[cajungirl]

My mom died at 84 after saving years of mayonaise bottles, hundreds of them all clean and ready for "when she needed them". she also hoarded those foil tv dinner trays saying she needed them,,there were hundreds. My husband hoards old journals, he must have every medical journal in his field back to the sixties, thousands. I pester and he will have to read each one prior to junking,,,I am a throw away person, don't even want to save anything. After hubby was out of the service like 20 years, I disposed of his army uniforms and on the same day all his notes from college, back in the fifties and sixties. He was apoplectic. I just think hoarding is incurable.

[Dec31,1999]

After hubby was out of the service like 20 years, I disposed of his army uniforms and on the same day all his notes from college, back in the fifties and sixties. He was apoplectic. I just think hoarding is incurable.

Especially in these digital "memory hole" days, I would not encourage throwing out important old documents. It's important to distinguish between history and a collection of garbage.

[Dec31,1999]

After hubby was out of the service like 20 years, I disposed of his army uniforms and on the same day all his notes from college, back in the fifties and sixties. He was apoplectic. I just think hoarding is incurable.

Especially in these digital "memory hole" days, I would not encourage throwing out important old documents. It's important to distinguish between history and a collection of garbage.

[Trust but Verify]

I'm like you: I hate clutter and storing things that aren't used on a regular basis. It backfires once in awhile when I go to take something out, only to discover I have gotten rid of it. I will sometimes have to get a replacement, but usually I just go without it. I would be what might be called an anti-hoarder.