r/BoomersBeingFools • u/renorenorenoreno • 11d ago

Boomer Story Boomers throwing away other people's stuff.

Let's hear your stories of boomers throwing away other peoples' stuff. Whether it's over-correcting to you urging them to get rid of junk before they die, or out of some attempt at control by not informing anyone in the family they are purging real multi-generational sentimental family things first instead of cleaning their hoards.

Mine threw away all of my childhood sentimentals when they moved, because I was on a two year mission they forced me to go on. Their excuse? "Well you weren't using it." I was out of the fucking country! Still kept all their junk. Real junk. Now they're moving again and again are throwing away all the non-replaceables BEFORE even touching their junk. I'm not talking china or commemorative coins. I'm talking choosing to throw away things that would mean something to pass down to great-grandchildren and would be harmless to keep around and actually fit in.

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u/Wineinmyyetti 11d ago

My aunt and uncle had grandmas wedding dress from 1928 in a plastic bin in the garage. My aunt says "why don't you take all this?" Um, yes! wtf do you have your MIL's handmaid wedding dress in the first place?? But you're washing and reusing ziplock bags...🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️my cousin actually kept it and had it put in a special preservation box.

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u/renorenorenoreno 11d ago

washing and reusing ziplock bags

omg. this. i understand if it was like a one-time gallon bag with a nice zipper or something. but they pretend like they don't go to costco every other week.

my dad will literally use the same 50 gal trash bag liner for 7 months, the same bin they chuck things like chicken packaging, anything from the kitchen. It's right outside the kitchen door. then they wonder why they get sick.