Do you still have "stuff" in your parents house? How old are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm the one who posted in the other thread, so I'll play.

I'm 40, and yes, I still have stuff in my mom's house.

3-4 boxes of childhood stuff -- art and schoolwork from elementary school, a couple very sentimental toys, some awards and paraphernalia from middle school and high school sports and activities. It's the kind of stuff I'd never display but I don't feel like I can get rid of.

The reason it's still at my mom's is because (1) we live in a tiny apartment and have very little storage -- I planned to get the boxes and store them a few years ago, but then we had a kid and our space disappeared. Also (2) my mom has a big house.

My mom hates that the boxes are there and it's become a point of contention. I'm going to have to figure something out soon because she has threatened to toss them. I think I'm getting a reprieve due to Covid, but as soon as it's over and people can travel again, I know she will start hounding me again. Truthfully, part of my reluctance is that my feelings are so hurt by how insistent she is that she doesn't want them. She has always been like this. She repainted my childhood bedroom and moved in office furniture the day after I moved out. Like I went back to pick up a box fan I'd left behind the next day, and the walls were already a different color and there was new furniture in there. I don't even know what happened to my bedroom furniture -- she probably took it to the dump.

Already posted on the other thread that your mom is torturing you. Boo on her. No, I don't have anything at my own mom's house -- we are estranged. : )

[Anonymous]

A little. I’m 40. We’ve whittled it down over the years. They can get rid of anything they want, but at this point it’s mostly my old toys they’re keeping for grandkid visits

[Anonymous]

I’m 47. I don’t have anything my parents house since they live back in my home country. I have a room permanently set up for them in my house and they leave a lot of their stuff here since they visit each year for at least 3 months at a stretch.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I'm 45. My bedroom is kind of a time capsule from HS -- there is still a bulletin board up with stuff from the 1990s. My school things are still in my desk. I keep telling them to it could be packed away but they're stubborn, I think they like it that way. The only change is that they use it as a storage room so there are bunches of boxes piled up in the middle of the room. Take those out, though, and I could move right back into 1994.

[Anonymous]

38 and yes. My parents home is huge with 2000 sq feet of storage space. I use some of it because our home for our family of 4 is 800 sq feet. The large home has been in the family for several generations and there are several other homes that have also been in the family for generations and sit empty now, so space is not the problem for my parents.

I don't feel guilty. If they needed to move or used the space, I would move my things, but as it is, they do not miss the space at all.

[Anonymous]

i'm 43 and I still have stuff in my parents' house. My old bedroom is now a guestroom, but there are knickknacks there and two huge bookshelves of books and some stuffed animals. Also, in the attic is a large box of keepsakes that includes photos of old boyfriends and love letters that I wouldn't want to take to my house with my husband, but kind of don't want to throw away. Come to think of it, I should try to go through those some time soon just in case something happens to me and my husband and children have to!

[Anonymous]

47 and only because they refuse to part with things. I don’t consider boxes of report cards and art projects mine, and have told the, to throw them away.

[Anonymous]

Yes, and like so many others here, only because my parents wanted to keep stuff for nostalgia's sake. My childhood room is like a time capsule filled with old dolls and school projects. I'm 40. There's nothing remaining that I want, and when they pass, everything is getting tossed.

[Anonymous]

36 and yes, have tons of stuff in all our family properties. Have stuff in my GM's summer house, regular house, and TONS of stuff in my parents' homes.
My husband and kids also have some stuff in my parents' summer house.

[Anonymous]

I’m 39 and yes, apparently there is one box of “memories” I packed up when I moved away for college. I have no idea what’s in it. Probably pictures and journals from high school.

[Anonymous]

Nope. When I graduated from college, I took my baby album, other keepsakes with me when I moved for my first job

[Anonymous]

My moms a hoarder and kept a bunch of our kid stuff and toys and other stuff in the attic. I cleaned out my teenage stuff from my old room a couple years ago and snuck out some garbage bags to goodwill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i'm 43 and I still have stuff in my parents' house. My old bedroom is now a guestroom, but there are knickknacks there and two huge bookshelves of books and some stuffed animals. Also, in the attic is a large box of keepsakes that includes photos of old boyfriends and love letters that I wouldn't want to take to my house with my husband, but kind of don't want to throw away. Come to think of it, I should try to go through those some time soon just in case something happens to me and my husband and children have to!

Haha, SAME!! Thank goodness my parents never decided to go through it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:47 and only because they refuse to part with things. I don’t consider boxes of report cards and art projects mine, and have told the, to throw them away.

40, but this. I did not make the decision to keep a cash register toy from when I was a toddler nor was I the one to store art projects and school work from elementary school. I long ago went through everything that was actually mine and threw out 9/10ths of it. My mom could get rid of everything else she’s still holding onto and I wouldn’t care.

[Anonymous]

33 - yes, I still have stuff in my childhood bedroom - some clothes, jewerly, some old school stuff, photo albums, books, and a few sentimental knick knacks.

I moved to a different state for grad school over a decade ago and left stuff there at the time, and when flying back and forth can't take it all with me, so at my parents house it remains.

I recently bought a house so have room to store it, it's just a matter of getting it here.