I'm a guy, yeah. But I think you're judging me by your own experiences. I do keep the letters because it meant something, but it doesn't mean I want to go back or have another chance at the past. I very much don't. People are in the past for a reason. The letters remind me of the good, but also the bad. If anything, they'd keep me centred rather than be overly sentimental (which I may be without the letters).
There's another reason too. I guess, because I'm not married and am not liable to be married any time soon, they're a legacy. When I did my family tree, those men who are the end of a family line, it raises inevitable questions about them either being gay, or hopeless with women or having some sort of deformity. None of that would matter, but it isn't true in my case. I guess I'd be pleased if my family had a chance to know me how I am. See who I chose to be with and that I was in love. I suppose I like the idea of someone a century from now seeing the photographs and the letters and smiling.
There's another reason too. I guess, because I'm not married and am not liable to be married any time soon, they're a legacy. When I did my family tree, those men who are the end of a family line, it raises inevitable questions about them either being gay, or hopeless with women or having some sort of deformity. None of that would matter, but it isn't true in my case. I guess I'd be pleased if my family had a chance to know me how I am. See who I chose to be with and that I was in love. I suppose I like the idea of someone a century from now seeing the photographs and the letters and smiling.