People win over things every time.
As far as tolerating my stash - well, let's just say he has way more "stuff" than I do. Last week I found him taking knots of bits of string, then tying them end to end into a long piece and rolling it into a ball. Just an example...
Now, if something happened and I them, I sure as heck don't plan to replace him. But my stash would have to be replaced for sure.