Getting rid of electrical item no longer required

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!

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 ? !!!

My husband has no idea what I throw away.
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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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"!

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.

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.

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.

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 ??

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.