Reasonable expectations or SABLE in denial - looking for advice and opinions.
EDIT: In case other people haven’t heard the term: SABLE means ‘Stash Accumulated/Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy’ it’s a descriptor for stash sizes of “you can’t reasonably use this before you die”
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For context: I am 39, a full time housewife with no kids and minimal responsibilities. Depending on the day I have anywhere between one and five hours to crochet.
Due to clearance stock ups, gifts, inheritance, and several very good Black Friday sales in the past my current stash is easily approaching 1 million combined yards.
I have projects decided on for the vast majority of yarn I own. I have a fairly large community of friends and family that are all too happy to receive presents and I make gifts regularly. I am *always* working on something.
Husband is happy to drive when we go out and leaves me free to crochet shotgun.
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Recently a fiber arts group I participate in (in person) was comparing stash sizes and current projects.
I mentioned the approximate size of mine (still working on cataloguing everything but that means I’m doing data entry instead of crocheting. Boo.) and one woman I am not particularly friendly with make a kind of rude noise and said “save some for the rest of us BEFORE you die.”
She laughed after, I don’t really care what her intention with the comment was because we’re not friends, but it did make me wonder. She isn’t aware of what my life is like or the opportunities to craft that I am afforded day to day.
Am I actually at the point of SABLE? When I look at what I own and think about my personal expectations I don’t think I am. Based on family history I expect to be alive and able to crochet well into my 80s. The math says this shouldn’t be a problem, like I’m not the worlds fastest crocheter but I’m certainly not *slow* by any means.
So was she just being catty or do I have a problem?