Wife has gone mad

[Ken]

A couple weeks ago our daughters mentioned that we had accumulated too much stuff.  Told my wife we looked like hoarders.  She's been tossing and giving away stuff ever since.  She seems to not understand that I might need that thingamajig some day.  I'm scared I might be next.  Gotta go here she comes

[Magicman]

Sometimes it is difficult for a wife to understand that there is a difference between your valuable stuff and her junk.   ;D

[sawguy21]

 :D :D :D

[clww]

Same issue here: my wife is a hoarder, whereas I am a collector. ;)

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Sometimes it is difficult for a wife to understand that there is a difference between your valuable stuff and her junk.   ;D

Julie just read your reply.  :D :D :D

She still loves you though.  :D :D :D :D :D :D

[steamsawyer]

My wife has the idea that "we can't throw that away I'll put it in a yard sale or put on Ebay." I don't have any junk, and I don't consider myself a collector. The way I see it, a collector usually buys and sells or trades to make a profit... I am more an accumulator. I'm just here to make a bigger pile.

Alan

[Sixacresand]

Less is best, so some say.

[Woodhauler]

My problem is I can't remember the price I payed for half the stuff I buy! Some stuff I sell and make a buck and some stuff not!  ;D

[samandothers]

Same issue here: my wife is a hoarder, whereas I am a collector. ;)

:D :D

[Stuart Caruk]

Perhaps your wife is cleaning her nest in preparation for another arrival ;-)

[Howdy]

Between my sisters and mother Garage Sales were a constant event at one house or another.  However each would "find" treasures at the other's sale and continually be buying each others junk.  They would then put it up for sale the next time they had a sale for the others to "discover".  Somehow they kept the sales going without accumulating much new stuff but it was amazing to see them never realize what they were doing.

[Chuck White]

When I was still in the Air Force, if I had stuff that hadn't been used in the past 6 months, it was either tossed or put in a yard sale.

Since I've retired and settled down, not so much!   ;D :

[maple flats]

Does that mean you had to buy a new artificial Christmas tree and all the ornaments every year?
Me, if I think I'll find a use for it someday, I save it. However when we moved 3 yrs. ago, after 37 years in the same home, it took 4 (20yd) dumpster loads to get rid of stuff that the "someday" hadn't arrived yet. But worry not we've found lots more in 3 years. My biggest problem is knowing where I put it, then I go buy another, only to find the original a few days later.

[tmarch]

My biggest problem is knowing where I put it, then I go buy another.

Try finding it AFTER your better half cleans the garage or shop. >:(

[woodmills1]

We don't hoard we inherited.

[pigman]

When I was still in the Air Force, if I had stuff that hadn't been used in the past 6 months, it was either tossed or put in a yard sale.

I do the same except I use 30 years as the deciding factor.

[trapper]

Recently found a use for something my fil left when we moved in 20 years ago. Anyone have a use for A jar of 1inch steel balls? ;D  Another treasure he left me.

[justallan1]

The way I haul stuff home I've told my girlfriend that we need to have a yardsale and get rid of some of it. All she heard was the get rid of it part and gave away one of my cars After the "conversation" that brought on she has never thought about giving away anything again. ;D

[beenthere]

We have to sign off on the car title here, so that prolly couldn't happen.   ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Well we have a lot of 'stuff' here to. A lot you get when others pass on. And it does not sell for much either even if $1000's of dollars was paid for it and it's like new. We don't have much of a market in this region now like it was 30+ years ago. Those kinds of stores are all gone. These days all we have is junk stores and dollar stores. :

[Roger2561]

My younger brother and I are going through a lot of stuff that belonged to my late dad.  He died nearly 10 years ago but due to the lack of time, we never had time to thoroughly go through everything.  Well, it has been interesting to say the least.  We have found a bag full of receipts for items purchased in '72 to present day.  The stuff that he had stored/stashed in the barn was amazing.  We took a number pickup truck loads of stuff to our transfer station to be recycle.  It's gotten to the point where the attendants know us by name now.  We found one receipt when one of my older sisters spent a couple of weeks in the hospital due to meningitis in the 1950's.  The insurance company paid the entire bill; $250.00.  And that was with 4 days in the ICU.  My brother and I wondered why someone would hang onto everything, never toss anything out.  The only reasonable answer we could come up with is he lived through the great depression in the 30's where no one tossed anything even if it seemed worthless and he kept that mindset with him through his years until he died.  Roger   

[Raider Bill]

My younger brother and I are going through a lot of stuff that belonged to my late dad.  He died nearly 10 years ago but due to the lack of time, we never had time to thoroughly go through everything.  Well, it has been interesting to say the least.  We have found a bag full of receipts for items purchased in '72 to present day.  The stuff that he had stored/stashed in the barn was amazing.  We took a number pickup truck loads of stuff to our transfer station to be recycle.  It's gotten to the point where the attendants know us by name now.  We found one receipt when one of my older sisters spent a couple of weeks in the hospital due to meningitis in the 1950's.  The insurance company paid the entire bill; $250.00.  And that was with 4 days in the ICU.  My brother and I wondered why someone would hang onto everything, never toss anything out.  The only reasonable answer we could come up with is he lived through the great depression in the 30's where no one tossed anything even if it seemed worthless and he kept that mindset with him through his years until he died.  Roger   

My Dad was the same way. Boxex and boxes of paperwork. Reciepts for just about anything over .50 Every cancelled check he wrote since 1950.

