Hello Fellw Mustachians.
So I am a self-employed consultant. I wear pajamas to work. (I just sit in front of my PC) I hold investment seminars a couple of times a year, but I have given presentations in my T shirts in the past. No one was particularly bothered or interested in any way. (Small crowd, not corporate)
A few years ago, mom passed away. My sisters called me to say they threw away 10k's and 10k's worth of clothing, and will I take the rest because they are not dirty and no one else is her size.
There were fur coats, designer suits, bunches of frilled shirts, silk Hermes scarves,,, well, not my wardrobe. Her suits cost 2k. You know Hermes scarves cost 500 dollars.
So here is me saying, I can't throw all of this out!
I took back 2 suitcases full to China, and most of them are still there unworn after 3 years.
Yeah, I wore some of them. I can, but it isn't particularly, well, me, since I am okay wearing jerseys and slacks everywhere. From Goodwill's. As a mustachian, I bicycle. Can't do that with a pashmina scarf around my neck.
I wore some of the suits to my seminars. UNCOMFORTABLE! Is it doing anything for me? I can't tell, I mean, they came to my seminar when I was wearing a baseball cap, so um, guessing no?
It kind of kills me to send them to charity for free because they are so expensive. I can send a 100 dollar lightly used clothing to the nearby charity, but designer suits of this price tag, well, they will still get sold for 5 dollars or less, and no one would care. That is, without a proper market, it will not sell for the right second hand price. (I am in China and people don't generally go for second hand. Can't do eBay. Did you know that lightly used Hermes scarves are being sold for 300 dollars in Ebay? Maybe the suits will also sell for 100 dollars online if I were in a position to market them appropriately in Japan where they came from.)
So I have been thinking about the opportunity cost of giving them away, because if I do, well, I won't be able to buy another nice suit for less than a few hundred dollars, and at least, these kind of fit me already even if they are not my choice. You know we all hate shopping, I can't bear the thought of going around buying work clothes, trying them on and off. Very boring, right?
So, do you guys think I should just throw them out? I will keep the silk scarves (maybe my 11 year old will grow up and wear them to work someday, sigh), I gave the fur to my best friend here in China, but the rest?
I love my mom but she died in her 80s and had a really full life (very wasteful). I don't need to bury myself in her clothes and smell her scent anymore to be reminded of how wonderful she has been to me.
Am I cold, or did everyone go through this? Is it more Mustachian to throw it all away, or to try to wear as many of them as possible? By the way we are relocating to Canada. It would be cheaper to throw them out and buy cheap second hand clothes anew rather than to pack them and ship them even if surface mail.
Thanks for sharing your experiences or thoughts.