2007-10-23 05:08:16 · 46 answers · asked by xxKrazyMunkiexx 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes i do im like steptoe when i say im going to lear something out nothing ends up going and i also hoard clothes tags and have OCD
2007-10-23 05:40:51 · update #1
Oh my goodness yes.
I'm a lifelong sufferer of pack rat disease.
Unfortunately my husband is too. Usually you get one horder and one normal spouse and they keep eachother in check. But we save everything. I dread what this place will look like when we're 80.
2007-10-23 05:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Twila G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that it is hard, people get an emotional attachment to things that others would deem useless. Everyone does it every once in a while. All you have to do is just really evaluate everything you have and throw away what you absolutely do not need. Don't worry it's not a medical problem or anything like that. Just throw some stuff away, if not put it in storage, believe me I know how you feel.
2016-05-25 03:26:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be a pack rat but I am getting better.Now I get into the habit of sorting and donating good usable clothes and household items to charity.The only thing I can't let go of is photographs.I have boxes and boxes of them.I plan on doing some scrapbooking and making some special albums to at least preserve some of these pics.Some photos go way back and unfortunately some names are forgotten,They are interesting to look at just to see how people and things have changed.
2007-10-23 06:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by gussie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. But I have been working on that habit and it is now getting easier for me to throw things away or give them to charity. I gave away a lot last year via the FreeCycle group. This year the focus has been large items to Charity. And of course, the endless paperwork and junk mail.
It's been extra difficult as I am the only remaining family member and have two households of "stuff" to sort thru. My cousins are not really available to help, in fact one of my cousins wants me to come and help with her "multiple family" inheritance.
2007-10-23 05:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to design lots of different things and use all sorts of things you find around the house, that makes it really hard to throw things away because there is always that thought at the back of my mind 'I might want to use that for something later on'.
9 times out of 10 though I am glad I never threw it away!!
2007-10-23 05:12:18 · answer #5 · answered by Catwoman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I'm a terrible pack-rat! I keep everything until I'm forced to either move to a bigger place or clean out what I have. I go through everything and get rid of anything I haven't used in the past year or two. And don't you know, it's not two weeks until I'm needing something I got rid of!!
2007-10-23 05:13:37 · answer #6 · answered by lady_gertie02 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I do so I dont look like a pack-rat is if i dont use that thing in a month I will not need it in the future anytime soon and its not a nessiety, but if its something for memory i think you can keep it as long as its organized.
2007-10-23 05:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by Dancer92 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In rebuttal to Handbooks accusations. I can throw things away if they don't warrant a worthwhile use someday. I throw out lots of things, just not special handbooks that I read everyday and used for years. Kinda nostalgic.
2007-10-23 05:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by hootie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
The good side: until recently, I had things in my inherited house dating back 50-90 years. It was a living museum.
The bad side: I had to get rid of 90% of it. Area taken over by airport.
Sighs...
2007-10-23 05:12:42 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what the "things" are. Old clothes I can get rid of in a heartbeat...but I'll keep a first-date movie ticket stub forever. I'm weird (and sentimental) like that.
2007-10-23 05:12:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