really, really sad.

today my old chest of drawers were taken away to be crushed (the drawers are broken and won't open), and I'm sitting here, close to tears thinking....
well what a waste of wood that is- it really affects me

it's the natural thing to happen though- if a toy stops working, or if a cd/ dvd gets snapped, then you're going to get rid of it (and when something does
break and I have to get rid of it, I have those feelings)

but it's so much worse when it comes to furniture

it's like I'm now thinking that they are angry with the furnitures fault.. so that's why they are not sending it to furniture heaven

I know it sounds stupid, but this is how I feel.

a couple of days ago I said a uligy for an empty tin of chocolates

getting rid of things is that hard...

I’m always relieved to get rid of old things actually. Sometimes I get rid of too much stuff. I do recycle and repurpose a lot though. I hope they can repurpose the wood from your furniture.

I know how you feel. I have had to leave so much furniture behind, by donating or giving away and it is sad. Now I have very little furniture and miss the ones I did have being that they aren't produced the same way anymore (or are too expensive for me to buy).
If you do need to part with a nice piece of furniture or can't do the restoration yourself, consider giving away on a site like craigslist or freecycle. Some cities are more active than others but better than throwing in the trash, and most will come to pick up so you don't have to lug to donation center or dump.

I was gifted an antique coffee table by a close family friend and was able to do some of the restoration myself. I am grateful for this and that I did not have to spend money on furniture made from wood from the US, exported to be manufactured in a another country just to be packaged and shipped back to US for resale.

In a way I can understand how you feel.

Only for me, I feel sad if I have to destroy or trash a piece of tech. I still have old computer parts from 10 years ago and the first smartphone I ever owned (one of the first 3G smartphones that ever came out mind you) all because it hurts me emotionally to trash some of this stuff.

Maybe the sadness from destroyed furniture stems from being poor at some point? I know my sadness of throwing away old tech stems from the fact that I could never afford good tech in my past. I remember spending countless hours drooling over high end PC parts for a top end gaming PC and fantasizing about having this big fancy gaming setup, meanwhile my family could barely afford to scrape by every month. Finally being able to build my first ever gaming PC (even though said PC wasn't any where near as high end as the builds I dreamed of having) made me happy. Trashing things that once brought me great joy hurts too much.

Also, somebody that I once knew gave me the perfect idea: recycling the parts into other products and selling them. I considered making jewelry and trinkets out of old computer components and electronic parts and selling them on eBay or etsy so that I don't have to be as hurt when I destroy my tech stuff.

Perhaps you could take your furniture and either repair it and sell or donate it or salvage the wood and make something else out of it? Might help you with the negative feelings associated with destroying furniture. Knowing the wood is being put to good use and potentially bringing another person that may be less fortunate joy can make things feel better for you.

Originally Posted by Sisabel

I’m always relieved to get rid of old things actually. Sometimes I get rid of too much stuff. I do recycle and repurpose a lot though. I hope they can repurpose the wood from your furniture.

the only time I'm okay about getting rid of something is if it's linked to a bad memory

so if it's something related to family for instance, I'll get rid of it

if it's something from a chapter of my life I'd rather forget, I'd get rid of it

but if it's just broken I find it difficult and quite a stupid reason for getting rid of it (it's not, but hey.). the mind works in mysterious ways.

hey AB2371, thanks for your reply. I actually never thought of that

unfortunately in this case, the actual drawers were broken and wouldn't open so I guess no one would have use for them (I suppose someone might want to use them to put stuff on top of), but that defeats the object of drawers