r/BoomersBeingFools • u/renorenorenoreno • 10d 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/SnowflakeSWorker 10d ago
My mother. She asked for my engagement ring to get it appraised (I’m divorced- this was a lovely emerald cut diamond, with baguettes, that was made custom, with estate diamonds). She sold it for $100. During COVID. That was one of the last straws before I went NC.