Weird Things Adults Keep
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2023
- But seriously, why aren't we throwing these things away? I mean, when are we going to need those old cameras again? #comedy #organization #marriedlife
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You never need a box until you have just dropped all of your boxes at the recycling center
My husband calls all the old boxes "chaos containers"
I moved a lot in the 2010s, and lived in places south of the border where I had to scrounge to find boxes. All my boxes from my last move, plus a bunch of new ones, are in storage out back. I'm never going through that again.
My 3 year old chooses a new box every time we go to Aldi and it is a struggle to recycle his boxes!
@@LeaphYear fear Not !!! My sister's nephew used to work at a recycling place. He said, ultimately - they all end up at a dump to get burned. They just burn everything separately. We just sort everything out for them. 🙄 💗💗💗
Also, kids love to play in big cardboard boxes, & even use them for sled riding. When I was little, we'd put them together to make dollhouses!!💗
But you'll get a whole bunch more on your next Amazon delivery day!
My wife came over while I was watching this. She made a deep sigh and just started rubbing my back in a soothing manner. When Kim asked what we (the viewer) are holding onto, I said “Um. Most of the basement?” My wife patted my shoulder and walked away.
Your wife sounds like a great catch!!!
😂❤ That's so cute & endearing. But seriously, let it go... 😊
I relate. My other half also has a basement hoard.
The 1ST STEP in solving a problem is REALIZING it’s there………….. Lol ❤
A man cave is a must
Not going to lie, when they were talking about charger cords, the Where Have All The Chargers Gone song popped RIGHT into my head.
As a professional organizer - I have to say this is the BEST video I've EVER seen! So funny and relatable. Thank you! 🥰
I grew up with "That's a good box." It pains me to let one go! And bows for wrapping gifts! They're expensive! A little tape and it will stick to that package for the 5 minutes it needs to!
I literally just threw out a box full of cables and chargers that I had no clue what they were for and were sitting in the closet for years…it felt so wrong 😂
I hope you recycled them, not tossed them out!
Also the keys that go to something.
Cables are the worst. How come everyone ends up with bags and bags of useless cables… where do they come from??!?
@@kimsk4962 The multiply while you are sleeping
I have a green box full of them. I just don't know what else to do with them. Because I hate. Litter, I have them all wrapped up neatly, each in their own Ziploc bag. 🤷🏻♀️
The good box struggle is real! I got rid of a nice one recently, and needed it a few days later. 😂
And when you throw out a box is when you have to buy one and regret having thrown away a perfectly good box.
My husband and I were watching this a few hours ago, laughing so hard it was hard to breathe! Then he turned to me and said, "How do you feel seeing our lives parodied in a You Tube Video 🤣😳🤣 It took us moving across the country to finally get rid of a lot of our "just in case" stuff. Finding out that cross country movers charge by the pound got us tossing, selling, and donating things right and left!!!
And? Did you need any of the stuff?
@@jdur7987 Good question! We had old cell phones, old cameras, mystery cords and connectors for electronics we no longer had, various size boxes we kept in case we wanted to use them for gift boxes or junk drawer organizers, clothing that no longer fit but we kept for when we lost weight “someday,” gifts we didn’t like but kept for the next White Elephant gift exchange we went to (saved since before COVID hit), books we might reread someday, etc. etc. Those are just a few small example of the things that were taking up room that we would never EVER use but kept around because we thought we might MAYBE use.
Now, the junk we kept that DID get used were the seemingly lifetime supply of air pockets, bubble wrap, Styrofoam peanuts and other packing materials that came with all our online orders over the years that we couldn’t recycle where we were but didn’t want to throw away into the landfill JUST in case we moved someday. Turns out we actually DID finally move, and they were used up in a flash!
I just started decluttering, and I am amazed at all the things I thought I should hold onto “just in case!” 🤣 It’s time to let those things go!
Same!! And it’s going on 2 weeks now. I’m too indecisive!! What if I need it as soon as I get rid of it???
@@Mama_Bear524 Exactly. You NEVER KNOW!
When you finally let go, it is very freeing . . . until the day you look at your spouse and say, "We used to have one of those . . ."
I would still hold on to my older phones. In case I need a backup for me or my friends
This is WAY too close to home! Before my one and only mortgage, I couldn't imagine this. Now we are a dumpster site. A landfill. Young folks, be aware! Every chance you get, rid yourself of things. Retailers, stop turning sane human beings into nuts. Bezos has created a whole industry called "self storage".
