No condemning from me. Just a sort of envy. I have a garage full of stuff from mums house that I don't need, want, or has any use to anyone, yet still I can't let it go...
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You are not alone. My OH found it impossible to get rid of a lot of his father's stuff after he died. A mass of it went into storage for several years - a daft waste of money but I never said a word since he just didn't feel able to chuck the vast majority and none of his brothers could come and help at the time - all too busy or far away.
Eventually one brother did come and go through it all with him, and by then the emotion had faded so much that it was comparatively easy - it was just 'stuff'.
He's still got his father's ancient old bike in our garage, though, after well over 15 years.
Nobody who didn't know would imagine my OH to be that soft or sentimental - must say even I was a little bit surprised.
The most emotional moment for me with FIL's stuff was not long after he died, when OH retrieved among other things a pair of very old and doubtless smelly tennis shoes. Our dog went nearly mad with excitement - she could smell Grandpa! She started looking all around for him - that really did make me well up.