When i was a little girl i saw mom always saving not just little bit money she had but also many different things .
She used to save all old stuff like pieces of cloths ,buttons ,toys ,all kind of old news papers ,bills and receipts .
she used to say that ,
" nothing is useless ,anything can be useful when we will need it suddenly "
I never got that because most of those stuff was stored in house for years and any of it was hardly used occasionally .
But we all will agree that saving is good habit though .
Apparently i hardly inherited any good habit from my dear mom .
I was carefree tomboyish girl who never took interest in household or housekeeping skills .
After marriage i realized that my husband has same habit of saving just like my mother.
I was shocked to see his small box who looked like a treasure chest but when he opened it front of me i was like Oh my what the hell is this ?
It was filled with so many old things like buttons ,papers clips ,pin holder ,cufflinks ,rusted needles ,nail cutters blah blah blah.
I was surprised that how a young man can be as possessive about old stuff.
By the years i learnt that he saves bills ,papers ,receipts and prescriptions.
Through all these 27 years together we argued over this issue many times .
Our first house was not as big to put furniture or stuff to decorate so we had only basic necessary stuff .
No matter how slattern i was after marriage i had grown fondness for tidy and well arranged house .
But i found hubby's old stuff restrain for my house management .
Whenever i asked him to throw away or atleast reduce some of that he thought i was trying to change him (yes ,youth's biggest problem is ego that appears larger than life most of the time)
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Anyway slowly though but we both learnt that to live together peacefully we both have to surrender our egos and accept each other as whole .
We both learnt to peek inside us and sort out what is actually right or wrong for both of us .
We learnt to eliminate the habits that raised issues in our adjustment .
In his love i learnt to save (n0 , not money) bills and receipts but only two or three moths older .
what i could not learn is to save a single penny i don't know why or may be i rely on hubby for this because i think this is not for me (what to do :( )
In my love, he learnt to give away old clothes and stuff , and stored things only that we both agree will be useful.
To make me feel free about house decoration he made two rooms upstairs to put all extra stuff there .
Do you save money and store old things ?