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Husband 'recycling/binning' my stuff

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MealDealDreamz · 11/08/2024 10:18

If your husband were recycling your stuff without always checking with you first, would you be pissed off? I have too much stuff in his opinion. He will create bags of recycling and I'll ask to go through it first and find stuff that I really want but he doesn't know the value of / reason for keeping. He's taken books to charity before that had personal messages / sentimental value. He said he thought I wasn't bothered about them as I'd said one of them was crap. I bought them back at the charity shop. Now I'm off, he's talking about having a 'good clear out' and I'm feeling the pressure of using my time off to clear out stuff. While I accept that this needs to be done, and I have said I will do it, I feel this pressure to do things to his timetable. This morning I found he'd 'recycled' some of my herbs and spices as they 'were out of date' and you 'don't really use thyme'. He'd put a normal paprika to be recycled as he said we already have a paprika. (We don't. It was a hot and smoked one)
What do you think? Is he being controlling or am I a hoarder who needs taking in hand. I'm just so angry with him

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NuffSaidSam · 11/08/2024 10:25

It's hard to say without knowing how much stuff you have/how full your house is, how weak your reasons are for keeping stuff and how often/long he's been asking you to clear it out.

LottieMary · 11/08/2024 10:24

Agree, a bit of both, although I don’t think you can recycle herbs?!

properly out of date food is joint and a shared responsibility to get rid of as needed
your books are yours. If you’ve thousands then perhaps either prune, store or think about how they are stored (I’d be frustrated with piles of stuff).

do you have too much? My husband won’t throw anything away really, he collects a lot, but it’s fully stored and displayed. We have a robot hoover so the floor has to be clear which is excellent

sunsetsandboardwalks · 11/08/2024 10:20

It sounds like a bit of both, to be honest.

He shouldn't be chucking out your stuff, but living with someone who never throws anything way can be incredibly frustrating.