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Alison Withers
Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers It may seem surprising but rented self storage can play a bigger role in people's relationships than we might expect. When two people in a relationship decide to merge households it may be that both, having lived independently for some years, have accumulated furniture as well as other possessions. How do they decide what stays and what goes? Perhaps one of the couple has responsibility for much-loved family heirlooms such as antique furniture. The other partner prefers the modern and minimalist and clearly their two styles may be difficult to reconcile. Not only that but if they are to move into a place together they may not be able to afford a first home large enough for everything they separately possess. If the relationship is to develop happily something has to give and it may be that the solution is that some of their combined property can happily be stored. Then over time, the couple becomes a family. That means the children's "stuff" is added to the accumulated family possessions. What happens if a family member takes up a hobby that needs space - it could be anything from collecting doll's houses to home brewing to constructing a model railway - and it's something they hadn't done when the two first got together? For a time it may have stayed confined to the garage, assuming the family has one, but most hobbies - especially ones involving collecting specific items - eventually outgrow their confined space. Some of these collections are ordinary, others less so. Plenty of avid readers use a unit for their own personal library. Some women fill theirs with boxes of antique clothing they've spent decades building up, whilst many men own hundreds of LPs. But there are other, more bizarre collections we've come across including stuffed sheep, airline sickbags (unused!), handcuffs and even traffic signs! For the partner inclined to minimalism and living with someone deeply wedded to their hobby or collection it can be a recipe for disagreements that escalate into full-scale rows and even perhaps to the destruction of the relationship. But there is a solution and it is renting a self storage unit, where the collection can either be stored or used as a "hobby room" to develop further. Apparently marriages have been saved by this solution. Sadly, however, one in four marriages doesn't last. That means the household will have to split up and many couples who are desperate to separate cannot wait to free themselves of every material reminder of the relationship down to the last toothbrush. Often it results in one partner's belongings being packed up and left on the doorstep but why not put it all into a self-store unit and send their owner the bill? Finally comes old age, and the couple who have made it this far may find themselves less able to manage a large family house or perhaps need to move into a smaller space modified to be easier to navigate by a person who has become increasingly frail. But the couple might not want to get rid of a lifetime of treasured possessions, many of which trigger memories of a happy family or other event. Also, they may have promised to leave some items to family membersa in their will. Once more rented self storage can offer a solution, which is why this article began with the perhaps surprising statement that self-storage can be a part of people's relationships from start to end.
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