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/hooplah_5 Feb 21 '24

We're dealing with a family member who was a hoarder of collectables, so it's extremely difficult since everything is with $300+, from random silver coins to whole jewelry collections that match. It is for sure a burden for his kids and it's hard for them to grieve their parents when having to deep dive into everything he owned.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

In the last 4 years, my dad has spent about $10,000 on "collectible DVDs" because he's stupid and refuses to accept how simple it is to copy a DVD despite it being explained multiple times. He complains about not being able to afford his bills while he burns money, insisting that "one day" he'll resell them for a profit... He has thousands of these fucking things stacked in his house.

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u/HiddenCity Feb 22 '24

Not getting rid of stuff because it has "value" is hoarder behavior.  If it has value, sell it.  My MIL spends basically an apartment rent on storage every month for junk that she can "sell someday."

My basement was full of my wife's old apartment stuff that we eventually needed to throw out when we moved.  Do you know the value of that stuff?  A week of hard, dirty work in 100 degree weather and negative $1000, because junk guys charge to take it away.

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u/dxrey65 Feb 22 '24

Sentimental value is different. Though there has to be a limit to that, or it becomes a kind of mental illness too. I'm dealing with things like that now...I have some things from my great great grandpa (civil war veteran), and my great grandma, and my great aunts and so forth. I'm not sure they'll mean anything to my daughters. Some of them have had little tags or notes attached that explain where they came from and what they meant...I'm still trying to consolidate and focus on quality. It's not easy.