here is no such thing as "best age" for anything -- why on Earth would you force an arbitrary boundary on the most important things in your life? You rush and then make decisions you later regret because you had to rush to meet a line in the sand that acts as nothing more than a confine.

You are ready when you are ready -- when the right person comes along that's when the time is right -- maybe you're 20, maybe you're 50. When the right opportunity comes along, you take take it with no regrets. I have seen people impose "best age" for getting married and having kids and they married people who disappointed them or repulsed them and they ended up with children whom they could not wait to get out of the house -- just relax and stop making plans -- that's the way you find natural things and paths you never could have imagined...

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well. for me, its a bit different, i keep all my old toys and i still play with them, as i get older, the toys i play with gets interesting because maybe i look at a different perspective and stuff...its cool to have ur old toys u know...
one it will remind u of u when u were still young two it makes u feel young....
i have a Lego technic, because of my awesome imagination i turned it into a big monster ...yeaaaaaaahhhh!!!! - mAmaT w4LkIn


We got rid of most of our toys. We only kept the ones that we truly loved or held a special memory. I sold my Barbie house at a garage sale, and I was okay with letting it go, but later I felt like I should have kept it because it had meant something to my mom; they had waited outside the store for three hours to get the house.
As for keeping it for the children, I never got any hand-me-downs, but I would have appreciated it. The youngest child won't care at all. If they are, like, six, that's when they start to care about "having their own" toys. When the children are that young, the toy is like an heirloom. It means something to YOU to give it to them, even if they don't know that. icon_heart.gif -A_Trying_Writer


I still have most of the toys that I played with when I was a kid, a lot of that is because my mom is a pack rat and doesn't throw anything away. I love it because now a lot of those toys are collectors items and if I ever need to (dire straights no other option type thing) I could sell for pretty decent money. However, I still love them because they do remind me of the good times when I was a kid.
I would totally hold on to them, I'm not planning on having kids but I think my sister's kids would enjoy and appreciate them. -Awen Dana


I have a lot of my old toys, but not most of them -- I have all my Lego and my teddy bear for instance. Some toys are too fragile to be played with, but with some, they are sturdy enough to pass them down to the next generation. I think keeping toys is kewl... -Alexandrakitty

i tried to keep the ones i had but mom aways through them away now i have a giant teddy bear! icon_whee.gif -beautiful_disaster180


I had a hard time getting rid of my stuffies. icon_heart.gif I believe they are in my dad's garage. Perhaps the next time I go through them it will be a bit easier to narrow it down. -waytting


I have kept most of my toys over the years. I have a few pack rat tendencies that I've been unable to shed. Most of my toys are also in very good condition so I plan on keeping them for if I ever have children. It would be very difficult for me to part with my stuffed animals. I have a teddy bear that's been with me since the age of three and lately I used him for a cushion on my side where I recently had to be operated on. No other bear would do. -lunar kissed