Originally Posted by Greenheron
Empty spaces attract junk like tv screens attract dust. Junk paralyzes progress. Take a look at the junk and if it really IS just stuff taking up space---get rid of it. If it's yours and you're not using it---get rid of it. If it's his, move it out.
The passive/aggressive advice is entertaining and funny but not conducive to good relationships. Proverbs 31: 10-12
I love the junk vs TV analogy, I'll have to remember that one. And I agree with Proverbs 31:10-12. I'd like to hope this Board saves more relationships than it breaks up.
As for me and my house, my DH is very attached to anything that was his grandmother's or his mother's so we have multi-generational junk! (Of course I do have a very crowded sewing room myself so....) I should have know he was a pack rat when we got married. He still had every single single note we had ever passed to each other in high school! (I threw mine away so as to avoid any evidence before I got home from school.)
And I try to remember, when I point the finger at someone else there are four more pointed back at me.