Dear Prudence,
My long-distance boyfriend of seven years broke up with me this fall. I don’t want to get back together with him, but he handled the breakup badly (canceled a visit at the last minute, then ended things via text). We haven’t spoken since. However, I have a lot of things of his that I’d like to return; items he left in my care with the assumption that he would get them the next time we saw each other. Would it be rude to ship the items back to him? Do I include a note? I hate looking at that stuff in my closet and want to be rid of it, but he behaved terribly and we haven’t spoken in over two months. Is it time to just pack the box off to Goodwill?
–Stuck With Someone Else’s Baggage