Self confessd Hoarder

I don't save anything much but things I throw out my husband hoards in the barn. I don't even look in there.

I have waited to declutter for some years but decided to do so when I moved house. Am now moving house in December, so far everything - will come in useful one day or I can't discard that X bought it for me

With all the predictions of doom about rising prices, falling standards of living, and ballooning populations chasing scarcity of resources, perhaps we would all be better just keeping all that hoarded stuff to use up when we can no longer either afford to replace it or find any replacements to buy? It could all come in handy in the future. Mabe I might even use the teamaker and the fondue set that I found at the back of the cupboard, or the aluminium hi-dome pressure cooker (replaced with a stainless steel one when we bought the ceramic hob that was not supposed to be used with aluminium pans and stowed away "in case it was needed"

Anyone want a hi-dome pressure cooker? Apply within.

Every time I buy something new my OH deflates me by reminding me that it is just one more thing for the skip when my kids clear the house.
I know that is exactly what will happen. Both my boys live abroad and they will want the place sold with the minimum of fuss. Everything that has given me pleasure, things I cherish, even my mother's treasures which I could not part with will all go to the dump. So sad!

Maybe not quite now but I think that in a few years you could consider donating some of it. We have lost lots elderly friends and relatives lately. All of them have had their precious possessions just given to house clearance people or taken to the dump.

We paid £800 to a hospice to clear my mums house. House clearers were charging up to £2000. It was a wake up call for us and we have cleared out lots of stuff because I don't want my kids having to do what I have had to.

P.S he has finally had to admit how much he has spent over the years !

DH has garages full of motorbike parts, tools and other junk, he has now done an photographic inventory and price list in case he pops his clogs first, i wouldnt have a clue what 99% of it is and would certainly be ripped off when i sold it, some small bits are worth £30/£40 and i would have given them away thinking they were worth pennies

I can't see myself selling anything. Never know when you might need them That's how my mind works.
I am still an active crafter and use most of the gadgets that I have. That is of course if I can find out where to locate them . And then hope to remember how to use the darn thing when I do. Oh! The pleasures of growing old

If you keep it all in nice big plastic storage boxes and it's tidy then all they will have to do is take the boxes to the charity shop.

Let's hope it's not for a long time yet.
I really need to knit up my yarn stash.

It's all the books I keep thinking about - will they keep them/charity shop them/skip them

If you enjoy it, use it from time to time, and it's not hurting anyone why throw it out? I'd love not to be a hoarder but I am and DH is even worse. When we've died it won't be problem - for us anyway

Why don't you sell some of the things

I have just made a new will and the solicitor is in the process of sorting out the Lasting Power of Attorney. I am doing what tanith is doing because I also do not want my clutter to be on display when I shuffle off this mortal coil. Mine is mainly paper but there is so much of it.

I'm trying to dispose of things that I don't use anymore as I don't want my family feeling guilty about binning things they thought might of been precious to me. Could you not have a serious prune of your 'stuff', I always feel happy when I've cleared a shelf of clutter or things that are just sitting there unused .