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re: do you know anyone that is a hoarder?
Posted on 4/22/18 at 12:59 pm to Clark W Griswold
Posted on 4/22/18 at 12:59 pm to Clark W Griswold
It's easy to wonder how this can happen, but hoarders usually don't even know that there's an issue with their behavior. It's part of their disorder.
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Posted on 4/22/18 at 1:14 pm to L1C4
There’s a woman and her husband that live near me that i’d consider “animal hoarders” ... my son is friends with their son, and occasionally goes over to play. Every time he goes, they have new animals... chickens, ducks, quail, rabbits, gunea pigs, hamsters, and a shite load of dogs. They get a new dog and once the newness wears off, they stick them in a kennel in the yard and leave them locked up all the time. Crying fricking shame.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 1:20 pm to L1C4
My uncle. His house became unlivable. He hoards any property he owns.
The city finally called his bluff while he was away. Total end game for all hoarders. They bulldozed his home and all contents. Even tore out an old slab he had for a garage he had torn down.
Poor fricker had no idea. A buddy had to tell him. “Saw the city came out.”
“Yeah they probably put a new sign?”
“Um... no. Sorry, but it’s gone? It’s an empty lot!”
My uncle was furious, but ridiculous. This was a 3-5 year process of paperwork and notifications that he chose to ignore.
The city finally called his bluff while he was away. Total end game for all hoarders. They bulldozed his home and all contents. Even tore out an old slab he had for a garage he had torn down.
Poor fricker had no idea. A buddy had to tell him. “Saw the city came out.”
“Yeah they probably put a new sign?”
“Um... no. Sorry, but it’s gone? It’s an empty lot!”
My uncle was furious, but ridiculous. This was a 3-5 year process of paperwork and notifications that he chose to ignore.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 1:43 pm to L1C4
A zillion years ago I went to someone's house to buy a cockatiel. I didn't realize the seller was the mother of someone I went to high school with until I got there and recognized her. I'm glad he doesn't know that I saw that his mother is a hoarder. Newspapers and magazines piled high, but neatly, in stacks and rows all over the house. There was a path through the stacks. The house didn't seem filthy like some of the ones I've seen on the hoarders shows.
It must've been so tough on the kids trying to live a normal life. He was the nicest guy (probably still is, I don't really know him anymore).
It must've been so tough on the kids trying to live a normal life. He was the nicest guy (probably still is, I don't really know him anymore).
This post was edited on 4/22/18 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 4/22/18 at 1:53 pm to samson73103
My mom is the same way, likely because she grew up poor with nothing. My dad has given stuff away to goodwill and she will go buy it back. Sucked as a kid. I was embarrassed to have girls over, or any of my friends for that matter.
I used to think this way but lately I’m worried what I’m going to have to do with that mess when my parents are gone.
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I don’t have to live there so I just let it go.
I used to think this way but lately I’m worried what I’m going to have to do with that mess when my parents are gone.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 2:05 pm to liuyaming
My parents are hoarders. Mostly my mom...who got it from my grandmother. Not animals or garbage, nothing as crazy as on the tv show...just stuff really. Was VERY hard on me as a kid. You never wanted any friends to come over. As a teen even worse. Anyone I dated as a teen I would just be waiting for them on the porch when they came to pick me up for a date.
They have gotten much better over the years though. Mainly cause a fire destroyed one home and then the 2016 flood destroyed the other. I guess that is one way to purge all the stuff. I was proud of my mom though.....after the flood she threw out a lot of stuff that wasn’t water damaged. That’s very hard for a hoarder to do.
I may not be a crazy neat freak but I vowed since I was a child I would NEVER live the same way as my parents when I moved out on my own.
They have gotten much better over the years though. Mainly cause a fire destroyed one home and then the 2016 flood destroyed the other. I guess that is one way to purge all the stuff. I was proud of my mom though.....after the flood she threw out a lot of stuff that wasn’t water damaged. That’s very hard for a hoarder to do.
