The show is addictive! Those poor cats had been dead so long they were damn near fossilized...*smh* ..and 8,000 pounds of trash! That house needed to be bulldozed & set on fire.
I tape it & ended up watching 3 shows last night. One couple had their kids taken away due to the conditions of the house. Rodent droppings all over the kitchen counters & the camera even caught a few mice snacking! After they cleaned, the wife ended up with 1,400 storage boxes in the garage! The state didn't return the kids (they weren't convinced she changed her habits) & the hubby filed for divorce just to get the kids out of the system.
Mo you are in love with this show girl! Me and you both, truthfully, though. I watch it in utter awe and disbelief that people actually live that way. But when I think again on it, I remember that I too have a couple of hoarders in my family. I know first hand what it is when people grow attached to "things" and not being able to let go.
I haven't seen the newest episodes, but that rotten food lady & the cat woman were vomit inducing to watch! Did you see that man that had acres and acres of junked cars and a school bus on his land. WTF was that all about! And then he refused to scrap them cuz he felt he could get more money.
These people do have some kind of mental issue (even if it's slight) & I speak from experience as my mother was a hoarder. Luckily there were no animals or pumpkins killed in her junk! LOL
When I knew she would be gone for at least 4 hours, I'd clean her apartment from top to bottom & she'd be pissed just wondering what the hell I tossed, just looking for something to bitch about, but didn't miss any of it. I'd put the trash bags in my car & take them to another neighborhood's dumpster area. I didn't put it past her to go looking for her crap.
This woman had nice dishes & glasses (inherited from my granny) but ate from chipped dishes & drank from jelly jars. WTF?! She even took her keys from me a few times but always gave them back for "emergencies". She'd be mad at me for days, but I didn't care.
When she died, my BFF helped me clean out her apartment & I could almost hear her saying, "That wench couldn't wait to get in there & trash my stuff!" :)
I *think* I'm hoarder, but only to an extent. I have hard time getting rid of things that cost me $$$ - like my $250 prom dress from 1990 & my 11x17 Flatbed scanner. LOL I also have an addiction to office supplies & kitchen gadgets. Hell I need help too! LOL
Do I have to come to the Lou and stage an intevention?!
*snickering*
I'm a hoarder to a degree, except I LOVEEEE paper! I still have this article I saved from when I was in high school. It's from Y.M. magazine about how not fall for a guy's line & give up your virginity.
A lot of help THAT article was. But I STILL have it! I keep all kinds of newspapers, articles printed from the web, magazines, brochures. I know it's some sort of madness but I am getting better about it. I keep them stored up in rubbermaid containers, thinking out of sight, out of mind. But I'm not to the point of sitting down, going through it all and deciding what I really need to save.
I got rid of my prom dress about five years ago! LOL
I watched that show for the first time last night... just speechless.
ReplyDeleteThat old lady had NO IDEA that she had dead, decomposed cats in her house?! *fainting*
The show is addictive! Those poor cats had been dead so long they were damn near fossilized...*smh* ..and 8,000 pounds of trash! That house needed to be bulldozed & set on fire.
ReplyDeleteI tape it & ended up watching 3 shows last night. One couple had their kids taken away due to the conditions of the house. Rodent droppings all over the kitchen counters & the camera even caught a few mice snacking! After they cleaned, the wife ended up with 1,400 storage boxes in the garage! The state didn't return the kids (they weren't convinced she changed her habits) & the hubby filed for divorce just to get the kids out of the system.
I saw the one with the crazy lady hoarding all that food... With rotten pumpkins all over the floors!
ReplyDeleteIt's like Clean House to the extreme!
That chic was off the chain! I 'bout died when she started picking the seeds from the rotten pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you eat yogurt that expired 6 months ago?!?! She said she has a cast iron stomach & I believe her.
Mo you are in love with this show girl! Me and you both, truthfully, though. I watch it in utter awe and disbelief that people actually live that way. But when I think again on it, I remember that I too have a couple of hoarders in my family. I know first hand what it is when people grow attached to "things" and not being able to let go.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the newest episodes, but that rotten food lady & the cat woman were vomit inducing to watch! Did you see that man that had acres and acres of junked cars and a school bus on his land. WTF was that all about! And then he refused to scrap them cuz he felt he could get more money.
My stomach can't take it, I was gagging.
ReplyDeleteI missed that one.
ReplyDeleteThese people do have some kind of mental issue (even if it's slight) & I speak from experience as my mother was a hoarder. Luckily there were no animals or pumpkins killed in her junk! LOL
When I knew she would be gone for at least 4 hours, I'd clean her apartment from top to bottom & she'd be pissed just wondering what the hell I tossed, just looking for something to bitch about, but didn't miss any of it. I'd put the trash bags in my car & take them to another neighborhood's dumpster area. I didn't put it past her to go looking for her crap.
This woman had nice dishes & glasses (inherited from my granny) but ate from chipped dishes & drank from jelly jars. WTF?! She even took her keys from me a few times but always gave them back for "emergencies". She'd be mad at me for days, but I didn't care.
When she died, my BFF helped me clean out her apartment & I could almost hear her saying, "That wench couldn't wait to get in there & trash my stuff!" :)
I *think* I'm hoarder, but only to an extent. I have hard time getting rid of things that cost me $$$ - like my $250 prom dress from 1990 & my 11x17 Flatbed scanner. LOL I also have an addiction to office supplies & kitchen gadgets. Hell I need help too! LOL
Do I have to come to the Lou and stage an intevention?!
ReplyDelete*snickering*
I'm a hoarder to a degree, except I LOVEEEE paper! I still have this article I saved from when I was in high school. It's from Y.M. magazine about how not fall for a guy's line & give up your virginity.
A lot of help THAT article was. But I STILL have it! I keep all kinds of newspapers, articles printed from the web, magazines, brochures. I know it's some sort of madness but I am getting better about it. I keep them stored up in rubbermaid containers, thinking out of sight, out of mind. But I'm not to the point of sitting down, going through it all and deciding what I really need to save.
I got rid of my prom dress about five years ago! LOL
8,000 pounds of trash (yes, they removed that much) with no gas or running water in the house will do that to you.
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