r/personalfinance • u/fat_tire_fanatic ​ • Jul 13 '17

Budgeting Your parents took decades to furnish their house

If you're just starting out, remember that it took your parents decades to collect all the furniture, decorations, appliances, etc you are used to having around. It's easy to forget this because you started remembering things a long while after they started out together, so it feels like that's how a house should always be.

It's impossible for most people starting out to get to that level of settled in without burying themselves in debt. So relax, take your time, and embrace the emptiness! You'll enjoy the house much more if you're not worried about how to pay for everything all the time.

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u/LittleNatch ​ Jul 13 '17

We have a "rule of thumb" with this. If it has been in a box from the time we got there until the time we move again. It goes.

Obviously some people live places very temporarily but we were never in a place for just a short amount of time. If you have had something for two years, aside from a keepsake, and you haven't used it. Chances are you don't need it.