Hoarding...

[ChiefKiasu]

westmom:

... Nah...I don't think Chief is autistic...He has all the very signs of being an irritating perfectionist....wah....I salute your wife for being able to stand you...hahaha

Thanks thanks! So this means I no need to see brain specialist tomorrow har? So relieved.

[sleepy]

I think I'm a half breed


Hoarding? Yes, I file IRAS statements, donation receipts. Keep 7 years. Other stuff like credit card statements, utility bills, around 3 years. My old textbooks, oh so hard to part, even though I never flip them...20 years & still counting
:!:

Thrower? Yes, me too! I'm the only person in the house who is throwing stuff out. Newspapers, magazines, circulars all go to recyling bags. Clothing my kids outgrown, baby cot, stroller, out in a flash to salvation army. Yippee, so shiok to get rid of all the stuff I no longer need.

I do minor spring cleaning (throwing) every two weeks, major one every two months. Mini ones, daily! Always looking for things to throw :nunchuk: Not even a piece of paper is allowed on the floor. No clutter! No junk on any exposed area like table top, TV console, coffee table. Absolutely no clutter! House rule number 2


My kids are definitely hoarders. Junks build up quickly in their room. I can feel my blood pressure rising whenever I step into their room. They even collect empty vitagen bottles :x They have learnt one trick though. In order to hold on to their treasures, must keep them out of my sight. Otherwise gone in a flash

[mrswongtuition]

insider:

Perfectionists...usually difficult to have a maid working for them...Those who can have maid to work for them for more than two years / four years / six years / etc are usually those who can close one eye ones...


So, if you keep changing maid, maybe have to ask whether coz it's due to your 'perfectionist' nature...

PS: I have a few perfectionist friends, well to do, but all without maids, coz if maid with them, either they murder the maid or vice versa coz the maid can never meet up to their expectations...

My hb says I'm a perfectionist (maybe because he is a hoarder). I love my books perfectly wrapped up, no dog ears, no bends. I love to keep the house absolutely clean, no flyers, mailers, letters lying around the house.

But, I have a maid & we are going to renew our current maid's contract. I think we are fortunate to find a perfectionist too. She frowns together with me when my hb starts hoarding. She clears the place so fast that I hardly see any 'nonsense' lying around although I know there will be.

Btw, I think my son is like me. He keeps his toys sorted out according to the type of toys & he'll keep his toys very neatly in his cupboard.

[schellen]

mrswongtuition:

But, I have a maid & we are going to renew our current maid's contract. I think we are fortunate to find a perfectionist too. She frowns together with me when my hb starts hoarding. She clears the place so fast that I hardly see any 'nonsense' lying around although I know there will be.


Btw, I think my son is like me. He keeps his toys sorted out according to the type of toys & he'll keep his toys very neatly in his cupboard.

If I'm a SAHM, I will be like your maid. :lol: If your maid comes to my home, she will :faint:!

Btw, any chance of \"borrowing\" your son on a regular basis to influence my DD? :rotflmao:

[ChiefKiasu]

insider:

... Errr...my books usually are full with dog ears, folds, highlighting, comments, etc, etc. The more 'rugged' a book is = the more time I have spent on each (meaning if no marks ones are those that I am yet to lay my hands on)...

Ugggh! I'll tear my hair out if I see such books. The funny thing is my kid's school teachers make the children fold the pages of the books to indicate corrections. Yuucks.

BTW... I love to get book collections, but I have to make sure they get stored in the correct sequence. My boy gets the brunt of my compulsive behavior during the holidays where he would just pull out a whole bunch of books and simply stuff them back without thinking at all.

[buds]

ChiefKiasu:

insider:

... Errr...my books usually are full with dog ears, folds, highlighting, comments, etc, etc. The more 'rugged' a book is = the more time I have spent on each (meaning if no marks ones are those that I am yet to lay my hands on)...

Ugggh! I'll tear my hair out if I see such books. The funny thing is my kid's school teachers make the children fold the pages of the books to indicate corrections. Yuucks.

:rotflmao:

[mrswongtuition]

ChiefKiasu:

insider:

... Errr...my books usually are full with dog ears, folds, highlighting, comments, etc, etc. The more 'rugged' a book is = the more time I have spent on each (meaning if no marks ones are those that I am yet to lay my hands on)...

Ugggh! I'll tear my hair out if I see such books. The funny thing is my kid's school teachers make the children fold the pages of the books to indicate corrections. Yuucks.

