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What to do with inherited items you cannot use but cannot bear to lose

My grandmother left me her antique furniture but I live in a small apartment and have no space for any of it and I feel like I am betraying her memory every time I think about getting rid of pieces she treasured.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Inheriting objects often means inheriting the obligation to preserve other people's relationships to things that have no place in our actual lives.

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