Thank you two for always being wholesome. It's really cathartic to know other humans do ridiculous human things too. If everyone just tried a little bit harder to realize we're all broken and kinda silly, day to day life would be a little less filled with underlying smouldering pointless anger.
Ditto!!!
Ohmygosh, I think you coined the catch phrase of the century and it needs to go on a t-shirt! "We're all broken and kinda silly."
@@TheSouthIsHot I'd buy that T-Shirt!
@@celticbabs3105 Me too!😊
@@TheSouthIsHot I'm pretty sure this is the reason we yearn for Dino chicky nuggies....
Tape the allen wrench to an interior location on the piece of furniture it came with so if you need to do something to that piece of furniture later, like tighten up all the loose joints, it's available.
Genius hack! Also because with the time I tend to forget what wrench/key/bolt was for which piece of furniture...
@@user-ed5zl2cw2h So did I.
That was a wooden item, you no tape! Just keep an Allen Set on a keyring.
@@heatherzwicker8031 🤨... Let's be honest, most items that need an Allen wrench aren't wood - some don't even have wood _veneer._ Just tape it - with painter's tape - to the part of item that is most obviously particle board or plastic and call it a day.
I’ve done that and sold the Allen wrench when the furniture sells too. Easy peasy
I just cleaned out the top shelf of a closet in my office that had all these boxes of computer supplies (my husband builds pcs) since we got married 21 yrs ago. I decided to take ownership of that shelf cuz I needed it for everyday items that we use... like toilet paper, paper towels...etc. I took down all those boxes. EVERY SINGLE BOX WAS EMPTY INSIDE. We held onto EMPTY BOXES for 20 yrs!!!!! I was so pissed!
Oh BTW the garage has tons of empty boxes that are about 10 yrs old. I have to break them down.... BIG BOXES for LARGE purchases. Good God. If I had a dollar for every cardboard box I break down I'd be wealthy.
Oh no!! Oh that sucks!!
Be glad you have empty boxes instead of boxes full of crap you have to sort through!
That’s so funny 😂
Yay, space!
My husband did this with a chest of drawers for several years - and we sorely needed the space. I feel this.
(We now only have open shelving or clear containers for stuff he uses.)
Next Trick or Treat everyone's getting an Allen Wrench, LOL! Why DO we keep so many? This whole video was ON POINT! Thanks for the laugh, Holderness Fam!
YOU GET AN Allen Wench, YOU GET an Allen oh my gosh I just realized I said wench instead of “wrench”
I was trying to do the Oprah, “YOU GET A CAR, & YOU GET A CAR …….” Skit
I’m not sure what an Allen Wench would be …….. 🤣😅😇😇
Ironically, I just went out and bought a standard set and a metric set!
@@dmc826 LOL, my set got stolen while I was moving because apparently someone was in need? Seriously, just take the loose allen wrenches rubber banded together in my tool box. Just leave everything else.
Ok the allen wrenches I will say are sacrificial ones. Like if I need to destroy one for some reason. Weld something up.
"Knock Knock!"
"Who's there?"
"Justin!"
"Justin Who?"
"Just in Case!"
"... Yes!"
I love this entire exchange! 😹
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Perfect PERFECT.
I can relate to keeping the boxes the most. "That's a good box!"
I say the same thing about boxes-I am becoming my mother 😅
I work in a store and when I'm putting the stock on the shelves, customers are sometimes eyeing the empty boxes on the cart and ask if they can take them home. I say I don't see why not, they're just getting tossed in recycling anyway.
I remember when I was little A Good Box was a lot harder to come by. They didn't show up with your weekly Amazon purchase, you either bought them, or bought the thing in them. So of course you save the box, because Good Boxes Are Hard To Find. And they're not only good for shipping stuff or holding stuff, but also for crafting, playing with...so much you can do with A Good Box!
....which explains my excessive pile of Amazon boxes in the garage that I have neither space nor need for 😂
My mom always keeps boxes
I had to throw them when she wasn’t looking 😂
My dog's favorite toy is A Good Box. I'm so thankful: cheap and easy to come by, recyclable when he's through with it!
I don't know if I feel heard or attacked! 🤣 Love your videos, and this one hits really close to home!
