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Maybe you kept the black fedora on purpose because it looks better on you. Maybe their copy of The Argonauts got tossed in a box while you were moving out and now it's yours. Maybe you actually forgot to give her forest green hoodie back and now it's been a few months since the breakup and it would be weird to text her so now it's yours forever. Sometimes keeping the thing that belonged to your ex is the best part to come out of a breakup, you know. Here's a parade of items from our exes and the stories behind them!
Did you ever keep something that belonged ...
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