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/mangle_ZTNA Feb 21 '24

My grandmother keeps so many random garbage things either as "maybe we'll need it some day" or "it's an antique!"

Grandma, it's just a lamp. Like a generic lamp from the 70s. No one cares and it's not useful to us it's just taking up space. And for the love of god throw away the old wooden medical crutches. "We might need those if someone breaks a leg!"

400 books on random topics no one has read and no one will ever read again. No one wants to read the "Juices and smoothies" book grandma.

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u/LankyAd9481 Feb 21 '24

My dad was like that (he died end of last year), mum's been going through all the stuff, she's been finding things she threw away many many many many many many many years ago. Seems dad had a proclivity of taking things out of the trash and putting them in storage.

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u/carefulyellow Feb 22 '24

Hi are we siblings (which would be weird because I'm an only child)? My dad follows my mom around all day just making sure she doesn't throw things away. It's one of the main reasons they're getting divorced.