💬 OT Geriatric fucks vs Millennials: Facts, Insults, Charts, Memes and More
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Venture to guess the current young adults are also living at home due to college loan debt. Would be interested as to how the soaring cost of college is impacting young adult decision making.
We're on 4 months now since my wife's grandfather passed away. Legit haven't even made a dent in going through the shit he's saved.
He was masterful at utilizing the space that he had. It's tetris'd in a very well organized way, well, only organized because HE knew exactly where everything was. Even when his vision was failing, "it's in the basement, third cabinet from the left, 4th drawer down, under the notepad." But now, as he's not here to help, it's just a giant clusterfuck.
My grandma just passed and she was born in ‘36. Just a house FULL of newspapers, paper clippings, fabric she was going to use for…..something etc. my mom is there cleaning it out. She’s found a whole bunch of cool old pictures but 98% of it is actual trash.
98% of what any packrat has is actual trash. I managed to convince my in laws to pay a full-service moving & estate sale company to clean out my wife's grandma's place (which is pretty tidy, not cluttered), and they seem flabbergasted that the movers told them it wasn't worth having an estate sale. The grandparents literally had not bought a piece of furniture since the 70's, the couches feel like you're sitting on metal, why on earth would you think any of this is worth $.
in laws still want to try and sell the dining room table though, like a moral victory or something
in laws still want to try and sell the dining room table though, like a moral victory or something
I think some of it is just that depression era thought process. My grandma was 1 of 7 kids and were poor af. She left on her own at like 16-17 because it was better than staying home. Met my grandfather at 18.
So anything of “value” she kept
Same with my grandparents. My grandfather was a child during the depression and was in the Pacific Islands during WWII. He went through some rough times in his younger years to say the least. His wife was 1st generation born in the states, grew up dirt poor and was raised by her older sister. My grandparents ended up doing well and living a fairly comfortable suburban middle class life, but it's hard to shake that thought that you could lose everything, so anything that could become useful shouldn't be thrown away.
I'm sure a lot of that mentality rubbed off on the boomer generation.
My grandparents lived through the depression, my MIL would be the generation after that. I think my grandparents were considered greatest generation.
My maternal grandparents are the polar opposite of what everyone in talking about. They lived through the depression, but didn't hoard shit. Probably because my grandpa was stationed around the world as a Marine, so he didn't collect much. They knew what was what, and what had value. They even had it listed out, for when their time came. My mom had an appraiser go through their belongings and he basically said, "they knew exactly what they had". All of the "valuables" fit in my truck, and I drove it home from Boston. Everything else, per their wishes was donated. The exceptions were personalized items, like family history/genealogy, his military records/medals, etc.
The largest item was the dining room table, which my grandma wanted me to have. It was handmade by their friend, as a wedding present to them in 1937. Does it have monetary value? No.
The largest item was the dining room table, which my grandma wanted me to have. It was handmade by their friend, as a wedding present to them in 1937. Does it have monetary value? No.
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