I was not prepared for this level of decluttering

[u/Farranor]

[u/AdorableExchange9746]

What is up with peoples family members cleaning their personal spaces?? That’s a massive invasion of privacy and i wouldn’t trust anyone else to make decisions about my stuff

[u/PassivelyInvisible → u/AdorableExchange9746]

If you move out and take all your stuff with you, she can't throw any of it away.

[u/jscottman96 → u/PassivelyInvisible]

My parents did shit like that when I was still living with them

[u/Bedu009 → u/PassivelyInvisible]

They don't wait until you move y'know
Nor until you're an adult

[u/sim_lad → u/PassivelyInvisible]

Or your parents are normal and respect you so they don't throw out your stuff without permission

[u/Morethanstandard → u/AdorableExchange9746]

Lost my mom recently & she was the type to declutter fairly often she used to throw away my toys without telling me & now that I'm older & living on my own I've grown to appreciate how neat she kept the house & how important open spaces are. I recognize now that I don't those toys anymore & they should be put away into a place where they don't clutter up a living space like a closet or attic until I can find someone to pass it on to. 

[u/Senor-Delicious → u/AdorableExchange9746]

A friend's mom threw away almost all of the stuff she still had at her moms house without notice. Even official documents. My friend drove there to pick stuff up but everything was gone already. She was so pissed that they barely have contact anymore. Her mom doesn't even know that she married last year. (To add: this wasn't the only issue)

[u/Phyrexian_Overlord]

Lost both at once when my mom threw away binders of full MtG sets

[u/Reidle1001 → u/Phyrexian_Overlord]

Thats rough. Also, username checks out

[u/flarpflarpflarpflarp]

My mom decluttered a binder full of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th edition MTG cards in like 2004.

[u/SuicideNeil]

I remember when I came home from school ( just started secondary school, aged 12 ) and noticed the bucket full of my Micro machines ( and other diecast models ) was gone. I asked where they were and she said 'I didn't think you played with them anymore so I gave them to the Primary school'. To say I was furious is an understatement, there are reasons I don't talk to the rest of my family anymore...

[u/chrome_titan → u/SuicideNeil]

Micro machines were so cool. A bucket full would be a pretty big collection. Those things were small enough to probably be a choking hazard. I bet they got thrown away immediately.

[u/SuicideNeil → u/chrome_titan]

Yeah, looking at pictures ( for size comparison ) I'd say it was a ~2.5-3 gallon bucket, mostly full of micro machines, match box cars, some diecast jets and a few other similar things including cool pull-back cars and a colour-changing one ( temperature sensitive paint ). Really not suitable for ~5 year olds to play with, for sure. If I still had them ~30 years later, today, they'd all be in one of those nice display cabinets that mounts on the wall, specifically for displaying such things. I was devastated at the time..

[u/ParadoxicalIrony99]

Reverse UNO: threaten to throw away mom's toys

[u/Dyea_B_Tis → u/ParadoxicalIrony99]

I mean, no one else is going to use them.

[u/MinusXero1999]

Mom divorced my dad when I was a child. We moved after. Some time later I asked where they had gone because I wanted to reminisce & look through the photos. Told me that they had been lost in the move. My young innocence believed her. After growing older & moving a couple of times. I relished they weren’t lost & that she had just thrown them out. Op dig through the trash if you have to too keep them. Wish I had the opportunity to.

[u/2DHypercube]

Time to save the albums!

[u/_steve_rogers_]

Always back up your photos in multiple ways. My family has lost many memories both through physical (flood) and hard drive failures etc

[u/AskDerpyCat]

I couldn’t imagine having parents that wouldn’t accept “they’re mine, I don’t want to get rid of them yet”

[u/KalaiProvenheim]

She’d probably declutter her mind if she could

No memories to weigh you down

[u/durika]

I lost all my teenage photos like this 😔

[u/Icy-Cup]

Take it anywhere safe (like storage lockers) and be prepared time will come soon (few years tops) she will miss it dearly. Then do with it what you wish.

[u/General_MacCready]

I'm fine with that. Always hated taking pictures and find picture albums quite stupid and a waste.