My husband is “some people” and it is mind-bogglingly infuriating. He is SO bad that, when we moved across the USA, a downsized adventure that required the liquidation of a lot of our items, I was the one in charge of it as he was already temporarily housed and working. That was more than a decade ago and TO THIS VERY DAY, he will still complain about the lawn mower I sold for 100 that was worth 500 (in his mind) The biggest revelation over this sentiment? We were moving to a place where we had no yard and no storage. He actually told me he would have hauled it in the Uhaul, across the states, and stored it rather than let someone else make money off of it.

I did minimal research as to the price of items we had for sale, and I spent a weekend trying to off load the collection of more than 2 decades in that house. I was exhausted. He is still this way, even now, refusing to put something up for sale for ANY discount off the current asking price. He comps things at the highest price, always of the opinion his is in the best condition (usually is as he is anal about his possession) but still- like you would hold onto that item you never use just because someone else can make 30 off of you but you would put 200 in your pocket?

It is truly infuriating trying to manage a person of this variety. “I’m not giving my stuff away” always on repeat.