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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandmother put tape with someone’s name on the bottom of everything in her house to show to whom she wanted the stuff to go. As I got older I realized how smart this was (although as kids we would make a game of it).

My parents are hoarders. The dread I have when my time comes to go through their filth and trash is depressing. [/quote]

I just got through my late mother’s hoard and it took me 3 weeks with one helper (mover, so the packing was mostly on me and the dumping on him). I was stupid enough not to wear a mask and am dealing with an allergy induced sinusitis RN so don’t make that mistake.
I did find a little money and a lot of sentimental things. Also some things my mother wrote that gave me better understanding of her motives if you can even speak of motives of a mentally ill person.
I mean it wasn’t all bad. You get to rethink things and resolve some issues and just getting my childhood home back (it belongs to my dad but metaphorically) was good for me. [/quote]

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