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How good are you at sorting out your life's belongings and how do you decide what to throw away?

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NotSpaghetti Wed 07-Aug-24 10:12:33

Georgesgran it does depend on the model and condition of Silver Cross prams.
Some coach built ones are £3000.

petra Wed 07-Aug-24 10:09:41

I’m not the best person to comment as I’m a chuckaouter.
My partner jokes that if he stands around too long he’ll be out the door 😂
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve regretted throwing stuff out, especially sewing paraphernalia 🤦🏼‍♀️
I get my fix in a charity shop where I sort.
Had a wonderful day yesterday, so much useless crap.

Georgesgran Wed 07-Aug-24 10:08:45

Baby stuff?? Gone as soon as it was outgrown Maddy.
A friend (76) still has his DS’s coach built Silver Cross pram in his loft!! When his DGC were born, now 12 and 9 - the parents didn’t want it, so there it remains to this day. Absolutely pointless and if he looks on e-bay, going for a few pounds, as he’s stingy and probably wants good money for it - it’s just clutter.

maddyone Wed 07-Aug-24 10:03:19

And many things that were my mum’s before she died. I can’t let go of them. I don’t suppose anyone will want them after I’ve gone.

Georgesgran Wed 07-Aug-24 10:03:04

A few mementos, but the older I get, the more ruthless. I don’t want to leave a ton of stuff for my DDs to sort through when I’m gone.

maddyone Wed 07-Aug-24 10:02:09

Oh Jane, I know exactly what you mean. I have a hoarder husband, but at the same time I have so many things that bring back memories that I can’t let go of. Our house is stuffed, but very tidy, it’s when you look inside the cupboards and drawers. I’ve been doing some limited sorting, getting rid of stuff we bought for the grandchildren when they were babies. We’ve still got high chairs, travel cots, baby gym and toys. Ridiculous, the youngest grandchild is now seven. Hardly going to need a baby gym or a travel cot when he comes to stay for four weeks over Christmas is he? (He’s living in New Zealand at the moment.)

JaneJudge Wed 07-Aug-24 09:45:23

I moved house recently and we were downsizing to a smaller house which we are not planning to ever move from. We had a huge skip on the drive and my husband was absolutely ruthless and threw away so much stuff that couldn't be passed on to the charity shop.

Now we are here we still have too much stuff. We have had the loft boarded out and the past few weeks I have been trying to sort out a room at a time. Yesterday I had to go through the photographs and children's crafts and nursery records, apart from our youngest our children are adults, yet I've kept them to put in the loft in case they want to look at them in future confused I've put their special teddies in another smaller box and their baby shoes. My husband thinks I am too soft and I need to be more ruthless.

I just wondered what you all did? I don't seem to be able to let go of things.