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I recently sold my condo and have moved most of my day-to-day stuff into an apartment in the new town I'm working in. I have some furniture that's too big for my apartment at my aunt's condo, my kayak and other bulky outdoor type stuff in my uncle's business house, and a lot of the stuff I need more frequently at my parents' house since I get over there more often.
I got some stuff out of my parents' house today and they wanted some help rearranging a living room. As my mom's aunts/uncles and some family friends died over the years, they ended up with more furniture and other "stuff." A neighbor of my grandmother's moved, and gave my grandmother three rocking chairs. Those rocking chairs have ended up with my parents. Other things have "come in" that way.
As you got older, did you get more stuff coming in from friends and family passing away?
Some. And I promptly got rid of it. It had no sentimental value.
I don't know why my parents didn't put their foot down and say "no" to all this stuff.
They have a bookcase from my grandmother in the living room. The living room has been a storage area for at least a decade. Not sure when that bookcase came in, but there were tons of little trinkets and crap like that from my grandparents. I got all that cleaned out and the bookcase is now being used as a bookcase.
Dad and I hauled of two tube TVs for my grandmother that ended up at my parents a few weeks ago. $25/each for Best Buy to take them.
All of the things I have from family would fit in 3 or 4 shoe boxes.
The thing that bugs me is that none of this is valuable or even sentimental. It was probably 10+ year old furniture when it came in and now their cats have clawed it up.
Be glad. It's going to cost us money to remove all the junk.
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