when i think about it, what i wrote hasn't very much to do with sentimentality. more with nostalgia. or sentimentality and nostalgia together. maybe. anyway I don't want to be off-topic so: I think that sentimentality can be good and healthy, sometimes. as long as you are aware thats what you are feeling. but this is off-topic anyway, since this is not the kind of sentimentality you were talking about.