I have had problems with this and my (many) relationships, or (many) failed relationships, have you. There have been some that were easier than others, and some that were a lot more difficult. My first real relationship took me a long time to get over and to throw away everything I had of it. Just taking her name out of my phone was hard but at the same time it was hard to look at her name in my phone, so finally I deleted that. Then there were some others.

The most recent wasn't very difficult at all. I threw away and deleted from my computer all of the pictures we had together, deleted her and anyone that knew her out of my phone book, and threw away all of the gifts she'd given me. Then I had to ignore her for months until she finally stopped contacting me. It's weird because today she contacted me again. It happens to be my Birthday and she actually came to my house and left a card on my door, saying she loved me and to have a good Birthday and to "text" her sometime. I shredded the card.

So to me it's easier to get rid of everything. It's closure. Also, for me it's kind of like saying "time to move on" so that I will be fresh and ready for the next relationship, or the next relationship that will again probably fail. I understand what you're going through though and you just have to do what you think is best. The more relationships you go through the easier it'll get. Good luck.