I was minimalist, my wife was not and is not. It's led to no end of strife in our marriage. I've come learn about her motivation for keeping things. Often it

I was minimalist, my wife was not and is not. It's led to no end of strife in our marriage. I've come learn about her motivation for keeping things. Often it's what I call a 'scarcity' mentality where for some reason, she's afraid she will be without one day, and need something and not be able to go buy it. For example, she thinks she has to keep a partially used swatch of linoleum because it may be needed someday. Or old pots and pans because one of the kids may need them when they move out and start a household of their own. I've witnessed a few occasions where she's pulled something odd out of a box that just happened to be needed. She gets a great deal of satisfaction from being able to do this.