Originally Posted by
kjackson
Thanks I don't think I'm really a hoarder. I just hate getting rid of things I either paid good money for or belonged to someone I loved. Here's a good example. When my mom passed I ended up with 9 collector plates - Dressing Gone with the Wind - all plates of Scarlett O'Hara in her different dresses. In 16 years I have never displayed these plates and probably never will. There is a sentimental connection plus that is about $300 worth of plates. If I knew someone who would really like and use them I'd happily give them away. I just can't box them up and drop them off at Goodwill.
I was just saying to a friend how much I love that term "good money". I use it, too, but really what is bad money? Maybe the way to think about the plates is that if your Mom loved them, she got her money out of them. Maybe it's time to let someone else love them if you can let them go. Just a suggestion. I am trying to downsize, myself.