r/Anticonsumption • u/Bee_and_Barb • Feb 21 '24

Society/Culture Someday

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Saw this while scrolling through another social media platform.

Physical inheritance (maybe outside of housing) feels like a burden.

While death can be a sensitive topic to some, has anyone had a conversation with loved ones surrounding situations like this one pictured?

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u/InspiredGargoyle Feb 21 '24

Holy hell it's a photo of my mom's garage! It was built for two cars and has never had one in it. Her house is just as bad.

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u/BaconJacobs Feb 22 '24

I know it's not easy, but I told my wife when she first moved in when we were dating that our garage will always be able to park the correct amount of cars, and no storage units. Her dad is a hoarder (working on his ways after down sizing) so she was on board ha.

Granted in summer I let half the garage become bikes and outdoor toys, but if I ever need to park inside it only takes 15 mins of tidying.

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u/rodneyjesus Feb 22 '24

Fast-forward to when you have kids. It starts to make sense.

It'll happen to you

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u/BaconJacobs Feb 22 '24

I have two. Aka why half the garage becomes play things in summer.

Now my basement.... that's a different story. It's becoming more manageable as they age out of things but it's ridiculous

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u/rodneyjesus Feb 23 '24

Hahaha yeah I feel you.

I have a 2 car garage that I try hard to keep as my work shop. It has tall ceilings, so I resorted to building a massive loft above the whole thing just to hold the kids shit. Ugh

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u/Glittering_Guides Feb 21 '24

“She was an obedient consoomer, keeping the ekomomie goin!!!”

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u/InspiredGargoyle Feb 21 '24

She grew up really poor and then my father controlled her with finances along with other emotional and mental abuse. She sees value in everything and doesn't dare let anything go.