having parents that have way too much shit as they get older is more stress than the joy of having free shitty wine
I always take something that I like, but know others don't so I can have more of it, guilt free. Ex: alcohol to dry hosts, hot wings to vegan hosts, chocolate cake to post new year's day events when others are refraining from sweets,etc
Circumstance-dependent I hardly ever drink; my wife is a moderate drinker but almost always beer Had two sets of guests that like to drink wine. One of them is super into wine selections. They brought the wine and did a much better job than anyone else would have.
Jesus. I hope my kids are not worrying about whether or not I have too much shit. I wouldn't want them to be stressed.
I’ve already bought into the idea that I’m going to have to bring a service in to help haul away all of my moms stuff when the day comes
my parents went from 4500sqft house to 1500 sqft condo and it's been 3 years of trying to get rid of stuff when the movers showed up at their new spot they legit didn't have enough room to unload everything
As we move into the fabled golden years, we're fairly actively trying to get rid of stuff. Still, 85% of it is my wife's shit. None of it is drinkable.
When my stepfather died last month I just shuddered due to all the random shit he has. He has tens of boxes of outdated pool equipment (he ran a swimming pool construction business) just sitting around in the garage and in his office that’s completely useless. Not to mention just all the random clothes and gadgets and whatnot he’d buy just cause. The attic is a disaster area.
As much as people want to hate on Phish at the holidays, there's something about that genius combination of techno and jamband music that brings people together when someone cranks The Disco Biscuits.
My in-laws have two school buses full of stuff that are basically locked into the woods behind their house due to tree growth, and that is just the start.
I'm dreading cleaning out my parents house when they die. I'll have to take time off of work I'm sure
I’m to the point with my wife that when her hoarding acts up I just tell her that our son is going to have to go through all her shit when she passes at a time when he’ll already be riding an emotional roller coaster. Have about a 50% hit rate with that tactic.
Got you beat: my mom and dad got picked to take a lot of family pieces when they moved to a farm with a quonset hut. Yes, there is literally a house full of things, books, etc., as well as an entire quonset hut of furniture, woodworking tools, and so on. It's wild.
When my dad died, he was living in a house he built when I was like 4 years old. Had owned and lived in 3 other homes through the years, but always had this one fully furnished too. 3- 30x50 'shops' in the back corner of the property that were pretty full. It took weeks of work when we finally got to the point of cleaning it all out, all a four hour drive from my house. My garage/basement is still cluttered with stuff from there and I've thinned it out a few times.
My Gma never could park her car in the garage(two car garage). At one time there was a single clear right angle path from the interior door out the center of the garage. That path eventually disappeared and it was just boxes/shit from floor to ceiling.
My parents brought me a ton of stuff from when I was a kid to go through. Doing the same to my brother as well. Said they’re tired of having to move that shit around to get to stuff in storage.
My grandparents grew up during the depression and were interred, so I’m not going to give them shit for it but their house was/is a model of hoarding. After the war they moved to the house they would live in for the next 70 years. My parents started cleaning it out a decade ago when my grandmother passed. They visit 2-3 days at a time every month and they’re still working through it.
Yeah, I mean, TBH I don't hate that my parents are keeping things because there's a lot of really nice stuff and (as you say) you want the bases covered. But since siblings are all 10hrs away now, we're all sort of dreading the process when it eventually happens.
I recently purchased a trampoline from a lady who has made a little business out of helping boomers downsize and/or liquidate after a sudden death. She lists all their shit on Facebook and other trading sites and takes a cut. Her fee is astronomically cheaper than estate sales that apparently ask $25k(!) to even come out. Pretty sure she is killing it.
Is there a network of these people? IMO I'd need someone like this. I could eBay a ton of things, but I'd have to basically take a few months off work or pay someone to ship things.
So far I’ve found 2-Puljos jerseys, an original Mighty Ducks jersey from D2 and a Cowboys Marion Barber jersey. I also have an unopened Superman is Dead graphic novel that’s worth a fuck ton. Score!
Yeah as much as I'd like the extra money, ebaying things feels like it's borderline not worth my time to do it.
My wife has an elaborate coin collection that we would like to get appraised but I’m just convinced we would get fucked over if we take them somewhere as we know nothing about them. Same as with all my old baseball cards that my parents brought as well. I have entire unopened sets from the early 90’s
Luckily one of my gma’s closest friends started an estate sale business after he retired. Even still my mom spent like 10+ weekends sorting through all her hoarded shit. Plus side is it drove my folks to declutter their own place. Seeing all the worthless crap her mom held onto for 50+ years really spooked my mom out of following in her footsteps.