Same, i feel a bit of both😊😂😂
We were so happy that my husband actually knows someone who is moving and could use all of the bubble wrap we've hoarded
Another good alternative is retailers in town who ship things. We have customers donate bubble wrap, packing peanuts, and bags (for in-store sales).
😂😂😂 Hey - Hang onto that FLIP PHONE! Comes in super handy in the event you ever need to “take” a teenager’s iPhone as a “consequence”, but yet still want to be able to reach them… it’s MAGICAL how quickly they turn around a bad attitude!! 😂❤
Oh interesting!!
Cell companies no longer support 3G phones.
@@hvfnorth2628 you can still get flip phones new, like $20. Incredible teen perspective adjuster!
@@JGinCa Teen Perspective Adjuster! I love it!
@@hvfnorth2628 True. But I'm keeping my old 3G flip phone just in case all those extra G's become cumbersome and need to be destroyed. 😵💫 3G'ers Unite!!!! 😅🤣🙃
I had to seriously downsize last year when i moved i to a studio apartment in a assisted living facility. I was a bit overwhelmed at first but then decided to do the Japanese sorting plan. Every item got 15 seconds. Did it spark joy? Yes. Keep. No? Can it be donated? Yes? Box. No? Trash/recycle. It was amazing! 50 years of stuff was downsized to 3 bins in 3 days! It was great!
That sounds like you really breezed through it, but in a healthy way. I need to make use of that 15-second rule.
“You never know when you might need that,” was my dad’s philosophy when it came to saving wood scraps. I can’t imagine the melancholy he felt when he got rid of his collection of wood scraps when he and mom sold their house and almost all of their possessions to become full-time RV-ers.
When my husband & I split after 27 years, he moved to another country so he took very little with him. I was left cleaning out almost 3 decades of a home that had also raised 3 kids so there was a lot! Def including tons of electronics, cables & cords - not knowing what any of it was for! I was constantly sending him photos asking "what is this? Do we need it? Should I keep it?" he was a good sport & honestly knew what almost everything was!
My biggest concern at the time was trying to sell items & so I wanted to make sure I kept every cord just in case! Why do men buy so many electronics (which to me is anything metal, black & has an on switch) that never gets used or used once?!
My shoes? Now I needed those silver patent leather heels for that one event 10 years ago, they'll be back in style, don't be silly.
Not all men obviously, my dad's never even had a cell phone (even though he was an electrical engineer). As for the shoes, some really old-fashioned clothing is apparently back in style so you might be right.
LMAO!😂 This is exactly me! I never throw anything out because, "what if?"😂 My stuff is taking over. And that's why we all have to save those boxes, to put all the stuff in, that we're afraid to throw out.😆 Also, boxes are a must to save for shipping gifts, because I'm too cheap and it makes no sense to buy empty boxes when I have these perfectly good boxes.😂 But you guys definitely need to save y'all's stuff, like Penn says, you never know when you're going to need it for a video.😊
& keeping boxes for shipping, saves Trees !!! Where I live we have 3 garbage bins, & a recycle bin. But ppl who move here, leave boxes outside for maintenance to pick up. Wasted paper. But then again, so is all the junk mail I get every day !!! No shortage There !!!! 😂💗💗💗
@@elizabethbowie9753 Exactly! That's another of my reasons. I was going to mention, saving trees! We lived in a neighborhood in south Florida and we were one of the few folks that would put out the recycling bins for garbage pick up. And now we live in a rural mobile home park in north Florida. And we have the exact situation going on here that you have. We have two dumpsters and some people feel it takes too much effort to put the trash in the dumpster and they leave it on the ground.🙄 Some people are so inconsiderate, I can't believe it.😩 And I agree about the junk mail, too! Such a waste of paper.😥
you need to do a minnesota/midwest version of this -- bag of bags (both plastic and paper), box of boxes, the "good" vs "bad" takeaway/tupperwares.... I think your neighbor totally has their own version of this.... ;)
😂😂🤣😅 been there!
I have bingo out of your list! 😆
"Feel better to have it!". That's what I'm going to use as an excuse when I don't want to throw old things out. 😁 Thanks Penn and Kim! 😄
A sort of, "security blanket," !!! 💗
Thank you for the inspiration to take my last box of electronic to the hard to recycle place today! I have been decluttering for years and I constantly have a donate box. However I still have a few boxes of my cds from college that I just can’t seem to throw away or mail in to a place that buys old cds.
