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40. My husband and I are moving to a smaller house and we've been working on getting rid of 30 years

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 06:57 PM

Dec 2019

worth of stuff. I am very slow at this because I need to decide item by item to pack or dispose and then whether to trash, recycle or donate. And then who to donate to. My husband would just throw everything away and I am not for that so I think I can see where your DH is coming from. Maybe your DH could get involved in sorting things out?

The stuff with memories attached are the hardest but I took pictures of those items and that made it easier to get rid of them. Maybe that is something that would satisfy your DH?

Good luck!

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