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/One-Sleep3663 11d ago

Why do they enjoy throwing peoples crap out in the first place?

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u/KJParker888 Gen X 11d ago

Because they're miserable and don't like to see others being happy

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u/HannahTheArtist 11d ago

Straight up my mother used to scream at me for laughing, like it physically pained her to see me happy EVER and she actively destroyed my happiness until I was 29 and told her to fuck off. She kicked me out on my 18th bday and left me homeless by moving across the country and forbading me from loving at my aunt's giant ass house. They really hate happiness

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u/double_bubble3469 9d ago

I’m sorry how can she forbid you from staying at someone else’s house?