blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Fuck me. Really, were my fucking instructions that hard to follow? Sure, send me the personal papers, the dust-buster if it doesn't cost too much, one kid's book, and that's it. Oh, okay, that should all fit easily into one box! Good, don't waste money on posting anything unimportant. What about the porcelain dolls?! Um, I live in a one-bedroom apartment with two cats. Find a kid who wants them. I don't have the room for a lot of stuff. Could I have stressed that last point any more? Clearly, I didn't. Because today, that ONE box ended up being THREE big boxes of utter fucking shit! Never, ever, ever get a hoarder to send you some stuff of yours. Just don't fucking do it! Jesus christ, who would fucking post the following items? - Second-hand plastic containers - Moistened towlettes - A set of clamps (with the original price tag of $2.95 on them, not to mention how heavy they are) - An umbrella - A massive tin with fucking origami stars in it (WTF??!!) - Vacuum cleaner bags (I have a bagless vacuum) - Recipe cards - Bible activity and colouring in books from when I was a kid (why the fuck would I want those, even if I was a christian adult??!!) - A putrid pink handbag - An opened pack of sponges - Plastic cheapo cat food bowl - Broken clock ...WHAT THE FUCK?! $40-odd in postage for that shit?! Jesus fucking christ!!!!!! Seriously?! OMFG. Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingLife Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 The bigger your dwelling, the more shit you horde. I really wish I had stayed in my 3 bed apartment. And the problem it is all our shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valk0010 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Tell them to eat the bill, and you wash your hands of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 The bigger your dwelling, the more shit you horde. I really wish I had stayed in my 3 bed apartment. And the problem it is all our shit. I chuck stuff out all the time. I've become really ruthless about it. Two days ago I boxed up two-thirds of my books and gave them away. If I'm not going to read them again, I'm not keeping them. Only stuff I will read again gets kept. I go through my wardrode regularly and donate clothes that I don't like, don't fit, and don't wear. My shoes get worn to death, and then chucked. No replacements until a pair gets chucked. I'll be organising a few boxes of stuff to be donated to charity. People give me shit all the time and don't understand that not only do I not have room for it, but I don't have the fucking money to pay for storage solutions for it all at the moment. I need a new bookcase, but I have so little wallspace left, I can't just go out and buy any old one, because it needs to be tall and thin, and have large gaps between shelves for folders and textbooks. Actually, that's a thought. I have a broom cupboard sitting pretty idle. Maybe I'll convert that into a bookcase. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Tell them to eat the bill, and you wash your hands of it. Don't worry, I ain't paying it. Jesus christ, I'll be throwing out most of the shit. What pisses me off the most is that I'm trying to get this place really sorted out and clean. I didn't need more fucking junk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingLife Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oh dear, Pudd has become domesticated LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oh dear, Pudd has become domesticated LoL Ye-es... It does appear that way. Scary, ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Be warned, dirty dirty videos... http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/ http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/hoarding-buried-alive I like the A&E one the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babylonian Dream Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Its amazing what people hold onto and how miserable a living situation they create for themselves because they can't just throw shit they don't need away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblueep Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'll take the putrid pink handbag and the opened package of sponges. Just ship them to the USA, postage prepaid of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'll take the putrid pink handbag and the opened package of sponges. Just ship them to the USA, postage prepaid of course You don't want the tin of origami stars as well? Serioously, the stars look familiar, but fucked if I know where they came from lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Its amazing what people hold onto and how miserable a living situation they create for themselves because they can't just throw shit they don't need away. A bunch of good books I can understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Be warned, dirty dirty videos... http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/ http://tlc.howstuffw...ng-buried-alive I like the A&E one the best. Ugh, I don't think I want to know. I still remember the time I watched a show on hoarders, and the guy had kept every shit he did for the last ten years in buckets in his shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahinprogress Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'll take the origami stars! