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Posted By Kathleen David on May 3, 2004
It skips a generation in my family. My maternal grandmother was the Queen of the Pack Rats but my mother tends to clean house a lot and get rid of stuff no longer needed. I am a collector of stuff. I have fabric I have collected over the years. I have bits and pieces of puppets that didn
“What is the point of having stuff if you can
My mom still has all our Star Wars Toys. She is holding onto them for the grandchildren. I liked the new ones they did of the Jawas that the eyes “light” up if you have them in the light.
I am with you on the “play with your stuff” attitude. That is the joy of a collection is to admire it and get pleasure out of it. There are only a few items I’ve never freed from the constraints of packaging. But given how many people collect those same Star Wars items, I don’t see how they could be worth much. So I’m definitely leaning towards the freedom of those limited editions, as well.
As for the whole pack rat problem? If you haven’t already watched it, there’s a show on BBC America called “House Laundry.” As opposed to the copycat shows you see on US TV, this one really digs into the person’s psyche and usually ends up making them cry over some pent-up childhood trauma that lead to them pack-ratting.
So give it up, Kathleen. I suspect there’s some trauma inflicted upon you by your mother that you can’t let go! 🙂