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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope.  My mom cleaned my stuff out of her house (nicely) when I was 24. I had a lot of boxes in my bedroom at my apartment for a while until I figured out what to keep and how, and what to get rid of.

My mom still has things of mine from when I was little that she chose to keep, artwork or that kind of thing, but that’s her stuff, not mine.

You think I would have learned not to hold onto so much stuff as a result, but nope, our basement is filled with sentimental crap I have such a hard time letting go of. Getting better all the time though![/quote]

PP again. I feel the need to clarify that the sentimental stuff I’m now having a hard time getting rid of includes China and glassware that I inherited from both grandmothers. It isn’t functional for us to use with small kids and we don’t have space to display it. Fills several bins in the basement. I have my diplomas in a bin and so many photographs that someday I’ll scan/digitize, but who has time for that? The childhood stuff I’m holding onto fits into an accordion file. Still drives DH crazy![/quote]

If it fills several bins in the basement, I can see your mom getting tired of storing it.

Well I’m 43 now. The stuff that came from my mom when I was 24 is long gone, except the photo albums and the accordion file of papers. The stuff I’m currently storing in my own basement came to me later.

Honestly, rent a storage unit.  That's what we did when we had this exact problem when we lived in an apartment.  It's really common.[/quote][/quote]

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