I see too much stuff. It's all around me. I get thoroughly exasperated with it all. If I look at it fairly and unemotionally, it's truly not all that bad. However, because we live in a small aprtment without any storage, all that we have is on display.-"Why yes, we like playing boardgames. How did you know? ...The tall bookcase filled with every game imaginable... next to the front door gave you a hint?"-"Why do you ask if our cats are overweight? You haven't met them yet... ahh yeah, you saw the Cat-so-trim-catfood artistically arranged next to the fridge..."-"Why would you assume that one of us has had problems with foot-warts?!? Oh, the medicated band-aids on display in the bathroom..."Still, I get frustrated. If we were to pare down the amount we have it could be argued by dual personalities that once we move- if we move, we'll need the furniture. We'll have space for the things that we are atttached to... Some of the things we may not be able to get again. That may be good. In fact, that may be better.We used to live in a beautiful old home. (The heating bills were a bitch.) We had approx. 2000 sq. ft. to call our own. Not much storage, but enough for what we had. Since then, we've cut back on a lot.I'm warring with myself (and perhaps eventually with Huzband); do I cut back even further? Or do we live with it?Do I bare the cuticle or grow those too-long fingernails? Either way, there's pain or discomfort.
 
   

 


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nomad on
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Thank you. Coming from you (a fellow neat freak) it means a lot.
3rdplanet on
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Haha...I used to have this very same problem...I, however, cannot stand clutter! It drives me nuts! This is only because I am anal about everything...um I think the point was supposed to be screw where the cat food and stuff is placed and be happy...ignore me...I babble
AllAroundPsycho on
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Take it from someone who has seen said apartment.Yes, you may be able to see all their belongings pretty much out in the open, but there is something else you can see.Personality.This apartment has personality... and I think the "clutter" helps to define it. Its the renaissaince of the clutter, too. Yes, there's a cut-out of Star Fox from Nintendo... just a few feet away from a painting of a beautiful courtyard scene. The apartment's personality is a perfect blend of its two inhabitant's personalities.I wouldn't get rid of the "clutter". I'd hold on to it as long as you can. Not only does it add to the ambiance, but you'll miss it later if you do get a larger apartment.Remember the source... a guy who is just as anal about clutter as 3rdplanet probably is.
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I am sooper anal too. But I'm a collector at heart. I want my stuff organized. Stored. Filed. Respected. Clean. But the best I can muster is... I don't know... defeat? gut-wrenching pain at seeing the crap out in the open? Severe annoyance? Stubbed toes?*sigh* I will keep you posted whether you want me to or not.
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see my note below; you and allaroundpsycho said similar things and I thought best to respond to both, (but thanks for giving me hope.) I'm a neat freak, and I don't- can't screw where that catfood is. I can't let it be.

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