Are you good at taking care of things?

My mother gave everything away and especially anything that belonged to me so nothing left to hand down.

I remember when my paternal grandmother passed away my parents found chests of bedding and clothes that had been given to her for birthdays and Christmas. I thought it was such a shame that Gran never used it.

Anything I have that is nice has either come from a carboot sale, charity shop, or a factory seconds sale. I have a good eye for a bargain I used to save things for best but not anymore lets face it as we get older every day is for celebrating. I am careful with my possesions usually but have had a few disasters due to manic cleaning sessions . It's never the cost of the broken piece that bothers me but the sentiment.

Should we really carry on " taking care of things ? "
Is is fair on our children?
The scenario I see is this:
The practical ones will hire a skip and throw the whole lot in, without question.
The more careful ones will first go through our stuff in case there is something they could take to the antique's road show.
Unless you have something major, like a piece of art or a piece of antique furniture, we should not expect them to live with our past, or indeed their grandparent's past.

Ofcourse, they will tell us not to dispose of something because it has meaning to them. They perhaps do not want to hurt our feelings.
More often than not the said something will end up in a drawer, or in the attic.

I will be selling yet another home fully furnished so my only possessions will be a car and my books and clothes.
I travel lightly through life!

My dd wants my long case clock circa 1800 bought by my grandfather in 1917
Signed Joseph Gent walsall