Neighbor's dumpster

[pinkytoe]

I had to laugh when I found out why the 75 yo lady across the street had a huge dumpster delivered to her driveway the other day. After a lifetime of her husband's refusal to go through his clutter and clean it up, she intends to throw everything he has collected into the dumpster. I can only imagine the conversations inside her house - but she has reached her tolerance level apparently. I get it:)

[Tybee]

I had to laugh when I found out why the 75 yo lady across the street had a huge dumpster delivered to her driveway the other day. After a lifetime of her husband's refusal to go through his clutter and clean it up, she intends to throw everything he has collected into the dumpster. I can only imagine the conversations inside her house - but she has reached her tolerance level apparently. I get it:)

Wow. I don't think I will have the physical strength at 75 to fill a dumpster full of anybody's stuff.

[iris lilies]

I had to laugh when I found out why the 75 yo lady across the street had a huge dumpster delivered to her driveway the other day. After a lifetime of her husband's refusal to go through his clutter and clean it up, she intends to throw everything he has collected into the dumpster. I can only imagine the conversations inside her house - but she has reached her tolerance level apparently. I get it:)

She is my hero. We need to name something important after her.

[JaneV2.0]

She is my hero. We need to name something important after her.

Maybe a municipal landfill? :D

[Tradd]

Good for her!

[littlebittybobby]

Destroying or disposing of your spouses' personal possessions without their consent is a form of Domestic Abuse. She needs to be charged, jailed, and have an ex parte filed on her. Then, she can rent an apartment and keep it so tidy that it looks as though no one lives there. Yup. Hope that helps you some.48074807

[Teacher Terry]

If he’s a true hoarder I don’t see this going well. Should be interesting.

[rosarugosa]

Good for her!

I have never disposed of anything belonging to my husband without his approval. I agree that's it's inappropriate and disrespectful, although I might feel differently if I was living with an actual hoarding situation.

[rosarugosa]

Maybe a municipal landfill? :D

Dave Barry always made fun of Grand Forks, North Dakota, so at one point they named a sewage treatment station after him: https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Sewage-Pump-Named-for-Dave-Barry-7326148.php

[Yppej]

A hoarder in my neighborhood died and the whole house has to gutted. He couldn't get into the jampacked basement so didn't know until the neighbors saw water ponding that a water pipe burst so he had mold. Rodents got on the house and made nests in all his stuff. His relatives are trying to save the house.

[happystuff]

I have never disposed of anything belonging to my husband without his approval. I agree that's it's inappropriate and disrespectful, although I might feel differently if I was living with an actual hoarding situation.

I haven't either, but I also am not living in an intense hoarding situation. I'm still working towards that minimalist lifestyle, which is hard to do when living with others. But, we'll see how it goes when we actually make the move to downsize. LOL.

[iris lilies]

I have never disposed of anything belonging to my husband without his approval. I agree that's it's inappropriate and disrespectful, although I might feel differently if I was living with an actual hoarding situation.
We can all fantacize!

I love that Dave Barry nugget. He probably thought it was hilarious, too.

[littlebittybobby]

Okay-----Using extreme cases to make comparisons to situations that on paper sound comparable are not, is what ideologues typically do, so I try not to be one. But, here's one for ya: 44 years ago, I went to an antique auto parts swap meet, with two older fellows. One of them picked up a model T coil for a couple of bucks, which fit in the palm of his hand. He got a little joy out of that. I, bought a pair of used, but in pretty good condition Chevy outside rear view mirrors for oh, $10, from a seller who had replaced his with brand new ones, which at the time were selling for about $45 each. When we arrived back to town and dropped the guy (with the coil he purchased) off, his chunky old wife, whom I will ever-after refer to as "Henryetta", started in on him with a scolding for bringing home "junk" that we could hear as we walked back down the driveway to leave. Yup. But yeah---I still have those mirrors on my old Chevy. Hope that helps you kids some. 4809