I once had 15 pairs of jogging shoes that I had jogged in many countries with me. I was told my old shoes weren't worth a dime. I sold them all at once at a yard sale. $200. I still miss my favorite jogging shoes.
Haha! I love to declutter. I bust out the trash bag and go through the house on the regular and my husband is the one to not want to part with anything. I throw a cord away, “what’s that go to??” WE DON’T KNOW, that’s why it doesn’t belong in this house 😅
I could have furnished three boxes of random prop cords for this. My husband passed away and I am CLUELESS about all the electronics. I keep thinking I should hire a teenager to go through it all! 🤣🤣
Probably a good idea!
Definitely a good idea!
Do it!
" you never know when your going to need an old phone.. or 6 " 😂😂😂
This video is so relatable!!
I love how their friends brought over all their cords to help the Holderness' shoot their video 😂
I sadly have more cables than all of them put together 😂
@@JamesQMurphyI know! 😭At first I thought, oh huh, they have as many cables as I do hahaha..... HA, HA, HA -- NO THEY DON'T! *Those were loaner cables* !!!😭😭
100% Accurate! 😂 My father never throws anything away. We have a box full of miscellaneous cables/chargers, my spouse has the old sneakers that became lawn shoes. I'm usually the one saying "You'll never know when we might need it". I also have old purses that I haven't used in years. I kept them just in case I wanted to go back to them.
I just got around to throwing out all of my old purses. It was a long and traumatic process, but it's done. I'm down to THREE fashionable yet timeless purses/handbags and I feel so FREE!!!!!
I really need to get rid of all the purses that I never use for sure.
@@MsAubreyyou can donate them. 😊
@@piiinkDeluxe I always donate. I don’t throw away. I just said get rid of them. Make room in my closet.
@@MsAubrey that's awesome. 😊
I always assume 'trash' when people say they throw stuff out or away. 😉
The box(es) are temporarily for the cats to guard and play within until you need them to organize the stuff you are saving into. My kitties say so.
Sorry if it's tmi but I've left boxes on the floor for my cat to play in/sleep in and eventually have to throw them away because they start to smell.
The cord saga, yes...and my husband is a tech savvy guy, so there is no throwing those away. The hoard of cords have come in handy! The portable speakers I have and didn't use because I lost the cord....it was in with the other cords.
And in a good box too!
😂
We just moved, so we managed to get rid of a bunch of old tech stuff, but, yeah… same deal here!
You guys should totally put those TAR shoes in a glass case somewhere. You're clearly never throwing them out, so own it. 😄
Yep..need to be displayed prominently.
Hilarious and accurate! You all need the help of Dawn at The Minimal Mom 😊
Please give her a call for us
Yes! Please do a collab!
You need either Dawn The Minimal Mom or Caz from Clutterbug. Very relatable video!
Yes! And they work with Dana K White of A Slob Comes Clean and have a course together!
Also, while we’re listing actual names: Diana Rene of “the Decluttered Mom” would be a great person to get in touch with I think! She is open about having ADHD and would be an interesting postcard guest!
Yes either Dawn or Christine at Frugal Fit Mom..she is also a great declutterer :)
I relate to keeping the Amazon boxes! You never know when you need a box to put things in. 😂
I related to all of those items!! In addition, I think we have every instruction manual for every appliance or home goods item we purchased…ever! Just in case we want to troubleshoot why we got rid of it in the first place! 😂
We had a lot of machine and computer instruction manuals. My husband said we can find all of the information online now. So true and we recycled so much paper because we can find it online.
Great one! I tend to hold onto way too much “memories”-type stuff and am actually planning on letting a bunch of it go asap in order to keep our new home feeling spacious and uncluttered! 🤞🏼💪🏼
It’s comforting to know that you guys have clutter, considering how nice your home looks in your videos!
I listen to a bunch of decluttering-themes podcasts (a few of them also have ADHD) and maybe one of them would like to be a guest on your show!
Take pictures it it. Tell yourself you can look at them anytime.
I did this twrnty years ago. And I haven't looked at the pictures.
We’ve been married 43 years and have moved out of state twice. Every so often my husband comes up from the basement with some random thing. “I knew I’d need this! I’m so glad I didn’t throw it out!” And he uses it. Meanwhile, our basement is full of random things.
My husband holds onto everything, no matter what it is. He’s 73, and I’m 68. I feel very bad for our children when it’s our time to leave this earth.