The baseball cards are probably not worth anything. You can buy complete, unopened sets on Amazon for under $100. I have complete, unopened Topps sets from 1986 and 1987 that are worth the same thing my parents paid for them in those years. Sorry. At least you have the comics.
Got back from the festivities today one uncle was wearing a maga/trump livestrong style bracelet and he believes “Tucker Carlson is doing amazing things with his podcast” The uncle who was hosting showed me a hilarious “meme” of Biden holding a turkey that was captioned “happy 4th of July.” I didn’t react, my dad who hates Trump gave some sort of perfunctory “o wow” Speaking of my dad he went to the hospital via ambulance after turning white as a sheet and passing out. That was scary but ultimately it was a relatively minor GI issue that was compounded by slight dehydration and a virus. BUT the worst part of the trip was definitely my cousin’s wife. She really never ceases to outdo herself when it comes to being terrible. She’s basically a more opinionated and more rude version of Lucille Bluth but in her mid 30s. She’s from that area and thinks that coming from wealth gives her carte blanche permission to demean and insult everyone in the family, including her husband’s father and mother (who is seriously ill). She is the most vapid and out of touch person I’ve ever met and I’ve lived in Los Angeles/worked in entertainment for over a decade.
I’m always just curious. I think it comes from watching too many Pawn Star marathons when visiting my parents.
So my sister, BIL and their kids came in Tuesday-Sunday. The BIL said he’s had a cold since last week and hasn’t felt good. I awake Sunday morning with the shakes and freezing my ass off. I thought if was just a sinus infection because I was outside earlier that week harvesting a buck and I get these every so often. Nope That asshole gave me covid, my mom covid. My brother, my sister and nieces and nephews and poor little Joseph all covid. 7 fucking people He’s a complete dick for failing to mention he’s been sick for a week and he refused to get a COVID test done before they came up. My mom had complications with the first round we both got in November 2020. he made a great Turkey though.
I know he thinks he didn’t have Covid. But still - that’s a selfish-ass thing to do, not getting yourself checked. thankfully this round is way better than 2020. Didn’t lose any smell or taste. I feel almost back to normal now. Slight cough. That’s it.
We didn't have anything of note but one of my servers went back to Florida for thanksgiving and her cousin got a DUI at like 3pm on Thanksgiving day. Was already at the house, left to go get something at the store and got pulled over.
None of the family went back this year so it would have been about 4 adults competing if so. I doubt they did it.
The tortoise is all confused thinking it was bad this year and doesn't get it's fun annual adventure.
We kept our Thanksgiving very low key with just my family and my parents so nothing entertaining there but I saw my buddy last night who was telling me some stories that made me think of this thread. They went to his fiancé's sister's house over Thanksgiving. Their mom was moving some mail around or something like that and the sister thought she was snooping, which I guess she thinks is some massive offense cause she punched her mom in the face. Part of this trip was for them was to scope out possible wedding venues. The whole family stopped to look at one on the way to lunch. When they got to lunch the sister told the family that she loved that venue and she was calling dibs on it. She only has a boyfriend that they have been dating for a few months. Apparently at the end of the trip someone made a comment about my buddy drinking too much which he told them he had to, to deal with all this craziness.
My future in-laws (MIL mostly) are fairly overbearing and (imo) still treat their adult kids like they’re 7 years old. Complete opposite of how my dad is so it kind of drives me crazy sometimes. Fiancé’s only sibling has a now 2ish year old so they want to do Christmas morning at their house vs the grandparents. I was wondering how MIL would handle it and it hasn’t disappointed. I guess she’s melting down they are coming on Xmas Eve and just driving back at night to be home for Xmas. The fact this lady thought they would never want to do Xmas morning at their actual house sums up her awareness. The guilt trip has already started and I guess she said “I won’t lose Xmas!” (Which no one is asking her to do). I get it’s an adjustment but maybe treating your kids like adults would have helped ease the transition lol
That's insane! Not that I had to, but I've always insisted that my kids spend Xmas am at home as soon as they started breeding. We switched to Xmas Eve as well so they wouldn't have to rush out the door later in the day. As a side benefit, my Xmas mornings are peaceful as fuck.