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Old 01-16-2018, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BoatRatKat View Post
We did have stuff but got rid of 75% of it before moving down here and when we got here we realized we still had way too much. It was hard when we initially started letting things go but it just got easier and easier the more we let go of it. No sense keeping stuff that you'll never use, it'll just cause a burden to kids that have to clean it up when the parents pass away...their generation does not want stuff.
Yes, but... When I think of all the stuff of our kids that we had when they left & wouldn't take with them, this could be payback! When we sold our condo up north and cleared out the storage unit we'd been renting for 16 years, we said Get your stuff this weekend before the junk man shows up, or it's gone! They did. Should have done that sooner.

My friend had the same problem, but more kids. She said before she dies she was going to leave notes on their stuff in the basement, saying, "I TOLD you to come get this!"
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