Maybe I am a hoarder...

[AzeriZ]

My former co-worker used to joke with me that I was a "hoarder" b/c I'd always grab candy whenever I passed the jar and divvy it out to folks, then throw a few in my drawer. I was always like "I'm not a hoarder!  I just don't eat all my candy in one sitting like you do, piggy!"  So today while I was organizing some old paperwork, I ran across a box of letters and cards. Near the top was a birthday card...from 1998...from my DENTIST.     I guess I am a hoarder!!   

[mrsbluesmith]

LOL!

[wadee1958]

My former co-worker used to joke with me that I was a "hoarder" b/c I'd always grab candy whenever I passed the jar and divvy it out to folks, then throw a few in my drawer. I was always like "I'm not a hoarder!  I just don't eat all my candy in one sitting like you do, piggy!"  So today while I was organizing some old paperwork, I ran across a box of letters and cards. Near the top was a birthday card...from 1998...from my DENTIST.     I guess I am a hoarder!!   

that's not so bad. i have something that i still own since i was in high school.

[squirrelgirl44]

I think most people are hoarders in some small way. But you aren't a crazy hoarder if you can still walk in your house and if you don't have stuff piled to the ceiling, lol

[vmcutshall]

I think most people are hoarders in some small way. But you aren't a crazy hoarder if you can still walk in your house and if you don't have stuff piled to the ceiling, lol

I agree with your statement. My aunt was a hoarder because she never threw anything away and her house had isles that you walked to get to the furniture. And you generally had to clean it off to sit down.

[mzzsarah12]

Something like a card from way back when is not all that be, but if it was a bill or something then yea you might just be a hoader. As long as you can see the floor I think your ok lol

[jenniferhoder]

You may want to consider getting some counseling to help.
Hoarding can become larger than most people can control.
Good luck!

[grimboots]

Cards are also the weirdest thing for me to receive. I enjoy giving cards because I know other people enjoy them but I also know that I don't. I just feel akward pretending to read it, and then saying thank you. I can't wait to throw stuff like that away because it just...seems so pointless!

[TheSteelFists]

oh man! I am still cleaning out my closets full of stuff from 10+ years ago! So I know the feeling! lol

[bholmes618]

I think we all keep some things for sentimental reasons or perhaps if we aren't sure if we will need a document in the future.  And I believe in being prepared or using our money wisely, such as stocking up on a sale price.   But to keep everything "just in case" can get out of control.  Saw a program on HGTV - you could hardly even walk through the house.  That is more my definition of hoarding.

[sdenimandlace1]

I was visited by the IRS this year and some of the thing she asked for were over ten years old.  she also ask for ele. and water bills which I had.  the visit went great because I had kept the documents from all those years and could prove everything she asked for.  so some things it payes to safe.

[blondie71]

Sometimes I think I am. Not to the extent that the show about hoarders but it seems  I keep everything thinking I will use it and  than I don't.  My mom and I use to buy nick nacks and stuff all the time and we would bring it home and we knew we did not need the stuff buy shopping was like therapy it made us feel good and it was something we could do together.  We ended up openning a collectable store for a few years and that helped until business wasn't doing so good and we had to close the store.  The lady I rented from died and her sister took over and she was raising the rent and everything, I am a quiet person and I don't tell people what I think when they make me made I just keep it bottled up but that women brought out the worse in me not only did I tell her off but I yelled at her just like what she was doing to me my mom and sister where shocked. 

[Onlinedou2]

interesting.....

[SherylsShado]

My former co-worker used to joke with me that I was a "hoarder" b/c I'd always grab candy whenever I passed the jar and divvy it out to folks, then throw a few in my drawer. I was always like "I'm not a hoarder!  I just don't eat all my candy in one sitting like you do, piggy!"  So today while I was organizing some old paperwork, I ran across a box of letters and cards. Near the top was a birthday card...from 1998...from my DENTIST.     I guess I am a hoarder!!   

Funny-cute story!!  Perhaps there are "degrees" of hoarding, I know a lady that has so many "collections" going (art, books, pottery, antiques, Barbies, Happy Meal toys, etc.) plus she's afraid to throw ANYTHING out in case she might need it (newspapers, food containers, bills/mail, etc.) that you can't see her floors.  (She doesn't have "aisles", she either pushes something out of the way or crawls over top her stash to get around in her home.)  She left her house one day and one of her "stash piles" fell over and she couldn't get her front door open.  She had to get a guy from the neighborhood to come over and take her door off it's hinges!  (That was about ten years ago and that house is still cram packed from floor to ceiling, every room plus the basement!)  That place is a fire hazard, it's probably got mice, layers upon layers of dust...I don't know how anyone can live like that!

[kqa]

Being sentimental isn't the same as being a hoarder but you might wanna ditch the card. LOL