I have a hope chest. It was given to me by my husband(boyfriend at the time) as a birthday gift. This was before we were engaged. We both filled it with stuff for our first place and it was really our first peice of furniturI never heard of a mother or father giving it to you. It was always your boyfreind. I was brought up in Massachusetts. I still have mine but I hate the style so just store stuff in it. They were all Lane ones in my time which was in the late 60`s.

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