I can’t have my mum living with me any longer – she’s a hoarder
DEAR DEIDRE: MY mother has moved in with me after Dad passed away but she’s a massive hoarder and her stuff is now spilling all over my house too.
I’m a woman of 46 and Mum is 74. My parents’ house was a tip.
It had been my gran’s house before that and no one had ever cleared out her possessions.
Mum and Dad just added to the mess.
A few years ago I took a load of boxes and furniture to a lock-up to free some space but within a year the house was full to the brim again.
After Dad died, I went to get Mum some clothes and was so shocked to see the state of their bedroom.
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It was full of clothes, shoes, toiletries and newspapers all piled on top of each other.
Mum moved in with me “for a couple of weeks”, until she could face going back home but she’s still with me almost a year down the line.
Her bedroom is a mess with stuff all over the place. I can’t cope with it any longer.
DEIDRE SAYS: You shouldn’t have to.
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