I've started dealing with the mess my ex left in my garage after 5 years. I've been taking stuff to the e-recycling place or goodwill, which is where he bought all this stuff. So far: 2 intact printers, plus one that he took apart; a TV; 2 VCRs; a stereo; a CD player; 3 microwaves, but I unearthed a 4th one today. I'm finding this process distressing on multiple levels, just one of which is monetary, because I paid for all this stuff, and it's basically just trash now. It's hard to think back on that part of my life, especially when I'm having to touch things from that time and those things were an indication of things going horribly wrong, without being kind of transported back to that time.