What do you say to someone when they insist you to throw/give away your things you don't need.

@JimboSaturn and this is books !
Not old love letters or intimate photos or some such.

@Picklebobble2 Very well said, Thank you!

@Picklebobble2 Excellent points.

@Pinkstarburst 💯 It's soo annoying when they persist...

That’s a phrase we should be saying more in these situations. My sister tried to force me to recycle. One day when she was over here she says “Give me all your newspapers so I can recycle them.” I replied that I used every one of them to line the 4 bird’s cages. She grimaced because she was planning on forcing me to recycle. When she offered to cut up the cardboard boxes after a yard sale, she sat in my garage and for some reason chopped them in smaller pieces. I let her do it because I was fed up with her crap. And it was hot enough that the sweat was rolling down her face. Then right in front of her, I rolled the TRASH cart into the garage and picked all of them up and threw them in the trash and told her my RECYCLE bin was full of small branches to use to fuel my rocket stove. She grimaced really big then. And it was the last time I’ve ever let her come over here etc. Done, done, and done. (That was not the only thing she was doing but it was the straw that broke the camel’s back)

@bookerdana Yup

@fun4us2b You can always leave them to a library or other group when you are gone.

@Repete

My vote for BC

@Repete My sister brags on Facebook about being a “minimalist”. She won’t buy anything if she can get it from free from someone. She manipulates people for sympathy and someone will give her what she wants. Like getting free stuff after helping to organize a garage sale, and she looked down at her feet in front of the lady and remarked that she had worn the same shoes for over 2 years and they were worn out. Of course she had checked the sizes on other shoes she was sorting for the sale first. That lady walked into the house and out with 3 pairs of Skechers for her. And this lady was paying her to organize the sale. She had done it to me a few years before too, cherry-picked things. Then saw where she was posting them on Craigslist to sell for her own pocket money. Kept doing it after I was done with her. Now she uses Facebook to do it, posts some type of sad story and someone will give her new boots or whatever. She’ll do it so she doesn’t have to budget for such things. But turning around and trying to force me to part with things I want to keep is uncalled for. I haven’t been in contact with her for about 8 years now.

@cherokeepatti can’t blame you for that.
I consider myself a minimalist but not to get anything for free, I’m more than willing to pay for something but I’ll usually use it until it can’t be used anymore 😂. I have everything I need and some things I just like to have .
I have a collection of movies a lot on vhs , I collected stamps for a long time and a few other collections mostly small things

@JustNik That would work normally...

@OlderSometimesWiser Well, after a number of times, I think it's time to be a little rude...

@fun4us2b I heartily endorse that comment. Go for it!

Yep When someone doesn't ever throw anything away sometimes you have to make suggestions especially when you live with them. @OlderSometimesWiser

@cherokeepatti again that’s a good reason to keep them. It’s all about personal choice.

@Primnproper If the internet goes down I have a lot of good books for reference and reading

@cherokeepatti 👍

@JimboSaturn TBH I think I've only reread The Hobbit and the Foundation Trilogy. Ironically my dad gave my hardcover of the Hobbit from the 70's away after I lent it to him... and turns out it's a collectors item...

@fun4us2b Me too, but I just like to keep them. I think a bookshelf looks very homey.

@JimboSaturn Yeah, sometimes I just look at them...

@JimboSaturn I agree and have done it - there's a term for that with stuff you don't use - you have to emotionally depreciate it and then you can get rid of it!

@bijouxbroussard They don't, but then say, you can always buy it again, then goes on to complain about the environment...🤦🏻‍♂️talk about waste....just to be clear - I am by no means anywhere near a hoarder, not even books, I've given away so many, and bought so few since the inventions of Kindle and Audible....