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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MIL is like this. Take it and dump it. She will not listen to reason and she cannot make herself throw it away. [/quote]

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Glad I am not alone in this.  [/quote]

Absolutely.  Take everything she offers you.  Donate it if it's usable, toss it if it's not.  It's not worth arguing over, and she's not going to change.  You are helping her get rid of stuff that she cannot bring herself to throw away.  [/quote]

PP here.  It is an illness of some sort, not sure what, OP.  But it certainly is annoying and time consuming, I am with you!  In my MIL's case, she is just not that bright or resourceful, so she doesn't know what to do with all her old extra battered stuff that no one wants.  That, compounded with control issues, narcissism and petulance. Good times! I told DH to donate it on the way home, because I can't have the dust and mites in my house due to severe allergies (not just me, the kids, in case MIL cares, which she doesn't - only herself matters).  Would your DH be on board with that?  You can't spend your time trying to change a person like this, they are proud to be clueless. [/quote]

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