Getting rid of electrical item no longer required

Hahaha think you have answered your own question- put it aside and ditch it when he doesn’t notice. Yep. Lots of people have difficulty parting with things they’ve had for years.

Mine hates to part with clothes even when he gets given others. I put them in charity bags when he isn’t looking.

Mr A is a bit of a hoarder ? I think he hates to throw away anything he paid good money for. Took me 20 years to get rid of a Sony record/speaker cabinet he bought back in the 70s - very expensive at the time but unused for over 20 years. It just sat in the corner gathering dust and having to be cleaned. It's gone now though - yayyyy ??

Yes, my husband used to wear raggedy old comfort jumpers when he had a bountiful supply of more respectable and lovely ones in drawers. When he asked me if I had seen the offenders I would respond with a question like 'when did you last wear it?' or 'where did you last leave it? That seemed to satisfy him and, thankfully, we moved on. No, I never felt guilty. Quite ridiculous.

DH gave me Alexa for Christmas as I like my 60/70/80 music - or did he want it?!!! So now we have 2 DAB radios and radio with CD player surplus to requirements. He'll notice if they go as he is a serial hoarder like so many mentioned in a recent thread.

We have a radio/cd player dating back to the early 1980s (it also plays cassette tapes ), which takes up a considerable share of the kitchen worktop. I was hoping we could finally ditch it when we were given a second Alexa for the kitchen at Christmas, but oh no. Apparently DH might still need to play a cd if there's a rare Northern Soul classic that Alexa can't provide. The fact that we have two more cd players in the house counts for nothing.

I can't really talk though. We have a TV so small we have to jump up and run to it to read any text message received onscreen. We are both refusing to contemplate buying a bigger and better set until this one gives up the ghost. DS has offered us the use of his boys to "accidentally" knock it to the floor as they did theirs.

Since DH died two years ago DS and I have been gradually getting rid of the "stuff" he had accumulated. The latest is a large box full of electric cables. The garage still has several boxes full of computer bits - hard drives, mother boards and so on. "You never know when you might need it"!

1) Freegle it, If no-one wants it

2) take it to your tip where they we will have a collection point for small electrical equipment, which is dismantled and the parts recycled.

What you should not do is put it in the dustbin.

We have a local charity/social enterprise that takes small electrical items - there is a collection box beside the glass recycling bins. They fix and resell in their shop/website. Much better than taking to the dump.

I think my husband is the world champion for hoarding stuff. He even hoards the stuff our adult children throw out by bringing it home for us to hoard. When my dad died he brought many of his tools back to our house, even though he already had exactly the same tools already.

My late DH was a hoarder.I am still trying to part with his ''stuff''.
It clutters up the house but sometimes I feel I cannot get rid of all of it but I will have to, or I would never have a tidy house.
Covid has prevented a lot of things regarding disposal.

My DH would strip it down into its component parts and store them in his garage because "they might come in useful one day, you never know when you might need a spare whatever"!

My husband has no idea what I throw away.
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Think I may have to follow the advice given here. My DH refuses to throw anything away ! Trousers filling up the wardrobe that are not fit to wear! I will now throw a pair away now and again , he will never notice.He hoards electrical stuff , plugs , cables etc - I find this very difficult. I have just taken two bags of my clothes to a charity shop - stuff I know I will never wear again. We had loads if plastic plant pots piling up outside , he would not agree to getting rid of them . I have disposed of some each week , so the number is greatly reduced now thank goodness. He obviously knows they have gone but has said nothing . I assume he really did want them to go but couldn't bring himself to do the deed! I will now use the sane tactic on his clothes . Other than this he is my lovely man ? !!!

Husband has a very large fish tank sitting in the corner of the lounge. Problem is it’s been empty for nearly 4 years since we last decorated the room. He won’t get rid of it as he will miss it, but he won’t restock it as it’s too much trouble! And they say women are the hoarders!

Oh, shelflife, the plastic plant pots, another story. I do feel it will come to his hoarding or I will issue an ultimatum. There is a vintage car that is never driven and his pride and joy that only comes out in the summer so that my much enjoyed Mini becomes the family car in the winter. Garage full to capacity so I struggle to access the freezer there.

We've got 2 shag pile rugs up in the loft that have been carted from house to house since the 1970s because "there's nothing wrong with them and they might come in". Anyone want 2 brown shag pile rugs (possibly mouldy and moth eaten)?

You’re all making me smile with your stories of hoarder husbands. I thought I had the worst, but I see he’s got competition. We also have a full garage, loft, and every cupboard filled. He also collects plugs, cables, screwdrivers, strange glues, and bottles of every cleaner known to man, but definitely not known to woman, not in this house anyway. I find his tools and cables and bottles of strange things in the kitchen, in the study, hidden in corners in the living room, under the piano in the dining room, and even upstairs in the bedroom where he keeps his clothes. I can’t win. I’ve given up.

He’s got a greenhouse but he grows his seedlings in the kitchen! I kid you not!

DH has a 30ft x 8 ft workshop well insulated, with power, light and heating, but still does his DIY on the kitchen table.

He says he feels lonely up there - it is at the end of the garden, so 75 feet from the house.

I put things aside for a couple of months or more ,then ask again whether we can dispose of them.

I would never throw anything out or give it away without asking DH first if it was his.

I would be furious if he disposed of anything I consider mine, after all.

The things that are ours - not presents to one or other of us, or bought for the one spouse's sole use, like the things that are his, I would only get rid of after discussing it with DH.

My things? I would mention before getting rid of anything that I intended to do so After all it might have sentimental associations for him, even if I no longer want it.

When my Dad died in 1998, my brother went into the loft where he found 2 old and broken video recorders. Mum said Dad put them up there when they were replaced as " they may come in useful one day"

maddyone ditto seedlings, in spare bedroom despite greenhouse and plugs, cables, mobile phones. He could open a DIY shop except most of the stuff is old or not fit for purpose!

What is it with men and hoarding? Mine is also one of the worst, but it's comforting to know I'm not alone. I have taken to getting rid of things which are obviously no longer of use without consulting him as I just can't bear the clutter any longer. Our local authority accepts things like small electricals, cables etc. as part of the fortnightly recyclable collection as long as they are in a bag and put at the top of the box. I have got rid of a few things that way.

Oh my goodness I see I’m not alone! We’ve got - his dad’s stamp and coin collections; a suitcase full of DH toys as well as scout outfit; even his dad’s teddy bear, must be 90+ year’s old but completely threadbare; tea and dinner services; hifi set that went to the loft when we moved in 22 years ago; 1970s car magazines; I could go on and on…….