My husband only made the mistake of throwing something of mine away once. Before I was a true quilter, I was a water-colorist, and I had a palette that I had had since 5th grade, I absolutely loved the palette, you cant get that kind any more. Well when I went to stay and take care of my dad when mom was in the hospital, they cleaned up my crafts room. Needless to say, they threw away the palette, boy was I irate, the palette was irreplacable, and to replace the water colors was $315, well everything had to be replaced, and it really hit him in the pocketbook. He always asks now.