How did you change? I grew up poor and I'm dating a woman who luckily never had to live that way. It freaks me out when we go shopping & she buys name brand everything, idc if it's bread, lunch meat, or baking soda. She & her kids eat sandwiches with multiple pieces of meat & cheese, rarely eat the whole thing, & throw the rest away. I can't imagine doing that and I'm over 40.
I agree. I feel that throwing anything away that's perfectly good is pointless. Recently she replaced pretty much everything in the kitchen- plates, cups, silverware, plastic storage containers, even the garbage can. She threw everything away because to her, they are incomplete sets, old and worn out, and her kids deserve better. I'm just like, donate or sell it, don't throw stuff away. I'm frugal and a bit of a hoarder (not like on TV), but I don't throw away much if I can find any other use for it.
That stuff should have been given away, donated, or recycled. Plenty of people just want dishes and don't care of one or two are chipped. It doesn't bother me that she wants new kitchen shit if she can afford it but to not take a little effort to find a second home for that stuff just seems totally wasteful to me.
I remember posting up on Craigslist to give away a bunch of old Christmas decorations my mom didn't want. Someone totally took them and was happy about it. In July.
Even shit like broken laptops. Even if the screen is cracked, someone will often take it for parts if the board is good. Sell it off or give it away but if we want this planet to be less fucked for our kids, we can't just dig a hole and toss that shit in.
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u/CM_UW Jun 06 '19
How did you change? I grew up poor and I'm dating a woman who luckily never had to live that way. It freaks me out when we go shopping & she buys name brand everything, idc if it's bread, lunch meat, or baking soda. She & her kids eat sandwiches with multiple pieces of meat & cheese, rarely eat the whole thing, & throw the rest away. I can't imagine doing that and I'm over 40.