Redditor Wants To Settle Old Marriage Dispute And Asks Was He Wrong For Throwing Signed LPs His Wife Had Kept In Trunk Of Her Car For Years

"Summers in the southern US can melt vinyl ‘stored’ in a car’s trunk and it had spent unnoticed for four years there."

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• July 11, 2023

Growth and transformation are integral aspects of the human journey, and over time, we tend to outgrow many of our past interests and possessions. But still, we often cherish certain memorabilia that remind us of the person we once were.

Misunderstanding this sentimental connection to past items can lead to inadvertent mistakes, as we see in the case of OP, who made a bad assumption about his wife's cherished possessions, particularly a special signed LP and CD.

OP's been with his wife for seven years, and they've had this ongoing argument. Before they got together, she was part of a music scene and got a special signed LP from a local band.

Now, she used to be a bit messy, and she kept a bunch of stuff, including the record, in the trunk of her old car. When she moved to Europe to take over her family business, OP had to sell her car.

He had to clean it out and threw away what he thought was junk, including the record. But he did save her rain boots.

Now OP's asking whether he was wrong for throwing out the record. He says the record could've been damaged anyway since it was in a hot car trunk for years.

They love each other a lot, but they still want to know if OP messed up and should make up for it. OP admits he probably shouldn't have thrown it out, but he also thinks she should've taken better care of it.

They both agree they messed up, and they're okay with that. The key takeaway here is always to respect other person's things, even if they don't seem important to you.

OP asks:

OP's been with his wife for seven years, and they've had this ongoing argument. Before they got together, she was part of a music scene and got a special signed LP from a local band.

She decided to move to Europe, and OP followed her a couple of years later

This Redditor didn't spare OP:

It takes two:

OP should have asked

"Even melted it could still have sentimental value"

How would OP react?

Memorabilia or collection pieces doesn’t have to be functional.

These are some good questions:

And the dedicated Reddit judges come in. They would file for a divorce, since OP is such a bad, bad man

OP posted an edit and thanked everyone, especialy people suggesting divorce:

After taking all the facts into account, it's clear that OP did make a mistake by throwing away the signed LP without consulting his wife first. It's a reminder to us all that communication is key in any relationship. The thing is - what may seem like clutter or junk to one person might be a priceless treasure to another.

Even though his wife could have taken better care of the LP, it was not OP's call to decide its fate. It's crucial to respect our partners' belongings and their attached sentiments, even if we don't fully understand them.

The incident was an unfortunate blunder, and a heartfelt apology, or better yet, tracking down a replacement LP, would go a long way in making amends.

Damjan