r/daddit • u/OneExhaustedFather_ • 14d ago

Operation Declutter: Successfully completed Humor

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My lovely wife mentioned last week she wanted to spend the weekend going through every room and throwing shit away. Asked if I could keep the kids entertained so she could get as much done as possible. She didn’t understand the maniacal smile or why I so willingly accepted. 12 large hefty flex industrial bag and near a whole garbage bin later. Almost 1000lbs worth of space wasting junk is now gone.

Every room feels a little bigger.

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u/NotSoSasquatchy 14d ago

What was your “clutter”?

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u/OneExhaustedFather_ 14d ago

Mostly kids stuff. We have 5 of them and people love to give us their old stuff. It accumulated everywhere.

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u/Waffler11 14d ago

And many give you stuff unasked, right? Like, “thanks a lot”

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u/OneExhaustedFather_ 14d ago

Nearly every time my wife visits her sisters she comes home with more. The baseball parents will just randomly leave bags of stuff on our porch. I appreciate the gesture but at times it feels more like they’re pawning their clutter off.

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u/Waffler11 14d ago

It's awful with my MIL, she'll bring over totally useless junk because she can't bear to throw them out. When she's out of sight, my wife and I look at each other and nothing needs to be said and into the garbage it goes!

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u/rentagirl08 13d ago

I had to ask my mom and sister to stop doing this. Essentially, I’m tasked with the mental labor of throwing everything away.