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actslikeacarrot

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5. I'm a hoarder in training...

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 01:11 PM

Feb 2013

...my wife is the complete opposite. She grew up in a clutter filled home, I basically grew up in a museum. I have 0 scientific evidence that this is the cause, but we laugh about it. Oh, by museum, I mean everything was neat, orderly and god forbid if you touch anything haha.

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Dealing with "too much stuff". A guy thing, or just a human thing, to hang on to "stuff"? [View all] Denninmi Feb 2013 OP

Few things are as cathartic as the semi-annual junk-purge arcane1 Feb 2013 #1

consider Goodwill sigmasix Feb 2013 #2

Goodwill is one of my favorite charities along with the local food bank Major Nikon Apr 2013 #8

Definite human thing. I'm the exact opposite. Dash87 Feb 2013 #3

Most people would consider me a junk collector. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #4

I'm a hoarder in training... actslikeacarrot Feb 2013 #5

in my experience the hoarding is different between the sexes loli phabay Feb 2013 #6

I'm one of those "might need it someday" people. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #7