I've been so fortunate to have a wonderful hubby who's always told me . . . "It doesn't eat, nor drink - so keep it as long as you want". We're now looking at a move 500 miles away and after 30 years in the same home I've got tons of non-eating and drinking stuff and he's already said, don't worry about trying to get rid of things, because it's something you love doing. Wow, what a man!!!