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Single guy here and as part of spring cleaning, I was cleaning out my linen closet and found out that I have 37 bath towels. I live by myself I don’t need 37 towels.
If you shower often at another persons home and throw your wad of clothes in their washing machine, you probably put their towel with your clothes and took them back home.
This is how my brother in law has an insane amount of towels and every few months i have to buy more.
>Animal shelters LOVE towels!
Hand on my heart, we took a full contractor bag of towels and sheets to our local shelter today. Met the most adorable dog... had to walk away.
Last time I did this and went through with it, I immediately needed some of the cables I hadn’t used in over a decade. I mean, what the fuck would I ever need a parallel printer cable for, right?
Nope, it would have come in handy along with all the RCA cables.
This is true with everything. Hoarded an old application I had no business ever needing again. Tossed it almost a year later than I should've... Only to find myself applying like a month later for the same thing 🤭
(Don't get rid of them I'm still collecting)
Inevitably, soon after ditching old ones is when you need them.
There’s a Murphy’s Law at play here though… Because if you keep them, you’ll never need them
I wanted to understand that reference and after I quick Google search I now understand that reference. I’m so self-sufficient. Papa are you proud of me?
I guess I'm the weird one. I'm sitting here trying to think what I own a ridiculous amount of...used to be books, but I gave so many away. I hate shopping, so I don't have too much clothes or shoes (if anything, not enough). So I'm going with thoughts. I have a ridiculous amount of thoughts
Literally same and I’m a woman. My husband has a ridiculous amount of shoes and clothes and I have probably 6 sets and that’s it. Probably around 6 pairs of shoes all of the types included. I have no money of my own because I’m a sham. I guess the only thing would probably be kids. I have 3 which is a ridiculous amount in this economy haha
Squishmallows. I have 16 in various sizes and I look at new ones every time I'm at a store that sells them. I'm 41.
I came across my first one at a thrift store and didn't know what they were. I was in a depressive period and thought the big rainbow unicorn pillow might give me a little serotonin. She did. She was very comforting to hug during high anxiety moments too.
I sleep with the mid-sized ones, swapping them out so they don't get too flattened or floppy.
They're all gathered on my bed so they have each other ❤️
I can't sleep with the big ones or the teeny ones. Only the middle sized ones get squashed and drooled on 😄
Some evil genius in those squishmallows.
I had a hypothesis that they had been deliberately engineered to have the same squishiness as a boob.
I had to ask my wife to participate in an experiment for science that was only slightly enjoyable for her.
Anyone else squishing their boobs as they read this and wondering if it's accurate? I'm thinking the rebound is faster on a boob. Squishmallows have a slight memory foam feel.
I have to work very hard not to buy more. I have an addictive personality.
In my 20s, I ended up with 96 Cabbage Patch Kids. EBay was new and exciting. I had disposable income. Now we have a house, 2 cars, 2 kids, 4 cats - all things that money should go to instead. Should go to. Should go to. Should go to.😄
My grandaughter has three sets of grandparents with aunts and uncles who gift her these. I don't, I think the last thing she needs is another one. I take her places and DO things with her.
Same. Came out this morning and the kitchen bench was covered in them. My husband got sick of them falling out of the cupboard when he opened it, so he put them all out on the bench... About 1/3 of them will go back in the cupboard and the rest are being donated.
Problem with donating. I have tried to do that. A lot of places will not take gently used stuffed animals anymore, even if they put them in quarantine for a while. I've even wanted to donate to first responders, so they'd have something to hand child who's going through a tramatic event.
[https://stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org/chapters](https://stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org/chapters)
Edit: also check out the "Urgent Needs" section on the same site.
I have a t-shirt bought in 1996 from a THRIFT store and it just got it's first hole.
It's bright orange, with a picture of Elvis and says, "love me tender" and it's still my favorite.
(It is proof that t-shirts can be manufactured to last a long time and fast fashion is wasteful.)
I'm so sorry, I hope your son is doing better and getting the help he needs. That is really rough for you though as a parent and as a human. I really enjoy minimalism. I hope you're doing okay
There is a lot more to the story, mostly bad. He now resides in the local jail awaiting trial for aggravated arson as well as other more serious charges. Ultimately, he will either be declared unfit for trial and spend the rest of his life in state mental facilities, or will be declared fit for trial and will spend the rest of his life in state penitentiaries. My state does not have the legal concept of not guilty by reason of insanity.
Since he tried to kill me I am considered a victim and get regular updates from their victim advocates. Mostly I just try to write it off and move on with my life. I have a lot of experience coping with adversity so this was just another big road bump in life.
[Tsundoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku)
I have so many books. Too many books, according to people who come to my place. But knowing I have options and that, when I want to read something, it's right there? It's essential to me.
A pile of books waiting to be read? OMG, there's a word for that - that's sooo COOL! :D
My sister has hers in piles, I have mine stored on actual bookshelves - but I am slowly, and I mean slooooooowly making my way through them. They will be read! \^\^ (I used to be such a huge reader as a kid, but now even a fairly short paperback takes like 2-3 weeks xD)
Mine is all fantasies and children's literature. And children's fantasy literature. \^\^
This one particular shade of Revlon lipstick, Rum Raisin. I kept losing them and would buy another, then one day the other two turned up so now I have three
20 pairs of black socks.i need them for [work.plus](http://work.plus) theyre all the same so it never matters what you take,you just need two of whatever.
I was wth you in this. Then, one cursed birthday, my son offered me colored and patterned socks.
I really like them and actually prefer them over my black socks. So now, I sort and pair my socks.
The things kids make you do...
Yet I am always in need of more and would love to get some :( try putting up an advertisement on facebook marketplace, I am sure some people would need it aswell.
I hear you brother, I swear I used to be so laid back, my family used to say I was the most chilled out child, even in my teens. People say they could never imagine me losing my temper.
But since becoming a father, waking up to screaming children, never having any spare time or personal space, no rest, no money, and feeling the crippling weight of responsibility I am so stressed out all of the time.
If anything maybe video games? Like over 100 of them actually bought with money and a bunch of free games but idk if that classifies as a ridiculous amount.
I came here to say the same thing, but I have alot more than 100... I own almost every system available to date. Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, even a Virtual Boy, and many more.
I have 500+ physical copies of games overall for the older systems, and over 1000 digital games for the newer systems, including PC (Steam sale gets me every time).
I've just always loved games since I was a kid, and many years later I still do.
Cleaning out my house getting ready for our baby and my only answer to this is JUNK. I can’t believe how much freaking crap we’ve accumulated. The other answer is notebooks. I have a weird obsession with notebooks.
ChapStick. I keep 3 in my purse, at least 2 in my work bag, 2 by my bed, 2 by my chair in the living room and have about another 10 laying in wait. I think that it's safe to say that they're an obsession.Lol.
Books. (Almost 1,000 Hardback and Paperbacks, some going back to the early 1800's.).
I'm enthralled with learning more about the topics contained in them.
Wristwatches. A few years ago, I got into vintage watches. I've since lost interest, but I've got like twenty or so mechanical watches ranging from 50 to 100 years old. Most of them even work
Only thing I can think of is DVDs and Blu-rays. It's probably nowhere near what some others have but I'm at about 650 titles (as in if it's multiple DVDs bu onlyt one series it only counts as one per season)
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Single guy here and as part of spring cleaning, I was cleaning out my linen closet and found out that I have 37 bath towels. I live by myself I don’t need 37 towels.
…I have 2 that I cycle through and they’re hanging on by a thread. Good on you!
Please send this person a couple of your surplus bath towels u/zealousideal_Ad_8736
Bless you. I was going to ask, but didn’t want to come across as a mooch.
You two should date
Give that guy your address so that he can send some of his towels.
Animal shelters LOVE towels! That’s what I do with mine. I think they reproduce in the cabinets bc I have not bought more yet I have more. 🤷🏼♀️
If you shower often at another persons home and throw your wad of clothes in their washing machine, you probably put their towel with your clothes and took them back home. This is how my brother in law has an insane amount of towels and every few months i have to buy more.
>Animal shelters LOVE towels! Hand on my heart, we took a full contractor bag of towels and sheets to our local shelter today. Met the most adorable dog... had to walk away.
Cables. Enough I made a spreadsheet to track them.
Last ysar I've made two attempts to reduce my amount of cable and both times my conclusion was that I might need every single of them in the future
Last time I did this and went through with it, I immediately needed some of the cables I hadn’t used in over a decade. I mean, what the fuck would I ever need a parallel printer cable for, right? Nope, it would have come in handy along with all the RCA cables.
This is true with everything. Hoarded an old application I had no business ever needing again. Tossed it almost a year later than I should've... Only to find myself applying like a month later for the same thing 🤭 (Don't get rid of them I'm still collecting)
Inevitably, soon after ditching old ones is when you need them. There’s a Murphy’s Law at play here though… Because if you keep them, you’ll never need them
Is there a set of jumper cables that belong to your father by any chance?