I may not be a crazy neat freak but I vowed since I was a child I would NEVER live the same way as my parents when I moved out on my own.
This post was edited on 4/22/18 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 4/22/18 at 2:55 pm to lsunurse
My mom is trying to get better, although it results in her wanting to give us the stuff she doesn’t want. Have to be creative to politely decline without offending.
We’re moving in June, and nothing feels better than throwing away a garbage bag full of stuff that has sat around taking up space. We have instilled more of an experiences over possessions mentality, or at least quality of possessions over quantity.
We’re moving in June, and nothing feels better than throwing away a garbage bag full of stuff that has sat around taking up space. We have instilled more of an experiences over possessions mentality, or at least quality of possessions over quantity.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 2:57 pm to liuyaming
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I’m worried what I’m going to have to do with that mess when my parents are gone.
I intend to sort thru it quickly and make sure there isn't anything worth saving mixed in with the crap then load it on a trailer and either haul to the nearest landfill or build a big fire out back and drink beer while it burns.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 3:00 pm to L1C4
My mom, but it's like she is a clean hoarder. She has the cleaning obsession yet she will not throw anything away. She will not throw shite away, but she has it organized, yet she has no room to put anything.
She doesn't continue to bring in shite, it just that anything that she has after a certain period of time, she will not throw away and will put it up and forget about it.
She doesn't continue to bring in shite, it just that anything that she has after a certain period of time, she will not throw away and will put it up and forget about it.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 3:02 pm to samson73103
There are people that hoard personal belongings, then there are people that are fricking lazy pieces of shite who won't even take out the garbage.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 3:22 pm to liuyaming
Yeah with my parents and siblings I have to be careful with gifts for them. No knick knacks. Bath stuff is my go to for my mom and sister cause they will use it up and toss the empty containers.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 3:24 pm to JohnnyBgood
I had to clean up after a relative died. Problem was she was a hoarder that lived thru the
Depression. Did' they trust banks and kept cash rathole in everything. We found thousands of dollars 5-10-20 dollars at a time. Stuck in books, boxes and everywhere else. Even in refrigerator. . I'm sure we threw money away but it took forever to go through everything. House was awful.
Depression. Did' they trust banks and kept cash rathole in everything. We found thousands of dollars 5-10-20 dollars at a time. Stuck in books, boxes and everywhere else. Even in refrigerator. . I'm sure we threw money away but it took forever to go through everything. House was awful.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 3:47 pm to liuyaming
I guess my parents are semi-hoarders. They have a ton of stuff but they don't want to get rid of anything in case it is valuable or they paid x amount for it. When they try to sell things they ask for an insane price so it never leaves. They are currently cleaning out my grandma's house and my mom is so fed up with the sheer amount of stuff she has declared she is getting rid of 90% of her things. We'll see what happens. 
My parents bring me boxes of stuff when they come visit. I just take everything, sort through it when they leave and donate whatever I don't keep.
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My mom is trying to get better, although it results in her wanting to give us the stuff she doesn’t want. Have to be creative to politely decline without offending.
My parents bring me boxes of stuff when they come visit. I just take everything, sort through it when they leave and donate whatever I don't keep.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 4:30 pm to Benne Wafer
The other day, my mom brought one of my PE shirts from junior high. I was speechless for a moment but, as nicely as possible, told her I didn’t want it. I feel like if I always accept things from her, even if I’m going to discard it myself, I’m just enabling the issue even more. It really is a psychological addiction, and a very sad one at that.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 4:32 pm to L1C4
Was when I was 13. Took Zoloft and eventually grew out of it. Was rough time.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 4:33 pm to L1C4
I barely have furniture. I am a minimalist, don't even have artwork. I don't like "stuff", hate shopping.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 4:40 pm to L1C4
Not in a nasty way.....but my MIL and GMIL keep a ton of shite that is not neccesary.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 5:03 pm to L1C4
I am an independent property adjuster, and I have seen 3-4 legit hoarder homes over the years. They were every bit as bad as the show.
