Hoarding - Springing Ahead

Byatt

pleasedelete, I am sorry your parents sold your bed when you were a child, I can imagine that was very upsetting even though the adult you probably sees it for what it was, a commodiity, but the child you, well it would represent something else. x

pleasedelete

Byatt wrote: »

pleasedelete, I am sorry your parents sold your bed when you were a child, I can imagine that was very upsetting even though the adult you probably sees it for what it was, a commodiity, but the child you, well it would represent something else. x

To be honest I didnt really remember until we were talking about it as a family recently- joking with siblings about what those years were like as they were eccentric times. I thought that all families lived in houses where the chairs/rugs/ornaments changed every week.

But I do think the constant buying things came from them as I saw it as the norm. Of course as a child the stuff was bought and then sold but I can't really remember leaving the house without us coming back with a laden car- I thought that was normal I think. The boxes of treasures were really exciting as a child.

Byatt

pleasedelete wrote: »

To be honest I didnt really remember until we were talking about it as a family recently- joking with siblings about what those years were like as they were eccentric times. I thought that all families lived in houses where the chairs/rugs/ornaments changed every week.

But I do think the constant buying things came from them as I saw it as the norm. Of course as a child the stuff was bought and then sold but I can't really remember leaving the house without us coming back with a laden car- I thought that was normal I think. The boxes of treasures were really exciting as a child.

Oh right, I thought it just struck a chord with you when you said you had never sold your children's beds.

My problem was my parents' moving overnight, with no warning to their children, well they took us with them :rotfl:, but I often had nightmares about going to a house and someone else living there. :eek:
I'm perfectly well-balanced now, , as long as I hold onto something...:cool:

pigpen

Byatt wrote: »

My problem was my parents' moving overnight, with no warning to their children, well they took us with them :rotfl:, but I often had nightmares about going to a house and someone else living there. :eek:

I did that to mine.. they went to school.. we moved house.. It took the boys months to settle in the new place..

I was actually a little amused by parents selling their childs bed.. it is mean but has a funny side!

Byatt

pigpen wrote: »

I did that to mine.. they went to school.. we moved house.. It took the boys months to settle in the new place..

I was actually a little amused by parents selling their childs bed.. it is mean but has a funny side!

:eek: Oh Pigpen!

I got attached to things as a child, presumably because of the moves so if my bed had been sold I would have been inconsolable. My parents changed a car, who (which) I had called Bluey, I was so upset, probably about 9 or 10 then.

VJsmum

My parents sold my bedroom :cool:

No, really!

They had what is known as a "flying freehold" - it was a middle house in a four house row, all built as three bedrooms. Only ours was a four bedroom and next doors a two. The council had to provide some four bedroomed houses back in the day and this was the solution. I had what, in effect, was next doors boxroom - I had to walk through my sisters (box) room to get to it. As the family living at home shrunk - and then I got married, mum and dad didn't need it anymore and next door did. So they sold it!

That is extreme decluttering.

pleasedelete

Each time we have moved house after pricing the job and starting the removal men have had to send for assistance and another van! My clutter was well hidden (was- I really do have very little now)

GreyQueen

Gosh, horrific tales of removal trauma. I still don't understand why one of my pals, single female who never entertains more than half-a-dozen for a casual meal, has 50+ dinnerplates.

This I know because I wrapped, boxed, carried and unwrapped the bliddy things.............:rotfl:She had just as many mugs and glasses, too.

I moved into this very small 1 bedroom flat from a very-slightly bigger one bedroom flat. It was a horror. Here, everything has to be measured before purchase or otherwise acquistion, as there will typically be one very small space where it can go, and if it can't go there, it's homeless.

Tetris is my middle name.

Have just swopped pushbikes with Mum; she'd decided having a good quality bike which had very little use wasn't sensible when I had an older bike which needed work. So we swopped them tonight.

I'm very pleased with the new bike but I feel somehow a bit disloyal to the old one, we'd been an item for about 20 years, it was only the second bike of my adult life.........

Does anyone else feel like they've "murdered" something by getting rid? Or am I, as I've long suspected, a bit nutty?

m155piggy

I am de-lurking for a moment as I feel really proud of myself the last few days!
I have sorted and released lots of photos, dejunked my craft stuff, waded through all the wardrobes and got 2 bags of clothes for CS, chucked 17 shoe boxes from the attic, streamelined all the paperwork and scattered papers, read and passed on a huge pile of magazines, cleaned and mopped the kitchen and bathroom, put all the clean clothes away, tidied DS2&3's bedrooms and generally chucked loads of stuff which made me feel really good!!

Tonight I was sat fidgeting just wanting to get rid of more stuff but not knowing where to start but then I had a brainwave - the old 14" tv / video player in DS2's bedroom hasn't been used in years and years so I asked them if they were happy to get rid and they said yes so now I have the TV and a pile of about 40 video tapes sat by the door waiting for a lucky freegler to come and get them! I feel wonderful and think I will sleep really well tonight.

Sorry for the long rambling post but I just had to share as I feel so liberated!!

pigpen

GreyQueen wrote: »

Does anyone else feel like they've "murdered" something by getting rid? Or am I, as I've long suspected, a bit nutty?

No I love it.. I am filled with a euphoric glee at the space gained and the smug knowledge I have dumped my space hogging crap on someone else!.. It is like flytipping at the charity shop!