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Guaranteed human. My girlfriend says I need to get rid of my dead wife's stuff or she's leaving. Should I stay or should I go? This is OKOP where we read the craziest stories on earth. I'm Sam and Sophia. Should O.P stay or should O.P go? I think O.P should go. There's only one way to find out. Spell that tea. Okay. So this comes from user. I first got married at the age of 18 to my girlfriend I'd had since age 15. Damn, right? Wow. We enjoyed six years of marriage together before she died in a motorcycle accident. Oh, that sucks. I'm so sorry. Leaving me broken and severely depressed for years. A bit over one year ago, four years after my wife's passing, I met my current girlfriend at a work event and we really

hit it off. I decided that it was time for me to start looking for a serious partner again and that my

wife would have wanted me to be happy, which is probably true. Yeah. My current girlfriend and I became more

serious over time and we moved in together two weeks ago. I've talked with her extensively about my

deceased wife and the mental health issues it brought to me and she has been doing nothing but being

supportive and loving. She's been doing nothing. That's nice. That's great. That's great. So current

girlfriend knows about dead white.

Yes.

The problems began after we moved in together.

I have a small chest. Oh. Should work out. Do some. Oh, I thought. Bench pressed. I thought it meant like a small like chest. No, no. It is a small chest. Oh, it is. I used to keep under my bed that has a few things that belong to my deceased wife, along with photos of the two of us.

During the moving process, my girlfriend noticed the chest and asked about it. So I explained what it was and showed her the contents.

I didn't really expect it to be a big deal. But since I showed her, things have never been worse for us.

She sat me down that night and explained that because I still had

the chest and wanted to keep it, it was an indication to her that I haven't moved on for my

deceased wife and that she doesn't think she continued the relationship unless I get rid of it.

That's crazy. I was pretty shocked at this and told her that I needed some time to think about it.

Well, it's been two weeks now and I still don't know what to do. My current girlfriend and I have no major problems up until this point. And she's asking me daily when I plan to get rid of it and says she can't live in the same space as the chest. Maybe get a storage unit or something. I really don't want to get rid of it, but I want to continue my relationship

with her as well. What can I say to get her to understand or am I being crazy by keeping those

things for years? And we do have an update. But what do you think? Do you think O.P. should keep

the chest or get rid of it? Do you think O.P. should leave the relationship? Maybe too early

to leave a relationship, but I don't think that O.P. should get rid of the chest. Because I think if it was anyone else, like it would be seen as unreasonable. I mean, I keep letters from all my ex-girlfriends. Yeah. But like, and they're not, they're alive. Is that a red flag? No, I think that's nice. But also, like, that's, like, people that are alive, too.

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