The box thing! 😂😂
Also I still use a DVD player
😅
I still have a CD player!
Me too! I used my DVD player just a couple days ago. 😆
You guys were the reason I first started watching The Amazing Race and my mom and I have now finished almost every season all because I found your video saying you went on The Amazing Race love you guys and thanks for introducing me to one of my all time favorite shows ❤
Yes! I held on to my "triathlon" bike for SOO many years after my last trip. I FINALLY came to terms that my fantasy self needs to live somewhere else. Sold it for $200
LOL!! So many things! Packed a family member's home and found 9 phone handsets in the bottom of a file cabinet in the garage. They had been there for at least 8 years. Side note - REI will take old shoes that are not donate-able and recycle them somehow.
Once a week, my wife goes through and has all of us our three kids and myself throw away some thing in the trash. It could be as small as a pin that doesn’t work that’s in their room or a drawer all the way up to a giant wooden desk that we no longer need. it honestly helps just something needs to go every week has been hanging around the house.
This is a great idea!
True story, we started throwing away old cords for things we didn't have anymore. When not two months after we got an electronic shuffler for cards that used one of the cords we tossed out. Had to pay around $15 to replace it.
For seven years I kept one turqoise sock, because it exactly matched a turquoise tee shirt I had, and I kept thinking its missing mate would turn up one day. Finally, after seven years, I realized that was ridiculous, and threw it away. Exactly ONE WEEK LATER, while cleaning out my linen storage, I found it smashed between a top sheet and a fitted sheet that I had used on my bunk bed one summer years earlier when I was working as a camp counselor.
I used to be a minimalist before I had kids. Now I keep everything just in case! Hahaha
Ha! We still use the dvd (and vhs) player... and the kids who are too young for a real phone love the old ones to play with.... This video is so me. I identified with every silly statement.
I was confused about the DVD player. We use it just about everyday. We don't have Netflix or any of those channels. Redbox is our friend...
It is scary how much I relate to this. Basically everything you save we do as well. I think cardboard boxes and cords are our greatest weaknesses! Never know when you might need to mail something to someone...actually we do, one day a year, Christmas!🎅
Literally, right before watching this I opened up the new waste basket I ordered from Amazon and not only did I say 'this is a good box, I better keep it", but I talked myself into keeping the old, crappy wastebasket to put in the garage! 🤣🤣🤣
I always hang on to the boxes for appliances. You never know if you're going to need the barcode number for something 😂🤣
Yep ! Plus , I keep paper receipts belonging to things that say " Lifetime Guarantee " - just a few small boxes ( like for a faucet / doorknob set , etc. ) w/ an envelope of the receipts . I have stores very nicely honor the guarantees , free replacements , & even had sales people kindly remark on the good quality of the " aged " box itself ! 💲💲💲
I have an issue hoarding boxes 😆 my thought is that if I move, I'll need to put everything in boxes 🤷♀️
You never know when you need a good box
Same
@@holdernessfamilylaughs Exactly! 😆
@@KM-lu7nh glad I'm not the only one 😅
Yes!! Same😂
Ok this video is hilarious…and you get we adults! I absolutely love that your crew brought over “their” cords that “they” are also holding onto. 😂 Exactly…you throw out that mysterious cord, only to find out what it belonged to. Ugh. Your videos are awesome. This one could be a Seinfeld episode. Thanks for giving me a good laugh today. 😂
💯 For us it’s chargers, phones, stuffed animals, blankets, books, dog toys/bones, boxes, etc.
De cluttering is traumatic. We downsized from a 4100 sq ft house to a 1500 sq ft one and had to put 50 or so bags of trash to the street. My brain still hasn’t accepted it-I go on a scavenger hunt for stuff I need and then it hits me-“crap, I threw it out!”
We are moving and I'm finding pieces to the game Trouble (that we got rid of forever ago) and yet I keep hanging on to the pieces. Probably the most rediculous thing I've saved. Game pieces to a game we don't have.
lol this is 100% accurate. Not just IKEA allen wrenches, but all the extra pieces from basically any home improvement we have done. How does one escape the "just in case" feeling?? Good thing we have a big basement!
How do you escape it? I think you need to have so much money that "just in case" becomes moot.
