I can sympathise with both you and your wife @rowlandscastle444. After 55 years of marriage and some 20 house moves, I and OH seem to have accumulated a vast amount of "stuff". I'll admit responsibility for the more "exotic" stuff - animal skeletons, elephant teeth ( make good book shelf ends ), Ostrich eggs, tortoise shells, Iguana heads, bits of ivory, garden terracotta pots etc. OH is responsible for every bit of plumbing and electrical bits ever invented, machinery, elderly screws and nails and so on. Both responsible for various art works not to mention kitchenware and crockery. We both sit down and say "It's got to GO" . End of Altho I've always preferred to give stuff away, it can be surprisingly difficult. Best of luck
I seem to be thinking that my children will have to get a skip in when I go. I’ve had to get rid of loads of stuff my parents accumulated over the years, still got some of her LP’s just couldn’t part with them and my collection is in the loft, but who wants them? No one least of all my children.
I tell them now not to buy us anything other than food/drink, toiletries or gardening, nothing that has to be kept and become nostalgia.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
LPs are back in fashion @Lyn and some are very valuable now so try and find a good dealer or auctioneer. That way you de-clutter and have some money to buy things your or your family need or want.
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@rowlandscastle444. No! I didn’t mean that, I wouldn’t sell them if they were mine but as it seems you may have to get rid of them to keep a peaceful household, it was just a suggestion😀
No problems @Lyn I take everything lightly, as I DID ask for opinions. My wife knows I don't want to part with them, and I know that something has got to go.
I certainly won't allow my wife to make the decision!!
Something has to go. That's either something that you love or the missus. Tough decision.
Problem is (if you can call it a problem) @KT53 I love my missus too.
Of course, the pictures can't drive the car (there again, neither can I), but I can't very easily hang my wife on the wall - although I've been tempted to occasionally!!😉
I know it's hard. I had enough angst getting rid of a load of flowerpots the other day but it's cathartic. What I really need to do is get rid of clothes that I haven't worn for years. Unfortunately, most of them still fit and they are dateless. The thing is,I haven't worn a skirt in over five years but if I did, they'd be the ones I'd pick and then there's the tops that only go with skirts🙄
I have to admit there is little in our house to which I have any emotional attachment. My wife, on the other hand, would want to keep everything she has ever been given by friends or family.
Sounds like some of us ought to get together and have a mega sale/give away. OH's excepted - unless someone makes an offer which can't be refused of course
I cleared out the garage today and the mice have been very helpful in the decision making process when it comes to what stays and what goes. Between widdling, chewing and flat out dying all over my stuff there was very little I wanted to keep. I had a massive box of packing peanuts that some sneaky bugger posted to me. They were the non-edible ones that you get stuck with and have to hold onto until you can find a way to reuse them. Posting them to someone else is like transferring a gypsy curse from you to them. Anyway a mouse had got into them and died so they're fit for nothing but landfill now. It saves me trying to find something large and fragile to sell anyway. My main worry now is that the garage is nice and clear ready for some winter projects. My wife is already eyeing up the space and planning to dump more crap in there when I'm not looking
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I'll admit responsibility for the more "exotic" stuff - animal skeletons, elephant teeth ( make good book shelf ends ), Ostrich eggs, tortoise shells, Iguana heads, bits of ivory, garden terracotta pots etc. OH is responsible for every bit of plumbing and electrical bits ever invented, machinery, elderly screws and nails and so on. Both responsible for various art works not to mention kitchenware and crockery.
We both sit down and say "It's got to GO" . End of
Altho I've always preferred to give stuff away, it can be surprisingly difficult.
Best of luck
I’ve had to get rid of loads of stuff my parents accumulated over the years, still got some of her LP’s just couldn’t part with them and my collection is in the loft, but who wants them? No one least of all my children.
Of course, the pictures can't drive the car (there again, neither can I), but I can't very easily hang my wife on the wall - although I've been tempted to occasionally!!😉
If it is based on value, then twixt wife and pictures, wife wins hands down.
What I really need to do is get rid of clothes that I haven't worn for years. Unfortunately, most of them still fit and they are dateless. The thing is,I haven't worn a skirt in over five years but if I did, they'd be the ones I'd pick and then there's the tops that only go with skirts🙄