One of the homes had a tree hit it after a hurricane and there was a trash everywhere in the home. The mom and daughter looked normal. The bathroom had dropped about 1' due to rot and the tub and the toilet were not operational. The manager from the insurance company was with me on the inspection and we had a discussion is the tree impacted the home and cause the rotted framing to fail or if it had been like that prior to the storm. He had the idea to lift the toilet lid to see of the water stain was level or at an angle. We played paper, rock, scissors to see who would open the toilet lid (he lost), when he opened the lid, there was a plastic kitchen strainer in the toilet and plastic bags to catch solid waste for disposal.
Another home was a fire. I think the lady was a janitor at LSU and had stored all the stuff left by girls (mainly clothing.) The stuff was to the ceiling in bags with a path to one bedroom and the bathroom. The refrigerator was near the door so it could be used, nothing else was accessible in the home.
One of the homes had a tree hit it after a hurricane and there was a trash everywhere in the home. The mom and daughter looked normal. The bathroom had dropped about 1' due to rot and the tub and the toilet were not operational. The manager from the insurance company was with me on the inspection and we had a discussion is the tree impacted the home and cause the rotted framing to fail or if it had been like that prior to the storm. He had the idea to lift the toilet lid to see of the water stain was level or at an angle. We played paper, rock, scissors to see who would open the toilet lid (he lost), when he opened the lid, there was a plastic kitchen strainer in the toilet and plastic bags to catch solid waste for disposal.
Another home was a fire. I think the lady was a janitor at LSU and had stored all the stuff left by girls (mainly clothing.) The stuff was to the ceiling in bags with a path to one bedroom and the bathroom. The refrigerator was near the door so it could be used, nothing else was accessible in the home.
Posted on 4/22/18 at 5:15 pm to L1C4
In the 90's I had a upstairs neighbor who's living, and dinning areas had passageways between stuff that was stacked to the ceiling. These were huge two bedroom condos, where I rented. For his to be in that condition, I assume he owned it.
He called the office once because smoke from my grill was going into his place. They called me, and I went up and talked with him about it. From that point on, I'd go knock on his door, and let him know I was going to grill. He would shut his sliding glass door, and I guess he turned on his AC on those days. This was before Dallas had an ordinance prohibiting using grills within a given distance from multi unit buildings.
The trips up to tell him I was going to grill were the only times I saw him. From the front door, I could see he had a computer in his bedroom (the only room, besides the kitchen, that didn't have junk piled to the ceiling), and he claimed he was a hacker. He showed me some printed stuff he said intercepted from some Middle Eastern government. I got the feeling he had spent time over there, maybe for the US government. This was before 9/11, and he was obsessed with the region. He told me too many of countries over there were like the Frog, and the Scorpion.
On another day, he showed me something he said he got when he hacked the FBI. He said that was easy to do. He had what looked like a 45 sitting on the counter between the dinning room and living room.
When I moved out of that place, I didn't go tell him goodbye because I was scared of him.
He called the office once because smoke from my grill was going into his place. They called me, and I went up and talked with him about it. From that point on, I'd go knock on his door, and let him know I was going to grill. He would shut his sliding glass door, and I guess he turned on his AC on those days. This was before Dallas had an ordinance prohibiting using grills within a given distance from multi unit buildings.
The trips up to tell him I was going to grill were the only times I saw him. From the front door, I could see he had a computer in his bedroom (the only room, besides the kitchen, that didn't have junk piled to the ceiling), and he claimed he was a hacker. He showed me some printed stuff he said intercepted from some Middle Eastern government. I got the feeling he had spent time over there, maybe for the US government. This was before 9/11, and he was obsessed with the region. He told me too many of countries over there were like the Frog, and the Scorpion.
On another day, he showed me something he said he got when he hacked the FBI. He said that was easy to do. He had what looked like a 45 sitting on the counter between the dinning room and living room.
When I moved out of that place, I didn't go tell him goodbye because I was scared of him.
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