As people who just moved, I can totally relate to “what if we need that?” Every day I went to either Good Will or some other donation place to destash. Even now, as we unpack, I have various piles to donate to various organizations. The only thing I can do now is shake my head, then wonder where the heck I kept all the stuff! However, I’ve also become more organized. Everything has a place, including tagging cords before putting them away. Yup! I got rid of 20+ IKEA Allen wrenches, an old DVD player, an old VHS player!, and so much other technical stuff. I feel so much lighter! You know, as the saying goes, if you haven’t seen it, or looked at it, or used it… Time to let it go
Tagging the cords... why didn't I think of that??
This is TOO accurate. It's like you were spying on us.
hey! i absolutely love your videos and it lights up my day when y’all post a video. I used to live in the south now I moved so the Midwest neighbor videos make me laugh so hard - we love Ann Marie!!! my mom loves the 80s kids videos and my dad loves the narrators. Every single video hits home with our household! ❤️🧡💜
Always fun to watch your videos. You make us a laugh in a world gone crazy.
I’ve moved past the “just in case” and onto the, “but what if someone steals out identity from our old phone that we wiped?! There’s no safe way to get rid of these things!!!”
So, we have this traditional party in June. There is dancing, regional foods.. And kids are required to wear a shirt with horizontal and vertical lines, making like a bunch of squares ( plaid? ) I mentioned to my mom that I'll buy them for my kids. And she said I can have my brother's. From when he was 6. He's... 37, I think.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Best family ever!! KEEP BEING AMAZING AND NEVER LET YOUR HEAD DOWN AS YOU ARE ROYALTY❤❤❤❤
I’m not even an adult and I already do this 😂
My husband has a case of the "I might need this" while I have no issue decluttering the extra stuff. I recently threw out the majority of his yardwork/skateboarding/woods clothes because they made up 90% of his wardrobe because he kept ruining his good clothes and adding those to the pile. Now he thinks he has nothing to wear... haha.
I feel so seen. And attacked.
I have my work boots, my old work boots, just in case, and then an earlier pair of work boots, just in case I need to rake muck, or shovel manure (I don't live near a farm)
AND OMG THE BOX THING!! YES!!! My parents even have a garbage bag full of packing materials from inside their boxes, which they also keep, JUST IN CASE they have to ship something themselves!!
This is so relatable.
The struggle s real!!!!! decluttering and letting go is hard. 😂
My superpower is throwing something away that I've held on to for years....then needing it the following week. Case in point, I inherited the job of family archivist when my Dad passed. I have boxes of vcr tapes. Dad was a spotty videographer....but some moments are totally worth it. The tapes are so old the labels faded or feel off...so needle in a haystack time. Services are expensive to convert to Dvds....Guess what I donated to Good will the week prior that would be helpful in figuring out what is worth sending to a converting service...? .
You are calling me out? Just like that?! Kim, I thought we were friends 😂
BEST part of my Friday!! Love it!! Fabulous!!
😂 You should have asked me to bring some cords/cables over. I have a big plastic bin full of them. What if I were to ever get a landline phone again?!?! Oh, if you need a cardboard box, I have plenty for you too. My DVD player is hooked up to my TV, so you can't have that. I have a bag phone, if you need that. It's in great condition. Just needs a new battery (that you'll never find).
I have multiple boxes of cables and chargers. XLR, Midi, Component, Composite, Instrument, Speaker, rca audio, tos link, firewire, printer, monitor, and specialized cables.
Also, our dvd player broke recently (was a smart device we used mostly for streaming), but we have 100 dvds, so it was either get rid of all our dvds, or buy a new dvd player… so obviously we spent $150 and bought a new bluray player. 🤦♂️
My husband is a hoarder!!! I want to throw out anything not in use!!! Lol lol 😂
This was hilarious but so true! I’m definitely guilty of keeping half of the items you listed.😂 My husband is holding on to at least four pairs of old shoes and a couple of them have the sole coming off. I have a drawer full of obituary programs from funerals. Am I the only person who does that?😂😂🤣
No, you are not alone! I keep obituaries and programs, too! It’s history and someone may want to see it one day. Seriously though, the family obituaries come in handy when you do genealogy. Just saying’!
@@Grace2shar Thank you I agree. 😊
- Memorial service and wedding programs
- Cards from long distance friends or family
- every pair of old shoes since I started buying my own and realized how expensive they are
- every cord to every piece of tech I have ever owned
- my first digital camera
- my first cellphone
- the last month's worth of Amazon boxes
😂
I don’t hold obituary programs. I think those I throw out. I don’t go to a lot of funerals. I do have some programs from some events in college and some church events like Easter. I do justify that I want to keep it for a scrap book but I haven’t made it yet
ALL the paper bags with handles, like from Trader Joe's, Aldi, and UberEats deliveries. And Amazon boxes of course.