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Honest Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oh my god this sounds like a box of shit Jblueep's mom would give us for Christmas! Seriously, we have gotten boxes of random crap like this from her every year since we got married! Last year it was all used Christian books that we said beforehand that we did NOT want. Then she gets upset if we don't properly thank her! I don't get it. I guess it makes people feel good to give something to you - but if it is useless crap that you've made clear you don't want - what the hell do they get out of it?! I totally understand your frustration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'll take the origami stars! haha lol they're all yours! Would you like the light globe that came in the tin, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oh my god this sounds like a box of shit Jblueep's mom would give us for Christmas! Seriously, we have gotten boxes of random crap like this from her every year since we got married! Last year it was all used Christian books that we said beforehand that we did NOT want. Then she gets upset if we don't properly thank her! I don't get it. I guess it makes people feel good to give something to you - but if it is useless crap that you've made clear you don't want - what the hell do they get out of it?! I totally understand your frustration! lol yep, sounds about right. Try getting one third of an open packet of sushi rice lol. Or a broken chinese food container Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymistake Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Humans are hard wired to collect things. It's one thing that made us the dominant species on this planet. We use tools. We value tools. It starts with babies who are interested in toys or anything shiny or interesting. Then some of us can't learn to let go of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Oh my god this sounds like a box of shit Jblueep's mom would give us for Christmas! Seriously, we have gotten boxes of random crap like this from her every year since we got married! Last year it was all used Christian books that we said beforehand that we did NOT want. Then she gets upset if we don't properly thank her! I don't get it. I guess it makes people feel good to give something to you - but if it is useless crap that you've made clear you don't want - what the hell do they get out of it?! I totally understand your frustration! lol yep, sounds about right. Try getting one third of an open packet of sushi rice lol. Or a broken chinese food container For some hoarders, not all though, finding a "good" home for an item is one way they allow themselves to let go of the item. That type of hoarder is also the "rescue" hoarder. They need to rescue and protect objects because they are projecting what they need. They want to be rescued and protected, they feel rejected and thrown away. I makes no sense to a rational person, but to a hoarder it's a life or death crisis. Yeah, you don't want to watch any of those shows if you get squeemish about biohazards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I admit, the only thing I really hoard are my textbooks, but they do prove to be very useful for when I am needing to write a paper and don't want to go out to a library (I have one already at home). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Then some of us can't learn to let go of stuff. You got that right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Oh my god this sounds like a box of shit Jblueep's mom would give us for Christmas! Seriously, we have gotten boxes of random crap like this from her every year since we got married! Last year it was all used Christian books that we said beforehand that we did NOT want. Then she gets upset if we don't properly thank her! I don't get it. I guess it makes people feel good to give something to you - but if it is useless crap that you've made clear you don't want - what the hell do they get out of it?! I totally understand your frustration! lol yep, sounds about right. Try getting one third of an open packet of sushi rice lol. Or a broken chinese food container For some hoarders, not all though, finding a "good" home for an item is one way they allow themselves to let go of the item. That type of hoarder is also the "rescue" hoarder. They need to rescue and protect objects because they are projecting what they need. They want to be rescued and protected, they feel rejected and thrown away. I makes no sense to a rational person, but to a hoarder it's a life or death crisis. This sounds like my aunt. When some of the parcels come, I have difficulty understanding why she'd spend however much on postage to send me something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 I admit, the only thing I really hoard are my textbooks, but they do prove to be very useful for when I am needing to write a paper and don't want to go out to a library (I have one already at home). Books I can totally understand. Textbooks are good references, and I also keep books that I know I will read again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurari Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I had to laugh a little because I know exactly what you're talking about. My grandmother is a hoarder. My mother was a hoarder. I ended up inheriting the condition as well, so I'm a third generation hoarder (under control now). It sucks. That show, Hoarders? Yeah, that's what I grew up in. I ended up going through the same problems with my mom sending me weird stuff like what yours did after I moved out. Oy. I agree with what London said. A lot of times, it's the only way a hoarder can let go of stuff. We get totally stuck in this massive, paralyzing guilt trip that we're throwing away usable items (even if it's not exactly the truth). We'd rather spend the money to ship it to someone who can use it rather than throw it out and have to deal with all that anxiety. And no, we don't enjoy living in squalor, we're not just lazy slobs, and it's not about the stuff. Fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astreja Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 My dad, a retired engineer, hoarded all manner of stuff. When he passed away last summer, I was the one who got the ball rolling to unclutter my mom's house. I actually threw a hissy fit in the basement the day I tackled The Collection of Rusty Nails and Screws, which were "organized" semi-randomly into what seemed like a hundred plastic cups.There was also a collection of Commodore disks labeled with incomprehensible alphanumeric codes (presumably there was an index somewhere on one of the 300+ disks), multiple unrepairable electrical and electronic items, clothes that should've been thrown out 40 years ago, and a plethora of worn-out screwdrivers. But the collection of used furnace filters had to be the worst. *shudder* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts