tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post4994895466012614188..comments2023-10-17T12:09:55.180-04:00Comments on Melmoirs: Falling out of loveMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-33622456015681011222012-06-12T09:13:08.115-04:002012-06-12T09:13:08.115-04:00Chris, I make that same selfless, loving offer (ah...Chris, I make that same selfless, loving offer (ahem, ahem) and it is always turned down. So sad. <br /><br />Re: how those couples manage? I can tell you that they manage poorly sometimes. "Manage" might not even be the best term. ; P<br /><br />Glad to have you back around the 'sphere. Hope things are calming down for you.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-81572459401377319872012-06-12T08:26:22.637-04:002012-06-12T08:26:22.637-04:00I often offer to cull my husband's stash (yes ...I often offer to cull my husband's stash (yes I know exactly what boxes haven't been touched in the 7 years we've lived here. I think I would concede to having him cull mine, too. Wondering how folks manage when one is a "collector" and the other is not (or at least is willing to pare down the collections)?chris h.http://www.writingbyear.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-61808015774954383972012-06-11T09:07:41.531-04:002012-06-11T09:07:41.531-04:00Oops, I mean "You know whom you are!"
...Oops, I mean "You know whom you are!" <br /><br />And I probably should have called this post Falling out of like... The stuff you really, truly love, you should probably hold on to.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-55596074009060753522012-06-11T09:06:17.974-04:002012-06-11T09:06:17.974-04:00Hmmm. Maybe you're right, there's a percen...Hmmm. Maybe you're right, there's a percentage of the population whom should never re-open the boxes. (You know who you are!) But honestly, V? I tried to read that first one once and could not get through it; I could pitch that one in a heartbeat. (Half Price Books might take it! I take lots of old books there, or donate them to sales and our library.) <br /><br />My big tripping block now is/will be my son's artwork and schoolwork... Of course I'm not throwing all that out! But I am recycling some of it. <br /><br />Don't give up, though. The "light and easy" gene can be encouraged through practice. Even this move has required several iterations of sorting and re-purposing, but I'm happy to tell you that every time I've sorted, I've gotten less sentimental and more ruthless. You get less attached each time you pick through it, b/c you fool yourself less each time—at least I do.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-15662986720008060202012-06-09T10:12:30.527-04:002012-06-09T10:12:30.527-04:00But it is not that easy! My problem is discovering...But it is not that easy! My problem is discovering things I had forgotten about (e.g., a recently discovered box of books from our shed; how can I part with a collection of V books from high school?!), and once I see it again, I think I have to keep it. <br /><br />What I need is for someone to just take my stuff and not tell me. In most cases I would not missing. It is the find out that the things still exist and thinking I might need it "just in case" that is a problem!Faciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.com