Skip to comments.
Baby boomers are downsizing — and the kids won’t take the family heirlooms
Boston Globe ^
| 04 June 2017
| Beth Teitell
Posted on 06/06/2017 10:57:53 AM PDT by Drew68
Edited on 06/06/2017 2:11:09 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
[history]
For 30 years, Pat Fryzel stored her children
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyboomers; millennials; seniors; trends
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 221-223 next last
I went through this when my parents passed. Emptying a huge house full of stuff nobody wanted.
1
posted on
06/06/2017 10:57:53 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
And yet the vintage market is booming.
2
posted on
06/06/2017 10:59:54 AM PDT
by
Jagdgewehr
(It will take blood.)
To: Drew68
Me and my sis did our late folks stuff we were blessed my folks did well of getting rid of stuff along the way
3
posted on
06/06/2017 11:00:26 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: Drew68
4
posted on
06/06/2017 11:00:48 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Drew68
The only piece of furniture any of my elderly relatives have that I have any interest in is the FIL’s (now MIL’s since he has passed) gun cabinet. And honestly it’s not that nice a cabinet, I’ll probably find something else to keep the guns in once they’re in my home.
5
posted on
06/06/2017 11:01:56 AM PDT
by
discostu
(You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
To: Drew68
We know a wealthy lady who recently offered her daughter a large set of sterling silver flatware and serving pieces she’d had in the family for a while.
The daughter didn’t want to be bothered with polishing it, so she declined.
The woman ended up selling it for a large sum of money. Kids are stupid, sometimes.
6
posted on
06/06/2017 11:02:44 AM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: Drew68
As a general statement, Americans have too much “stuff”.
“Stuff” will generally not make you happy.
That being said, if someone wants to collect tons of stuff and what to argue with relatives about holding on to that stuff for generations, then they are welcome to do so. It’s certainly not up to me to say “You have more than you should have.”
But I do think our love of “stuff” hurts us in many ways.
7
posted on
06/06/2017 11:03:12 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: Drew68
Same thing with us. My daughter doesn’t want any of our ‘stuff’, pictures, artifacts, nothing..................
8
posted on
06/06/2017 11:03:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
To: dfwgator
Ebay, or bonanza.com if you prefer lower seller fees and a lot less risk of bad faith buyers.
9
posted on
06/06/2017 11:03:46 AM PDT
by
Buttons12
To: Jagdgewehr
I wonder how much of this is that in some families, the parents did much better than the children, relatively speaking, but in other families, the children are doing better than their parents, and want the vintage items their parents could not afford.
In other words, social mobility.
To: Drew68
Can we post Boston Globe articles?
11
posted on
06/06/2017 11:04:58 AM PDT
by
Mears
("It takes a lot of clout to be a victim."---Joe Sobran)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Who’s inheriting the money? Sometimes kids are smarter than you think.
12
posted on
06/06/2017 11:05:12 AM PDT
by
discostu
(You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
To: Drew68
I went through this when my parents passed.
I'm a "boomer," and about to go through it. I've been in the same house for 40 years, and my wife has accumulated 40 years of "stuff" including some valuable family heirlooms.
We've decided it's time to downsize, but both my kids have been made it fairly plain, that they have no room (or desire) to take the family stuff. Problem is my wife, a mild hoarder, doesn't want to sell it either. Oy ...
13
posted on
06/06/2017 11:05:20 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: dfwgator
I agree.
Sell it on eBay and take a vacation on the proceeds!
14
posted on
06/06/2017 11:05:34 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS!!!)
To: Drew68
My daughter and son-in-law gladly took our brown La-z-boy loveseat.
15
posted on
06/06/2017 11:06:16 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR)
To: Drew68
asking whats next? Am I going to be useful? Will my life have meaning?If you haven't figured that out by your golden years you may have wasted your life.
16
posted on
06/06/2017 11:06:27 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
To: ClearCase_guy
17
posted on
06/06/2017 11:07:06 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: Red Badger
Same thing with us. My daughter doesnt want any of our stuff, pictures, artifacts, nothing..................Getting rid of the old photos was strange. My brothers and I didn't want them but we didn't want to throw them away either. My mom took thousands of photos when we were growing up. In the end, most went into the garbage.
18
posted on
06/06/2017 11:07:57 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
“It’s not the money...it’s the STUFF!”
- M. Kahn
19
posted on
06/06/2017 11:08:10 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: Drew68
I see antique opportunities abound.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 221-223 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson