DH binned the clothes for the refuges. AIBU?

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I sorted through my children’s clothes and had some lovely clothes in good condition that no longer fit. I know there are a local family of refuges that would benefit from them so I made some enquiries and I was told someone would collect them from me soon. Anyway, time passed and they hadn’t got back to me so I reached out again and was told the lady supporting this family had a death in the family. If I keep the clothes, they would get in touch in future. I knew these clothes would be too big for the children and personally didn’t mind storing for as long as they need.

Anyway, DH point blank refused for me to keep this bag of clothes in the garage. His argument is that I hoard stuff in there. I really wouldn’t mind if this was true, but I really don’t. There’s probably one bag of kids clothes in there that are for my other child to grow into. I have also kept some baby equipment, but we haven’t completely ruled out having another child.

So the bag was in the corner of our bedroom. Not ideal. DH kept moaning about the bag asking me to chase up the lady. I refused and explained I have told her I’ll keep the bag for now. He wouldn’t stop moaning about it and in frustration, I said something along the lines of “DH, I’ve told someone I’ll keep this for them. I want to keep it in the garage but you’re being so difficult about it. If you’re seriously going to keep behaving like this then you might as well bin it.” And I walked off. The bag later disappeared and I assumed he had come to his senses and popped it in the garage. Today, I found out that he has in fact binned all the clothes. I’m furious! I know I said it in frustration so it’s maybe unreasonable of me to be annoyed, but he has been so annoying about this whole situation. Who is he to tell me we can’t keep this one bag of clothes when we do have the space to. Don’t get me wrong, our garage is fairly full, but just average in terms of how you’d expect a garage to look.

Im really upset because these were really good quality clothes. What an absolute waste! 😢

Op, sorry to say you have a hoarding problem. One day you might need something, and future repairs if you have another kid and if this pram gets damaged.

A hoarding problem because of one bag of clothes and keeping the pram in case of another baby?

Because he asked Op several times.

And op was not willing to donate them to anyone else and was keeping it until kids were big enough to fit them.
This is what op says in her further post -
I thought that maybe they’ll have trouble keeping the clothes until they’re the right size for the children. That may be the reason they asked if I could hold onto them.

Do you not think you are overreacting? Monumental bellend. Why so much anger?

I think the OP is under reacting!

The idea of the garage being controlled in that way, the whining about the bag in the bedroom and the willful waste makes me pretty annoyed. Not something I could live with in a partner. I think people who throw good things away to score a point with their partner are bellends. 🤷

Of course she doesn't, you obviously have no idea what real hoarding looks like.

He sounds a dick. A selfish and wasteful one with no concern for the planet or other people.
I would be raging.

In case of another baby? When is she planning to have this baby?

She is calling her H controlling and ok with him being called tosser, dickhead over and over.

Also the bag is to be stored until this family's kids are the big enough for these clothes, if op is not hoarder and this family's kids are too young to fir into them, why didn't she give them to another family?

This is what op said -

I thought that maybe they’ll have trouble keeping the clothes until they’re the right size for the children. That may be the reason they asked if I could hold onto them.

Op IBU. Also, there are 2 bags as mentioned in a further post. Also, other items in case more kids happen.

Neither do you

Op are you suspecting that your H is controlling and you are an easy prey because of your childhood?

But you are also saying one day you might have another kid and as you didn't mention plans to leave him, your posts are getting quite confusing.

In case H is abusive, then your worry should be impact on your existing kids and plan your future accordingly, not about pram being stored for future potential kids or H binning one bag of clothes.

It doesn't matter how annoying you might find one bag of clothes. You don't deal with the issue by throwing it away. At least, you don't if you're a decent person.

Apparently so 🤣

But no one knows until their child is born if they'll gave another child. Do people really sell everything and then buy it again a year later once the next one is born?

@SleepingStandingUp don't be facetious. They currently have no plans to have another child. It's fine to keep them if you're going to try for another child in a few years but if they currently have no intention of even trying it's hoarding.

This thread is wild. I always thought it the norm to store your baby things away until you've decided you're definitely done. It definitely isn't the norm to just throw it all away and buy more (and indeed pretty much everyone I know has done this!)

The issue isn't the refugee family. Those clothes were already in the OPs house. She's merely put them in a bag. The husband is being a twat about it for no valid reason as essentially, having 1 bag in the garage shouldn't require his approval.

Your DH should have just taken them to a charity shop. That’s what I would have done. I couldn’t stand having a bag in my bedroom for ages either.

Who made him your boss?

Do you tell him where he's allowed to store things, what can go in the garage? Throw his belongings away?

Perhaps you should bin something of his. And let him know you'll do the same everything he disposes of one of your bags.

"If you’re seriously going to keep behaving like this then you might as well bin it.”

You told him to bin the items, OP. Why say it if he's supposed to know you didn't mean it.
Hope you work thru this peacefully.
I did wonder...
... how big was the bag, as in how many items, carrier bag, half a bin bag?
... how long was the bag sat in the bedroom corner before you told him to bin the items.

Does sound like the garage is mostly family items, neither his nor hers.

He’s an idiot for throwing perfectly good clothes in the bin, especially when he knew they’d been promised to someone else. It sounds like keeping them in the garage wouldn’t have affected him negatively at all and he was just wanting something to moan about. Is he usually such a nag?

I wouldn't be annoyed - unless you're literally tripping over the bag, what harm is it doing?

@Q2C4 it looks out of place and messy. It's irritating but I think we've established what bothers some people wouldn't bother others

It's not out of place if you're storing it to prevent contributing to landfill whilst helping a family out though.

So take it to a charity shop or a clothes bin

OP couldn’t do this, she was obsessed with one particular family so it had to go to them whether they wanted it or not

That’s completely unfair, and very unpleasant.

The OP had promised the clothes to this particular family and she wanted to honour that promise.

It was a bag of clothes, not a bomb, and could easily have been moved to the garage but that wasn’t good enough for the DH.

They clearly didn’t want them. They should have been taken to a charity shop.