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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I replace my son's Pokémon encyclopaedia that I gave away?

MSE_Sarah · 2025-06-17 14:52:44

This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... As our kids are getting older, we had a massive clear out of toys, clothes and books that they no longer use. I asked my son, aged nine, to go through them and pull out anything he wanted to keep, but rather than checking, he said he knew there was nothing he wanted. One of…

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twopenny Posts: 7,799 Forumite

23 June at 2:01PM

68 yrs ago I was asked if I wanted to sell my dolls house and I agreed.
However I put my favourite stuff in it to make it look nice. I was so upset that I wasn't allowed to take it out. I didn't understand. That stayed with me and I still have to think for ages before parting with anything.

He hasn't had a problem with anything else, just his treasure. Buy him another.

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