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[quote=Anonymous]I blame the elderly parents, and of course IT IS their fault.

People have an obligation to deal with their own crap and that includes purging your own hoard when you are still young enough to deal with it largely on your own - with the exception of hiring some young strong bodies to move stuff once you’ve determined the destination of all the stuff.

But it is easier to put it off for another day. My cousin is middle aged and she and her husband have a large and always expanding hoard and she is still holding on to most of her mothers and grandmothers stuff though they are long dead. Cousin and her husband both struggle with that mental block about everything having value and needing to get something for it and just not grasping that the constant dread of someday dealing with their massive hoard is robbing them of peace of mind as well as loads of useful space.

In my mid 40s I experienced a life circumstance that essentially forced me to purge 75% of my accumulated stuff, after a major relocation had forced me to lose a lot in my early 30s once already.

Every so often I miss a thing, but I don’t let the feeling last too long. At mid 50s I’m glad that I have a very small hoard of treasures, and I work hard to refrain from adding to it - if anything I keep purging here and there. I don’t want to leave any headaches to anyone.[/quote]

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