clean/er

As far as sorting memories ..that was much harder… As for my former wife, her stuff went with her. Though it was painful trashing two large ‘photo murals’ we had of our early days … but no future mate would likely appreciate them, and occasionally being brought to tears seemed pointless, to me.

As for my daughters’ stuff, saved as much as I could carry…

Well, sort of. The sun is shining into the windows at an awkward angle, showing all the dust, so yes, I am pring cleaning. Not in the same intense way I used to, but you can tell I am making an effort.
Well, every time i get a box from Amazon or somewhere, I fill it up with the stuff that accumulates. It gets put in the backaseat and dropped off at my local thrift shop. Stuff gone, no box to recycle. Win/Win.

I got rid of most everything that my ex wife and I shared or that she got me. I don't even think I have any pictures anymore. It's bad enough I still have to see her every once in a while because of the kids. It hurts too much to be around her. As for cleaning in general, I'm slow with it. I finally just blew all the dust out of my computer and did a general wipe down of the rest of my apartment. Haven't stumbled upon anything I would want to get rid of yet. But who knows.

Finished spring cleaning last week. Everything moved and vacumed under and behind. Rugs shaken, floors mopped, windows washed (except outside, still cold). I decluttered a few years ago, live simply, live well. Similar to Japanese cultural tradition, shoes off at the door in my house which really helps keeping the outside out. Most of the dirt inside is cat hair, lol.

I am one of those who does "all year cleaning". Every so often you can see me driving to the Salvation Army with an old lamp or a bag of clothes.

Good idea. After work I will tackle my closet. I don't have a lot of stuff in there, from downsizing when I moved. I did throw some stuff on the bottom of it though. Bags and blankets. It will be time to toss out my ex's huge stuffed hippo gift from my birthday with him. It has memories, but I don't need a giant hippo anymore. Thanks for the reminder on Spring cleaning.