One may be the loneliest number, worse than two –

Well, unless he was an asshat. Whereby being a Party of 1 is just fine, thanks. Of course, before you can move onwards and upwards, you have to get your stuff back – be it just a couple pairs of dirty panties in the laundry basket or even the items in a whole \”girlfriend drawer.\” He isn't going to haggle over your cotton thongs (unless he's a creep, instead of an asshat). But what about the items you accumulated together throughout the relationship?

Here's how to make feeling of the master of what carrying out a breakup, after the jump –

• Bath products. Technically whoever paid for them owns them. But you'll look seriously petty should you go into his bathroom and take away a $4 bottle of Herbal Essences shampoo. Just let it rest. (But do remove all girly products from his bathroom, like tampons and bottles of nail polish. The following girl in the future once you is probably going to be pissed to see that.)
• Gift certificates. One from the major bones of contention (well, one amongst many) with Ex-Mr. Jessica was a gift certificate to some fancy restaurant that his parents gave us for Christmas. Focus on the word US. After he broke up with me, he took the G.C. without asking me first and brought girl he'd be skanking around on me with towards the restaurant (which I know because she tweeted about this). Avoid THAT. Looking back If only he'd either provided to send it back to his parents to allow them to use or gave to mutual friends to savor. That would happen to be the more sensitive move to make. Consider carrying this out if you as well as your ex have gift certificates outstanding. Believe me, it's not worth fighting over.
  
• Housewares. It's a well-known fact within the School Of Sweeping Gender Generalizations that girlfriends are great to have around if you want to spruce up your home decor. During the period of a relationship, you might have helped him choose new stuff for his place, which isn't technically your stuff to keep. You are able to ask him to throw it away, but he may refuse. There's nothing you can do about this. Should you purchased him a new set of sheets, even though you made it happen for your own comfort, that was a present you gave to him and you ought to let him ensure that it stays. He may offer to provide you with stuff that you bought for his place – I once had an ex actually attempt to produce a bar of soap! – and you can take it or request it gets disposed of.
• Keys to his place. Give these back without having to be asked. Why would you even want to keep them? Are you planning on breaking in?
• Jewelry. He gave you jewelry as a gift, so it belongs to you. That very same rule still applies if we're referring to engagement rings. Whether you choose to sell it at a thrift shop, donate it to decorate For achievement, or flush it down the toilet can be you.
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• Lingerie. If you bought lingerie on your own – before you started dating or when you were dating – obviously you're going to take it home. Therefore it seems like confirmed that if he bought lingerie for you personally when you were dating, you'd keep it, too. Alas, bad juju carries from boyfriend to boyfriend through lingerie. You won't want to deal with that, do you?
• Old sweatshirts/tee shirts of his that you simply wore to sleep and/or his old watch. This is really a case-by-case basis. They fit in with him, but they seem like they became yours though constant use. You are able to probably get away with just taking them to see if he says anything. If he kicks up a fuss, you have to provide them with back. Technically they're aren't yours. But when it is important for you to own that extremely soft, warm and comfortable navy blue sweatshirt with BOSTON emblazoned over the front – not too I'm speaking from experience here – he then probably won't care if gank it.
  
• Passwords. Okay, you do not \”own\” passwords. But it is probably smart to improve your passwords after a breakup if you've ever shared them with your boo. Yes, even though you have nothing to cover. The need to snoop can be way too hard for individuals to resist.
• Pets. This is a sticky wicket. Personally, I believe it's a bad idea to consider a dog together if you don't actually accept one another yet. I understand a couple who adopted your dog because the girlfriend wanted one, but she didn't take care of it. Pet care fell upon her boyfriend's shoulders, which made him worry that they would eventually be an irresponsible parent as well. So he dumped her, she didn't want the dog anymore, and that he was tied to a dog he never wanted in the first place. Generally I think whoever was more keen on following a pet \”together\” should have that animal live at their house and it after the breakup.
• Sexy photos and sex tapes. Delete, delete, delete, delete, delete. Do not show to anyone. Not at all your friends. No, not really other people you know. There's only one appropriate course of action here and that's to DELETE.
  
• Sex toys. Much like lingerie, any vibrators or adult toys that you owned prior to the relationship you can keep. (Be sure to clean them thoroughly, but you do that anyway?) But adult toys that you bought to use together should probably be thrown away, as they are also known to hold bad juju from relationship to relationship.

These are just my thoughts. Something informs me a number of you will have strong opinions about this subject. Let me know how wrong I'm within the comments!