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WHY DO I OWN ALL THESE CLOTHES???? (Original Post)
lindysalsagal
Apr 2020
OP
I think many of us will be re-evaluating a lot of things we thought we HAD to have. n/t
Peregrine Took
Apr 2020
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Peregrine Took
(7,413 posts)1. I think many of us will be re-evaluating a lot of things we thought we HAD to have. n/t
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)2. This will be a good time to go all Marie Kondo on my closets.
Why, indeed, do I own all these clothes? Why do I own most of this crap?
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)3. I moved to Costa Rica and shipped too many clothes.
Cant believe I paid to ship all these used and useless clothes.
Donating to a charity once this is all over.
Ohiogal
(31,980 posts)4. Really makes you stop and think
About what you really need vs. what you wanted on impulse a couple years ago.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)5. We moved over the last year or so
and we said the same thing.
Look at the labels, I'll bet at least a third of the unneeded clothing was made in China. If we all bought only what we need, we could shut China down in six months.
Iggo
(47,550 posts)6. Before the Hunker Down, I was about to throw away a couple of bags of 50-dollar T-shirts.
Now they're gonna be way metal face masks for the whole family.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)7. Well, there used to be such a thing as going out.
Actually going out and leaving your house. You needed clothes back then.
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)8. +100!