I will scream my lungs out at anyone who make my books 'imperfect'. I do highlight my books if necessary but I do so extremely neatly. My sis is still using some of my books which I kept from my sec sch days & her friends are very amazed that I've kept them so well.

Even my story books are all neatly wrapped up & kept nicely

[buds]

insider:

jedamum:

[quote=\"ChiefKiasu\"]
I will take my time to make sure the notes in my wallet are properly placed in ascending order, and in the right way up.

:lol: with regards to the above, while he is not a hoarder (he can trash the seminar notes the moment he finish his coursework :roll: ), my husband has the exact same habit as yours - i can't stand the arranging of notes habit!
or course, i must complement him by being the exact opposite!

errr....excuse me...may I know whether chief and jedamum's hubby belongs to those GEP group...coz these seem to be signs of autism... (no kidding!)[/quote]

ChiefKiasu:

What?! I'm... I'm autistic?! :scared: Now you have me sh*tting my pants, insider.

She does have a point there, Chief...... :idea:

It may surprise you when you meet your competition.
They can be super organized in record time boy...!

I had one boy who will get extremely disoriented when
he sees puzzles in shelves... he just had to have them
in a line and re-arranged them so quickly in a manner
he deemed more organized.

[MLR]

Jedamum's DH and Chief seems to be suffering from some form of Obessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).


I had a friend who was like that, he would hv to straighten and align things that he comes across or he would experience anxiety attacks. We used to do library duties together in our sec school days. Oh boy, he the one that everyone loves to be on duty with, cos he would spent the entire duty period organising the books on the shelves. We would just hv to do counter duties (even back then, I already hated filing/sorting). His condition was serious to got noticed by our teachers, cos he took a long time to get any work done. Our Form Teacher went for a family visit and finally managed to get help for him. He attended therapy and managed to control his OCD and able to lead a normal life. I lost contact with him after he went abroad for further studies.

Both DH and I are hoarders (Gosh, that really sound like attending AA session). I m a more organised hoarder and I hoard containers and books. DH is the totally disorganised hoarder that hoards papers, especially catalogue/flyers/magazines/receipts, etc AND clothes. Any table/counter surface in our place could hardly survived for more than 24hrs without DH bringing home some paper to cover the area.

When we had to move 3 times in a period of 10 months, we had to store some of our stuff in temporary storage, we about 80 boxes of stuff in storage. Finally when we settled down in our current place and I had to unpack the mountain of boxes, I found at least 20 boxes that marked \"DH's stuff\" and thats excuding his clothes/toiletries and household stuff. We are currently into our 14th month stay in our current place and there are still about 10 boxes that marke \"DH's stuff\" remains untouched and in the study room, which now look like an extension of the store. He kept his receipts and electronics/appliances catalogues/magazines for the last 5 yrs or more. Out of the 10 over boxes that was unpacked, more than half of the stuff were thrown away. I was so upset that we had spent all those extra $$ to store his useless papers and also he didn't even sort thru his stuff when he packed, he just dump everything in the drawers/table/counter surface into a carton box, sealed it up and labelled \"DH's stuff\". His clothes, OMG, where do I even begin. Just T-shirts alone, he has at least 80 pcs of them. Dragon boat team gives out one for each season and he would join for at least 2 to 3 seasons each year, he has been with the team since 1998. He loves souvenir T-shirts, lots of those Canada, Australia, Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, NYC, etc, etc...... His work shirts, if no laundry is done for a month, he would still be able to wear a fresh shirt for work everyday. I shan't go on about the rest of his wardrobe. I m a minimalist when it comes to wardrobe and yet I had to pick a man who is more vain than me.

I hoard containers and books. Books, I manage to keep it under control and try not to buy more than a book a month, thats including for DS and myself. I goes to the public library now for my fiction fix. I still buy books for DS though, cos most of the library books for children are in terrible condition. I had to give/donate away about half my book, mostly fiction when we moved. There are still more at my parents' place and my mom is threathening to give them or throw them away. Containers, those for use in the kitchen. I love to keep them and whenever I buy stuff, i tend to get the refill pack, so I get to use them. So, actually I m doing my part and be green.

In the meantime, DH is still bringing home flyers/magazines/catalogues, etc. When people asked why do we want a 3 bedroom space for 2 adults, a kid and a little dog, my answer is most often: \"for Dh to store more papers\".

[Jennifer]

For those who are organised hoarders or disorganised hoarders, what’s your blood group? Trying to establish a relation between the two.


I am A+, considered myself as a organised hoarder of recipes.