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Everything can be addictive. My stepsister is addicted to buying things and never opening the item. Her husband enables this because they live out in the countr

Everything can be addictive. My stepsister is addicted to buying things and never opening the item. Her husband enables this because they live out in the country and he had a sort of "warehouse" built for her with huge metal racks that hold hudreds of items she has purchased over the years that have never been opened or had the shrink wrap disturbed. It is of course a type of hoardism. She buys things but if she opens the package and uses the item it ruins it is sort of how she explains it. We know it is a disorder of some sort, she is addicted to buying things and hoarding them. What should we do about it? Well, if her husband is OK with it, then what is it for us to judge? I am conflicted on this. But, I think, there is some sort of line where something is addicting and addicting and harmful. If this is not disrupting their lives, and they are happy, who am I to judge? I don't know. To me it is weird, but probably a lot of things I do seem weird to others. I journal daily. Is that an addiction? Probably, of some sort, I don't know. How to navigate. The less harmful it is, the less we should meddle I suppose.

jesprenj 3y ago
That makes me think I am also probably addicted to buying stuff from Aliexpress. When I get an idea about something, I usually compulsively buy something from AliExpress and then not finish the project, sometimes not even opening the plastic wrapping the thing came inside. I hope it doesn't transform into an addiction. For example I bought a digital pH meter for 15€ some weeks ago yet I never used it for a thing. I do not even know basic chemistry. Enough about myself (: Thank you for posting your story.
halkony 3y ago
If a billionaire did this, people would see it as eccentric but not an addiction. Cause you know, he's a billionaire already. Just let him do it. If your stepsis is in dire financial straits or neglecting responsibilities, that's probably where you would draw the line. If you need a good rationale though, know that archaeologists would have a field day with her collection in 100 years :)

jesprenj 3y ago

That makes me think I am also probably addicted to buying stuff from Aliexpress. When I get an idea about something, I usually compulsively buy something from AliExpress and then not finish the project, sometimes not even opening the plastic wrapping the thing came inside. I hope it doesn't transform into an addiction. For example I bought a digital pH meter for 15€ some weeks ago yet I never used it for a thing. I do not even know basic chemistry. Enough about myself (: Thank you for posting your story.

halkony 3y ago

If a billionaire did this, people would see it as eccentric but not an addiction. Cause you know, he's a billionaire already. Just let him do it. If your stepsis is in dire financial straits or neglecting responsibilities, that's probably where you would draw the line. If you need a good rationale though, know that archaeologists would have a field day with her collection in 100 years :)