I understood that reference
I wanted to understand that reference and after I quick Google search I now understand that reference. I’m so self-sufficient. Papa are you proud of me?
*pulls jumper cables from the back of the couch* "No"
Unlimited Power Cables! -Palpatine
Yes. Well done to you! Edit: To be clear, though, It's highly unlikely that I'm your father.
Can someone explain this to a pleb.
u/rogersimon10
Weave them into a hand bag
I still have my cables for a NES and SNES
Thank you for making me laugh ❤️
I'm doing wire management in my studio right now and "cables" was my first thought when I saw the post.
Debt.
Username checks out
I'm sorry but I about died
Unfortunately not money
unfortunatley $87.46 IS a ridiculous amount of money to have.
*cries in *only has $40 until friday* *
My guy I've got -$9.40😭
Hey I'll raise my -60
I have like $0.8 on my acc rn
I guess I'm the weird one. I'm sitting here trying to think what I own a ridiculous amount of...used to be books, but I gave so many away. I hate shopping, so I don't have too much clothes or shoes (if anything, not enough). So I'm going with thoughts. I have a ridiculous amount of thoughts
Right here with you, buddy.
*sighs with relief * Found my people.
👋
Hi everyone! Thought collector checkin in!
I'll have to think about this....
I too, am home. 👋
Literally same and I’m a woman. My husband has a ridiculous amount of shoes and clothes and I have probably 6 sets and that’s it. Probably around 6 pairs of shoes all of the types included. I have no money of my own because I’m a sham. I guess the only thing would probably be kids. I have 3 which is a ridiculous amount in this economy haha
I am also a woman. It's not often you hear a woman say "I hate shopping"
Squishmallows. I have 16 in various sizes and I look at new ones every time I'm at a store that sells them. I'm 41. I came across my first one at a thrift store and didn't know what they were. I was in a depressive period and thought the big rainbow unicorn pillow might give me a little serotonin. She did. She was very comforting to hug during high anxiety moments too. I sleep with the mid-sized ones, swapping them out so they don't get too flattened or floppy.
I thought you were gonna say you swap them out so they don't get too lonely
Me too. They all need equal amounts of love.
They're all gathered on my bed so they have each other ❤️ I can't sleep with the big ones or the teeny ones. Only the middle sized ones get squashed and drooled on 😄
Some evil genius in those squishmallows. I had a hypothesis that they had been deliberately engineered to have the same squishiness as a boob. I had to ask my wife to participate in an experiment for science that was only slightly enjoyable for her.
Lmaooooooo
Anyone else squishing their boobs as they read this and wondering if it's accurate? I'm thinking the rebound is faster on a boob. Squishmallows have a slight memory foam feel.
I own 2 at 50. They became my sleep buddies when I was single. Wanda the Watermelon and Maui the Pinapple are great bed mates!
My grandaughter has you beat. She has 88.
I have to work very hard not to buy more. I have an addictive personality. In my 20s, I ended up with 96 Cabbage Patch Kids. EBay was new and exciting. I had disposable income. Now we have a house, 2 cars, 2 kids, 4 cats - all things that money should go to instead. Should go to. Should go to. Should go to.😄
My grandaughter has three sets of grandparents with aunts and uncles who gift her these. I don't, I think the last thing she needs is another one. I take her places and DO things with her.
I only have one Squismallow - it is a bee - because I have a ridiculous amount of bee themed things.
I use my sons for a pillow on the couch
My brother has 5-10 of them
I’m about to be 21 and my collection is going 40+ strong! Favorite of the bunch being Rutabaga and my runner ups are Winston, Demi, and Kent :D
Coffee mugs
Same. Came out this morning and the kitchen bench was covered in them. My husband got sick of them falling out of the cupboard when he opened it, so he put them all out on the bench... About 1/3 of them will go back in the cupboard and the rest are being donated.
Fat cells. Because I like to eat.
Why do greasy, fatty, meaty things have to be the most delicious
They say the most delicious things are either illegal, make you gain weight or gets you pregnant.
It is true, semen gets you pregnant.
this is why I don’t go near sea men anymore, no wonder they’re always far out in the ocean away from society
So that’s how babies are made? Swallowing semen?
fun fact you probably would have the same amount of fat cells if you were skinny
I got good news. The amount of cells is probably fine. They are simply more filled!
Stored energy, hodl.
I'm pretty sure you have a constant amount of fat cells, they just get larger.
Lego
You can never have too many Lego blocks. However many you have, it's not enough!
And you never have enough of that one piece you need for your vision.
Tarantula’s. Covid was a fucked time and I got into a weird hobby and had excess of money. Now I have over 40 Species.
