Toys – old and new older
There are Savers and there are Tossers. Here is the down
side to being married to a saver when you’re a saver yourself: we accumulate
too much stuff. Now, we’re not hoarders which is a whole different pathology,( http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/harmless-pack-rat-or-compulsive-hoarder ) but we sure don’t throw much away. It’s not that we just quit housekeeping and
forgot to purge stuff. We intentionally
said in our head, “That’s a nice Tonka remote control truck. I’ll save that…for
(–fill in the blank) for later….for when
the friends bring their grandkids over…..for when we have grandkids…etc.) Or,
for no reason at all, it just seemed too good to dispense with it. I ‘ve been
cleaning out closets/cellars and dredging up old toys the kids haven’t seen in
years. While I’m in this temporary purge
mode, I show Judd an item and say, ” I can do without this, can you?” He does
the same. If either of us even hesitates, back it goes to the save pile. Some things we feel obliged to show the
respective child of previous ownership and ask them if they can part with the
item yet. They’re a little better about
purging than we are but I feel they lack creativity and aren’t really trying to
imagine pregnancy or having their own little child playing with the beloved dusty retro
toys from their childhood.
Wooden Pteradactyl model – kids can part with it but maybe
Judd’s math class
90’s Trivial Pursuit Game – Purge
The Original Trivial Pursuit Game – Stays
Swing set from the back yard – Goes
Wooden trebuchet model (assembled but never really slung
rocks) – to math class
American Girl doll and her dog sled – Stays (my call, not Malindi’s)
Mousetrap-Race Car that Ryley made with old Neil Young long playing record wheels -
Garbage!
Various aquariums/terrariums/cages for (over the years)
fish, anole, rat, mice, hamster,
bunnies – GONE!!
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Well, you're only old if you stop playing-- whatever toys you like. Too bad you can't go get some new toys any more with all those S & H green stamps !!
