JUNK DRAWER

[Donovan]

My girlfriend has an entire junk house. I am helping her declutter. But it occasionally takes a few episodes of Hoarders to get her focused. I just keep reminding her of the feeling of weight being lifted with every box out the door, and I have successfully turned all but one room into livable space. Slow work, but I am patient.

My x was the same way, we had the same deal, declutter etc....
11 years later I am out and the fucking junk is still there

I had something similar in my marriage, my ex wife was a packrat and I badgered her into a garage sale/ giveaway. She whined about not knowing what to throw away and I said she should get rid of anything broken, useless or she was sick of looking at.

Next thing I know I'm sitting on the curb with a box of baby toys, a busted toaster oven and a stack of old National Geographics...