You are not alone. I too, have two boxes of cords that I have NO idea what any of them go to or plug into. But, I refuse to throw away because you "never know". (sigh) feels good to know I am not alone and get that off of my chest. I feel so free! ;-)
This was funny! But I am the opposite of this I don’t keep anything!😂😂😂
All my “good boxes” were recently used to move my daughter to her first apartment….along with dishes, utensils, lamps and a whole place full of stuff. Now, I can finally let go of all the things that are excess, the best have gone with her.
I have my bins of my skinny clothes. Drawers of bras and underwear gifted from my husband. Tons of dried out art supplies and crafting bits. A dedicated shelf in the fridge to condiment packets. In the freezer bags of stale bread. In the bathroom ..🙄😬 ehh .. Well that's some and of course everything that was listed in the video 😄
Good LORD this hit HARD!!😂😂 You know our souls!😂
Remember donkey from shrek saying “that’s a nice boulder”?…..that’s exactly how I talk about boxes lol
My parents have boxes of crushed boxes (like biscuit boxes, jerky boxes, cream cheese boxes) because my mom might one day try the recipes on them. She's NEVER going to do that.
I am currently holding onto 3 pairs of shoes that probably can’t be repaired and should be thrown out because they’re comfy and pretty and irreplaceable (the colorways are not produced anymore). I’ve thrown out so many other things. But not those. And I have issues decluttering my books and cosmetics too. Also craft supplies 😂 the ultimate “But I might need that some day!”
At first, I was laughing along with the video, then I realized this isn't a joke for many people. I, too, hold on to items I no longer need out of fear that one day I will need them again. I've done a great job at decluttering over the last few years. Things that have sentimental value, but no practical purpose, are the hardest to let go.
I am the cool Aunt who takes all the cables, labels them correctly, AND matches them to the proper device. - I aggressively organize those. and Yes, I HATE throwing away any of them, as invariably, one of the young kids shows up with an old LeapPad that needs the first generation micro connector. Or you go to a house, and there is no antenna, cable, or internet, so you are trying old school TV.
When I need a charger or cord of any kind, I never go in the garage. I go to Target. Thank you for helping me realize this.
Penn and Kim, thanks for the entertainment a couple of times a week. I love how you both work together at making fun of yourselves and parent life. We all need a good laugh some days.I’m glad you both showed up in my CZcams homepage one day. Your always a must watch immediately!
People whose parents/grandparents lived through the depression and WW II. Never throw anything away, we might need it. We can use it for something else. Now we have the additional thought that we can donate it or sell it if we don't need it eventually. We don't do either of those things but we could if we needed to. 😎
SO accurate! Mud run shoes, yard work shoes, old cell phones, CORDS for days!
@Holderness Family Laughs We NEED this to be sent over to the Minimalist Podcast!!!!!
I threw out the cable box when we moved across the country after ten years of never having touched it.
Sure enough, needed three of them 😂
Yes, I can totally relate. And the older you get, the more you collect.
Well ... As a baby boomer , 70+ yrs. old , many of us have had to go thru belongings of grandparents , parents , spouses & even friends ; we know the difficulties of doing this & have used this to reevaluate our own " collections " & start decluttering / discarding / selling / donating to help those who come after us . 🥰 Just sayin' ...
😂😂😂 *Every time we moved, we also dragged my husband’s beat up bike that he had when he was 15 just in case and forgot it was in the basement until the next time we had to move*
I literally have a bin in my garage for lawn mowing shoes, all my old shoes just get retired to that bin 😂
Oh, the cords really hit home! My husband has miles of cords and chargers for items we don't even have anymore.
Manuals - I have a manual drawer in the kitchen and every time we get something with a manual I put it there. If something goes wrong with anything I tell my husband to get the manual. He never does - he just looks it up online. BUT what if we lose the Internet and something happens? Well, then I have been preparing for that moment for 20 years!
We keep a box of cords and cables that I have no idea what they go with. My husband keeps layers and layers of old shoes and jackets. I have a really difficult time with stuffed animals - I even have my sister's and all of our kid's stuffies too.