Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always follow

Re:Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always... by dolmen on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:41AM (#27314685)

As my parents are aging, I have bad dreams about what I will have to do with their home and all the stuff it contains as souvenirs are attached to each object as this is were I spent more than 20 years. I have my own home that is already full.

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Re:Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always... by mlac on Friday May 28, 2021 @12:17PM (#27317240)

Pick out the most important / sentimental items. Have a yard/estate sale one morning. Hire some movers to load up and take a U-Haul to good will or a donation center, have the donation center pick up large furniture, rent a dumpster for the rest. This can be done over the course of a few days or a week if you want more time for any of the steps.

It’s better if they start doing it now, and clarify what is essential and “the important stuff they’d grab in a house fire” in step one.

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Re:Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always... by cafard on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:25PM (#27318834)

I've been on the edges of three rounds of this--parents once, 2x in-laws. It's rough.

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