My mother just texted me and said, “just think, someday this will all be yours!”

And then that weekend, it will be sitting on the table at the garage sale.

As a friend of mine would say, “I don’t have room in my apartment for this.”

I dunno about you guys but I’m gunning for the birdhouse (barnyard?) in the upper left. You don’t see craftsmanship like that in new pieces.

More like someday i will have to haul all this shit to Salvation Army donation center.

My mother, who passed away a few years ago, would always say this to me. Then after she passed away, most of her stuff went to Goodwill. Seeing what ended up happening to all of her stuff changed the way I make purchases.

Does it come with the house to put it in?

It’s funny. I agree with the anti-clutter millennial sentiment, but I did inherit the curio cabinet when my mother died…

And I cherish it. I’d run in to the burning house to try to save some of the carnival glass vases.
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To clarify, it’s a memory of my mother’s love for antiques. I did throw out like 20 boxes of shitty tchotchkes, but I kept the curio and its contents, among a few other items, like a Victrola record player. Otherwise, my family’s house is quite clutter-free.

We currently have that exact same setup in our dining room. Lots of thymbols and trinkets from Branson.

I love the weird tidbits from my nana and mom 😂 I’ve collected such an odd group of.. stuff but it makes me so happy. I just like weird figurines and things like that

My mom died when I was around 25, so I inherited all this crap well before the average millennial. I was still trying to get my life together at the time, and had no idea what to do with all the glassware, furniture, wood and metal trinkets, china sets, holiday decorations…..the shit never seemed to end. It’s taken me almost 10 years to get rid of most of it. The guilt was unbearable for a long time but I’ve finally come to terms with it and have spent the last couple months purging stuff that I held onto but don’t even like!

You should have said, “Why? What did I ever do to you?!?”

And then you’ll be stuck getting rid of it.

I love my parents so much. Theyve been decluttering for years and are aware of things no longer having value in this day and age

Ok, y’all can say whatever you like, but that hutch is pretty. I would take that in a heartbeat

She’s trying to show you her love. These things mean something to her. She just wants you to know she loves you. Say something about it being far in the future and enjoy the fact that you have a mother still.

I got lucky. My mum is more of a functional things collector. That said, she has TONS of stuff.

If those are real flow blue plates, those actually do have value.

“that a threat, ma?”

Sounds like a low key threat to my ears.

I literally just left my therapist where I told her how I don’t want to have to clear all this shit out of my parent’s house when they die…