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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is clutter and then, there is a DISASTER area.  I have been personally invited to a home and it was crazy messy! I felt the need to check my calendar to see if I showed up on the correct day. They are nice people and have very nice children, but I imagine this level of mess will be problematic for the kids. They have to know that their house looks different. Hoping some posters can discuss growing up in a messy home (maybe hoarder?) and how that affected them.[/quote]

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My college roommate’s mom was a hoarder.  I visited their house once and it was unlike anything I’d ever seen.  Her mom was on medication for mental illness so I think she was trying.  My roommate told me that before I visited, she and her dad had taken two station wagons full of stuff to Goodwill.  I still could barely walk.  The living room was unusable - it was just a storage area.

My roommate could never have play dates at her house but did have some good friends growing up.  She was very social in college and I think getting out of her house helped her.

My house isn’t like my roommates but having known her makes me extra worried for my kids growing up in a messy house.
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