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27. I have no compunction at all about "recycling" something that someone

Reply to Liberal Veteran (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2012, 04:26 PM

Sep 2012

gave me that I do not want or need. I feel no need to display it, and at the first opportunity it goes to a thrift store. It's not an insult to anyone that you decide not to keep something just because it was a gift. The dynamics of such beliefs causes many folks to surround themselves with stuff they don't want/need. With friends and relatives at birthday time, I suggest that rather than exchanging gifts we agree to meet for lunch instead. Food for the soul, no gifts.

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My husband actually records Hoarding: Buried Alive. [View all] Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 OP

So actually what he is doing is... ret5hd Aug 2012 #1

I must admit I've been hoarding that show myself, can't quite bring myself to watch it.. HipChick Aug 2012 #2

Actually A&E has the better hoarding show - Hoarders. Can't stand the TLC one LynneSin Aug 2012 #3

I've heard the Richter scale called the marzipanni Aug 2012 #18

Rectum? MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #31

I get mixed feelings... pipi_k Aug 2012 #4

I'm the opposite of a hoarder. Wait Wut Aug 2012 #16

Maybe we can look forward to more mental illness-themed shows as well? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #5

How about GOP Phobias: A Life of Fear. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #7

Except for the show that they did on the Muslim avebury Aug 2012 #6

I record it because I seem to be surrounded with hoarders (I've got my own issues) TrogL Aug 2012 #8

Yup. Bought the drum machine TrogL Aug 2012 #12

...and I took it back TrogL Sep 2012 #20

I'm having similar issues pipi_k Aug 2012 #14

You and my wife need to compare notes TrogL Aug 2012 #17

Why not lay out a little money to hire (at an hourly rate) a LuckyLib Sep 2012 #21

I'm donating some of it to a museum TrogL Sep 2012 #26

I find it fascinating that some people can have strong feelings for TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #9

Usually these people pipi_k Aug 2012 #10

Thank you for the insight. I had a friend (now passed on) and have a relative TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #13

I guess it's a very thin line pipi_k Aug 2012 #15

I saved plastic yogurt and cottage cheese tubs for a while marzipanni Aug 2012 #19

Same here pipi_k Sep 2012 #24

I can almost understand it in people who are old enough to remember the Depression. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #22

I like Hoarders and Hoarders: Buried Alive because them inspire me to clean the house gollygee Aug 2012 #11

I think it affects a lot of people, directly or indirectly. MadrasT Sep 2012 #23

There is that. When I even watch an episode, I feel a need to clean house. Liberal Veteran Sep 2012 #25

I have no compunction at all about "recycling" something that someone LuckyLib Sep 2012 #27

I have watched it a couple of times, but after a while they all seem to be the same zen_bohemian Sep 2012 #28

Pack rat here... derby378 Sep 2012 #29

Every time I watch that show, I clean out my junk. graywarrior Sep 2012 #30