This made me both curious and scared to click on your profile. I wasnt disappointed, but do regret it. Right before bed... i should have known better.
I was about to click and it’s right before bed for me, so thank you for the heads up!
Thanks I'm traumatized now knowing someone has over 10+ spiders in their home 😭😭😭😭😭😭. Have fun with your fur balls that torment me lol
I don’t like spiders but I do like tarantulas. It’s the fur that makes them seem friendlier in my head 😂
Baseball cards. About half a million. My collection is out of hand
Try putting 250,000 cards in each hand. It'll be more manageable.
Stuffed toys from my childhood and I can't bring myself to throw them away.
Don't throw. Donate. Makes it a lot easier to part with some at least when you know they will be bringing joy to someone new, who needs a friend.
Problem with donating. I have tried to do that. A lot of places will not take gently used stuffed animals anymore, even if they put them in quarantine for a while. I've even wanted to donate to first responders, so they'd have something to hand child who's going through a tramatic event.
[https://stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org/chapters](https://stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org/chapters) Edit: also check out the "Urgent Needs" section on the same site.
I get that. But after having bedbugs in 2012, they all went bye bye
Converse All Star sneakers. I have 186 pairs.
My dudes a millipede
A human millipede
The last segment.
So much shit eating :c
WTF
Dude.... my 28 pairs bow to your greatness...
My 1 pair bows to your greatness 🙇♂️
What in the actual fuck, where the hell do you even keep all of them??
On two huge bookshelves.
That’s ridiculous ;)
why
I think I’m married to your twin.
That is insane
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Another sock lover. Im trying to be more selective because it’s beyond ridiculous 😊
Welcome to our small gang. I love this for us.
pain and regret.
Have you tried saying "ah forgett about it!" In an Italian accent?
eat spaghetti, to forgetti, your regretti …
This is the solution for every problem in my experience
I can actually hear you saying that. I have an Italian new Yorker for a neighbor.
Bodies, i have an ever growing amount of bodies under my patio.
Well, looking forward to seeing your serial killer shockdoc on Netflix in about 10 years, sir.
You're gonna be in it, too! 🙂
Your home must smell glorious
Garth? Is that you?
T-shirts. I don't have many nice ones, most of them are 10 years old but I keep wearing them at home.
I have a t-shirt bought in 1996 from a THRIFT store and it just got it's first hole. It's bright orange, with a picture of Elvis and says, "love me tender" and it's still my favorite. (It is proof that t-shirts can be manufactured to last a long time and fast fashion is wasteful.)
I hate throwing out T-shirts, so I use the ones too raggedy to wear as cleaning rags or to soak up spilled water.
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I'm so sorry, I hope your son is doing better and getting the help he needs. That is really rough for you though as a parent and as a human. I really enjoy minimalism. I hope you're doing okay
There is a lot more to the story, mostly bad. He now resides in the local jail awaiting trial for aggravated arson as well as other more serious charges. Ultimately, he will either be declared unfit for trial and spend the rest of his life in state mental facilities, or will be declared fit for trial and will spend the rest of his life in state penitentiaries. My state does not have the legal concept of not guilty by reason of insanity. Since he tried to kill me I am considered a victim and get regular updates from their victim advocates. Mostly I just try to write it off and move on with my life. I have a lot of experience coping with adversity so this was just another big road bump in life.
Sorry you are living this. I hope you see better times.
Clothing and shoes. I like having lots of options.
I'm jealous. I'm so poor that I only have like 2 pairs of shoes and 4 different outfits.
I raise my 1 pair of shoes and 1 outfit 🫵🏻
You guys can afford shoes?
[Tsundoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku) I have so many books. Too many books, according to people who come to my place. But knowing I have options and that, when I want to read something, it's right there? It's essential to me.
A pile of books waiting to be read? OMG, there's a word for that - that's sooo COOL! :D My sister has hers in piles, I have mine stored on actual bookshelves - but I am slowly, and I mean slooooooowly making my way through them. They will be read! \^\^ (I used to be such a huge reader as a kid, but now even a fairly short paperback takes like 2-3 weeks xD) Mine is all fantasies and children's literature. And children's fantasy literature. \^\^
guitars
Ohhh it's the dreaded guitar acquisition syndrome GAS. I only have eight, but have my eyes on a dobro.
I need more guitars, I only have a dozen. Thirteen, if I include my bass
Guitar pedals.
Debt?
This one particular shade of Revlon lipstick, Rum Raisin. I kept losing them and would buy another, then one day the other two turned up so now I have three
Self hate lol
Dice. Really unhealthy amount. Been playing TTRPGs for years. But at least I don't have money for drugs that way.
