[nopardons]

I have letters from 40 years ago. I also have letters ( not written to me, but written by an ancestress to her daughter ) from almost 100 years ago.

I do admit that I threw away all of the letters I had kept, from old boyfriends, just before I got married, but lately, did find a few old notes, written me in high school, that had been stuffed in an old book and forgotten.

[Halls]

Of course you might hang onto loved ones letters, etc.. some do, but not all, however most people throw away letters from people they don't quite care for.