[Grizzly]

  I'm scared I might be next.  Gotta go here she comes

:D :D  Yep, I've had that feeling........but then she remembers my paycheque. Well, and the years we've spent knowing each other, and all our children, and all the memories, and well..................... I guess I'll be here a while. But none of my good t-shirts!!

[Hilltop366]

I keep worn out jeans on hangers in my half of the closet just to hold my spot until I need it  knowing full well that if I remove them I will lose the space. ;D

[Magicman]

Reminds me of the guy that called home and told his wife to pack her bags because he had won the lottery.  She asked whether to pack for warm or cold weather?  He replied that she should pack everything that she had because he wanted her gone before he got home!     Now that ain't nice at all.   :-\   

[SwampDonkey]

He was house cleaning to.  ;D :D 8)

[samandothers]

My younger brother and I are going through a lot of stuff that belonged to my late dad.  He died nearly 10 years ago but due to the lack of time, we never had time to thoroughly go through everything.  Well, it has been interesting to say the least.  We have found a bag full of receipts for items purchased in '72 to present day.  The stuff that he had stored/stashed in the barn was amazing.  We took a number pickup truck loads of stuff to our transfer station to be recycle.  It's gotten to the point where the attendants know us by name now.  We found one receipt when one of my older sisters spent a couple of weeks in the hospital due to meningitis in the 1950's.  The insurance company paid the entire bill; $250.00.  And that was with 4 days in the ICU.  My brother and I wondered why someone would hang onto everything, never toss anything out.  The only reasonable answer we could come up with is he lived through the great depression in the 30's where no one tossed anything even if it seemed worthless and he kept that mindset with him through his years until he died.  Roger   

My mom and dad were similar.  When we cleaned out their house there was an amazing amount of stuff.  Now my kids will get to experience that too! ;D

[thecfarm]

SwampDonkey,now that ain't nice.
BUT it sure is funny.  ;D :D

I have ALOT of junk too. Don't bother me a bit to call it junk. But if I need to build something from metal,I just go out back and haul a bunch of junk up by the house and start cutting and welding. Junk turns into a nice piece of equipment that makes working around here easier. I don't need to go into town for a nut,bolt washer,spring, or a small wiring job. If I live to be about 157,I just might have to make a trip to town to buy something for a project.  ;D
About the best story I have of my junk was when the wife was saying she needed something to water her flowers up and down our 500 foot driveway without carrying water. A trip out back and than back to the house and a few hours later,a 50 gallon barrel was up in the air on a small trailer and she was watering her plants. All at once it was not junk anymore outback.
She has a fit about all the stuff I have. She really has a fit when I take one of my friends to see all my junk. My wife stays in the house with his wife and my wife will say,I don't see why Ray has to drag him down there to see all his junk. Just as every wife has said,my husband will enjoy it too. ;D
There is a "but" here too. If someone came to see me,and we did not take a walk,you would never know what awaits the men folk. You could stand behind my house and only see the sawmill and would have no idea what treasure waits for anyone that is willing to explore the woods.

[sawguy21]

You sound like Mr Hootie, DanG's neighbor. :D

[SwampDonkey]

Dad always had a bone yard out over the hill away from view of the scavengers.  ;D

[tree-farmer]

Had this conversation a while back>
Her: what will do with all this stuff if something happens to you?
Me: won't be my problem...
Another wrong answer to add to my ever growing list :D

[beenthere]

 :D :D :D

[sawguy21]

I just spit my coffee. :D :D :D

[ScottInCabot]

Less is best, so some say.

Says folks with nothing :D



I give away a LOT of stuff all the time. 
My wife volunteers my time and labor all the time in efforts to get me out of the way to give away my stuff that I actually wanted.  Seems to work out for her....I can't remember what was in the spot.



Scott in Cabot

[red]

Home is a place to keep your Stuff

While you go out and buy more Stuff

[Woodhauler]

My wife hasn't gone mad , she was that way when I married her! ;D

[jueston]

when i call my wife crazy she just replies with "you knew that when you married me, so there's nothing you can do about it now"

I've always believed the one who dies with the most toy's wins, and i believe all the junk i buy at estate sales to be part of my toy collection. 

[sawguy21]

My wife uses that line too. ;D