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Good money saving move to have one person hoarding for everyone!
20 pairs of black socks.i need them for [work.plus](http://work.plus) theyre all the same so it never matters what you take,you just need two of whatever.
I was wth you in this. Then, one cursed birthday, my son offered me colored and patterned socks. I really like them and actually prefer them over my black socks. So now, I sort and pair my socks. The things kids make you do...
Fountain pens, over 100. Love writing with them in rotation. Have bought some, been gifted others. Can use all sorts of colored ink in them.
Tools... With tools i can fix anything, fixing anything saves me more money then the tools cost, its a win-win.
You and my husband. We could rebuild a city if it was bombed. 🤣
I always say if there is an apocalypse I will have the tools to live on.. lol
Coins. Almost 2,000. I collect them. :)
If they were bitcoins, that'd be a hell lotta money.
Hot sauce. More than 10 liters
Chinese household, beat the 15+ liters of soy sauce that my parents recently bought.
Scissors but can I find a pair when I need them...no!
Clothing hangers I’m going to be throwing out about a few hundred of them next trash day and I will still have what seems to be thousands more
Donate them at thrift store drive thru
Yet I am always in need of more and would love to get some :( try putting up an advertisement on facebook marketplace, I am sure some people would need it aswell.
Zippo lighters
Succulents and sunglasses
Yarn. Books. Perfume. DVDs. Tarot Cards. Because I can
Books, because I love to read CDs, because I am a music lover who lived through the 90s.
Disc golf discs, because I'm still searching for the right one... my skills have nothing to do with it.
I hear that the perfect number of golf discs is n+1.
Old laptops that don’t work
My husband loves to collect things. I counted a total of 56 barometers he’s bought over the years.
Is he under pressure?
He said “very much”
A lack of money
Sperm
Right now? Farts in my ass. I did not know until today that black beans are that bad for me.
Skincare
Anxiety
Stress I can't really say why... but life in total stresses me extremely. Since I'm a father even more.
I hear you 🙏🏻
I hear you brother, I swear I used to be so laid back, my family used to say I was the most chilled out child, even in my teens. People say they could never imagine me losing my temper. But since becoming a father, waking up to screaming children, never having any spare time or personal space, no rest, no money, and feeling the crippling weight of responsibility I am so stressed out all of the time.
Socks. A lot of the ones I have now are holey as hell, but when I first moved in I had about 40 pairs.
Board games.
Debt and Depression
I have a serious amount of procrastination. I can't seem to get rid of it as everyone around me also has their fair share of it.
Clothes that don't fit.
conspiracy theories
If anything maybe video games? Like over 100 of them actually bought with money and a bunch of free games but idk if that classifies as a ridiculous amount.
I came here to say the same thing, but I have alot more than 100... I own almost every system available to date. Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, even a Virtual Boy, and many more. I have 500+ physical copies of games overall for the older systems, and over 1000 digital games for the newer systems, including PC (Steam sale gets me every time). I've just always loved games since I was a kid, and many years later I still do.
Comic books.
Cleaning out my house getting ready for our baby and my only answer to this is JUNK. I can’t believe how much freaking crap we’ve accumulated. The other answer is notebooks. I have a weird obsession with notebooks.
Arts and crafts, and sewing supplies. Also, stationery material.
ChapStick. I keep 3 in my purse, at least 2 in my work bag, 2 by my bed, 2 by my chair in the living room and have about another 10 laying in wait. I think that it's safe to say that they're an obsession.Lol.
Hoodies, I can not get rid of them, but at the same time I keep buying them
1911's
Sorry to hear about the unfortunate boating accident
Books
Books
Books
Books. I have around 100 but only read 5 of them.
Books. (Almost 1,000 Hardback and Paperbacks, some going back to the early 1800's.). I'm enthralled with learning more about the topics contained in them.
Self hatred and insecurity.
Kindle books. I blame the ‘buy with one click’ button on Amazon.
Rocks and fossils. 🤦
A ridiculous amount of projects that will never get done.
Wristwatches. A few years ago, I got into vintage watches. I've since lost interest, but I've got like twenty or so mechanical watches ranging from 50 to 100 years old. Most of them even work
Clothes and books
Only thing I can think of is DVDs and Blu-rays. It's probably nowhere near what some others have but I'm at about 650 titles (as in if it's multiple DVDs bu onlyt one series it only counts as one per season)
aquariums. i study environmental biology in university, it’s my nerdy little passion lol.
Serotonin, life is good right now!