At Christmas Day lunch with my family, my children asked me when was I planning to drink that wine with the dust on it and when was I planning on smoking those Cuban cigars I'm collecting. They said I'm sixty but not that I'm old but what am I waiting for to enjoy my better things. I don't drink my favourite wines and I don't smoke my favourite cigars and I try not to drive my car to much because I don't want to put kilometres on it to lose its value. They told me they don't know the value of any of my hobbies so probably they will give it all away so why not enjoy it and what am I waiting for when it's to late.
Holding that thought my wife was putting some of my fem stuff away and she asked me the same question, when am I going to wear my better stuff and I'm always wearing the same things. She asked me if I was waiting for some revolution that I'm going to break out and I want my best stuff available.
I told her it doesn't make sense for me to wear my $40 pantyhose to get ruined under jeans and maybe I'm waiting for a special occasion that may never happen.
She told me my main problem is I have to much stuff and because I have to move stuff to get to other stuff I only wear what's on top not to make a bigger mess to clean up, so if I purge some stuff I will be able to move around more freely and enjoy more of my things. She told me I don't have to collect because I've come a long way, before I was very nervous in the ladies department but now I roam around freely and believes I can buy my stuff now.
She then reminded me what my children told me and said what a shame it would be if opportunity doesn't hit and all my best stuff will end up in the garbage without me enjoying it. She told me to wear my slips to bed and start wearing my better stuff after all what am I waiting for when it's to late. We went through some of my stuff but I did move out some of it but very little.
With age comes new revaluations and outlooks we aren't getting younger and we can fight it as much as we want but nature is going to take its part.
Anyone else here collecting for who knows when or what or are we just hoarders?