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As an almost Millennial, the article resonates with me for the most part. I don't want stuff. We have plenty of room to store more stuff, but prefer to get rid of the stuff we have that's rarely used instead of acquiring more stuff.
I wouldn't take any antiques from my parents or grandparents and they already know this. Unless it's more useful or comfortable than whatever furniture I currently own.
I remember right around the time we got married back in 2004, my mom mentioned a fancy silverware set or china as a potential wedding gift. I told her I wouldn't use it and didn't feel like having it cluttering up the house. Instead, we received plane tickets and a week long cruise to the Caribbean ($1500 or so, probably the price of fine china and/or silverware).
I can tell you I enjoyed that awesome week more than I would having fine china or tarnished silverware sitting in a box in the closet or attic (waiting for me to die so I could hand it down to my kids that don't want it).
My parents have sooooo much stuff in their house (borderline hoarders, but relatively clean at least). Part of that is a stuff-intensive hobby (model trains) and part is simply not realizing that tons of stuff doesn't equal more happiness. It got to the point where the grandkids' playroom at grandma's house was so cluttered with toys (~90% of the floor space with goat trails to get around) that my kids didn't want to go over there any more. Maybe I'm rebelling against stuff in my own life due to my upbringing?
I wouldn't take any antiques from my parents or grandparents and they already know this. Unless it's more useful or comfortable than whatever furniture I currently own.
I remember right around the time we got married back in 2004, my mom mentioned a fancy silverware set or china as a potential wedding gift. I told her I wouldn't use it and didn't feel like having it cluttering up the house. Instead, we received plane tickets and a week long cruise to the Caribbean ($1500 or so, probably the price of fine china and/or silverware).
I can tell you I enjoyed that awesome week more than I would having fine china or tarnished silverware sitting in a box in the closet or attic (waiting for me to die so I could hand it down to my kids that don't want it).
My parents have sooooo much stuff in their house (borderline hoarders, but relatively clean at least). Part of that is a stuff-intensive hobby (model trains) and part is simply not realizing that tons of stuff doesn't equal more happiness. It got to the point where the grandkids' playroom at grandma's house was so cluttered with toys (~90% of the floor space with goat trails to get around) that my kids didn't want to go over there any more. Maybe I'm rebelling against stuff in my own life due to my upbringing?