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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You haven't spoken up.

Your father hasn't spoken up.

Your grandma said they can have stuff.

[b]They are doing the physical labor of sorting and cleaning, which actually isn't easy.[/b]

Grow a backbone and speak now, or forever hold your peace.[/quote]

I agree. Obviously, they shouldn't be taking anything, as it all still belongs to your grandmother. But the house must be cleared out, and the stuff has to go somewhere. You're not helping deal with it, and you're also not making a case with the relatives--or your grandmother--about what is important to you. What do you want them to do with a houseful of stuff?

In our case, I flew out the 800-2500 miles to help sort/pack/clean. Our relative in assisted living had said the things in the house were fair game and didn't really have a plan for them. I was very scrupulous about trying to make sure everyone in the family had a chance to talk about things they valued before anything got removed. And even now, I'm holding onto important family things with the thought that they might go to other relatives later. But in the meantime, they had to be stored somewhere.[/quote]

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