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[quote=Anonymous]Guys, my problem isn't that I can't bear to purge filthy dog toys or donate toddler clothes or formal wear that I wore when I was 28.

My problem is that every member of our household is **attached** to their things.  So,

Organizer:  I see you have 4 Lego sets here and all of them are red and blue.  Keep two, and choose two to put in the give-away bin.

Me: Uh, how about these two?

Son:  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  I love ALL FOUR LEGO SETS AND I PLAY WITH THEM.

Organizer:  Let's purge some of your husbands coats that are squashed in the closet too tightly.

Me:  Ok, but I'm not really sure which can stay and which can go, because I am not my husband and I don't know which need truly needs.

Husband:  I need all 7 coats because they serve different functions, and I honestly will wear all 7 at various  points during 2012.

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Now multiply this times 300.  It's the "human" barrier.   I don't know how to blow through it without literally trampling people's feelings.

I'm looking for THOSE kinds of suggestions.  Please, I swear I'll implement them.

When I was child, my purging, minimalist mom decided one day to throw out my horse statue collection while I was at school, since it was "clutter."  Later she sold at a fire sale price all of my father's class rings and pins that had sentimental value to him -- without asking.

I need to avoid things such as that.

Where do people in Manhattan keep their class rings and horse statuette collections?  Do they just not buy them in the first place?  Move to Jersey?  What?[/quote]

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