No No Don't throw that out!

I gave away most of my childhood things or lost them moving around, but I still have my memories! I don't like clutter and rarely keep things just to keep them anymore. I feel insecure when I have a lot of stuff, I feel better when I can fit everything I care about in my car and just get in and leave.

Well it's not so much I'm a pack rat Kitty, kitty....but I have a lot of things that are real sentimental value, such as documents, photos, etc going all the way back to my great-great grandparents...these are sort of like heirlooms, but alas..sniffle, sniffle, I really don't have any one to hand them down to. I don't like the idea that when I go to the great beyond that it'll all be trashed...so unless I find my soul-mate soon with family, I'm thinking of maybe making some kind of will up with a provision that all that type of stuff will be given to the Historical Society here...heck...it IS a piece of history

I am a pack rat too, I have clothes that do not fit me and will never fit me again and I have not thrown them out yet. It is awful.

hahaha!I got a new computer today.
As I dug through my desk for the install discs of things I needed to reinstall I found discs from computers I owned 10 years ago and older. Now those I really need to toss out. I even found some old time floppy discs in my basement recently. Now that is old and being a packrat I think. Guess I'll start tossing some of those items away.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~

Hi Rosekitty, Opalkitty here! I am a packrat too! But,
someone named roomate made me clean out all my stuff
a few months ago and I got rid of alot of my old things
and now I don't remember what I threw out and I'm really
upset and angry for listening to stupid roomate! I have
no idea what I still have because when we got the place
painted I had to box stuff up to get it out of the painters
way and the stuff is still all over the living room in
the boxes. I just haven't felt like unpacking to see what's
left of my past.

Love the new avatar. Wish I'd thought of it. LOL. I'm not a packrat. I usually end up giving things away that I'm not using. I think I'm generous to a fault, but if I'm not using it, I don't see any reason for holding on to it, especially if someone else can use it.

I'm BAAAAD about throwing things out - I just can't! Anything given to me by my family members simply can't be thrown - neither can books! I even have clothes I wore when I was 17, and it's a shame none of my daughters wanted that 'retro' look! I still have the children's toys - and some of their clothes which I really loved them wearing. It's pathetic! We're retiring soon, and we're just not going to be able to take everything with us - there won't be room, as we don't intend having all these bedrooms in our next place. I'm even bad about things in the pantry ... I leave muesli bars there until they've expired because I keep hoping someone will eat them - and bananas go black in the fruit bowl before I'll chuck them out! I don't think we're alone, either ...

ARgh, my MAN is the packrat. We are getting decluttered, yard sale, etc. He told me to just go do it and he would stay out. When he comes through he will go after some piece of junk and I almost have to keep him back with a whip and chair. I'm GONNA do this! We have TOO much cr*p. They say if you haven't seen or used it in 1 yr then you don't NEED it. We have stuff like that and it's been more than 3 yrs.

Hi Rose,

I am very opposite to my Dad, Mom and Sis, they treasure and keep all their stuff and will just keep it with them..I am different, when I don't like to use it anymore, I will give it away and don't like to keep it!
My Family will always tell me to learn how to keep because I might like it again or my kids have it in the future..LOL!
But, this time, I prefer giving it to my Sister and it's up to her to keep it or hand it to our cousins..LOL!

I keep few things only in the past, not clothes..LOL!

Rose i have tons of things that should really be thrown out,anything from dippy books to used condoms..I think i even have some maternity clothes somewhere.
One day i will get around to sorting them out,maybe if i move to a smaller house.
Cant see it happening anytime soon tho..