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bravenak

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Mon Mar 30, 2015, 03:51 PM

Mar 2015

I keep telling my mom that her motorcycle is mine the second her husband dies.

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Stuff it: Millennials nix their parents� treasures [View all] pstokely Mar 2015 OP

"Thanks, Mom, but I really can�t use that eight-foot dining table or your king-size headboard." Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1

That's the key to decluttering. Butterbean Mar 2015 #25

Yes, I am having trouble giving away my solid wood very heavy furniture hollysmom Mar 2015 #60

I love my Thomasville stuff Protalker Mar 2015 #79

We barely have room for a 4 person table. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #80

oh please mercuryblues Mar 2015 #2

! bravenak Mar 2015 #36

yup mercuryblues Mar 2015 #40

I find this sad. Millennials don't care about old wood furniture and historical items mainer Mar 2015 #3

Maybe they can just move into cyberspace, too. I hear the rent is cheaper. zonkers Mar 2015 #26

How much of it is really old or hand-carved though? antigone382 Mar 2015 #48

I can put my ass down on the very couch my great granny and grandpa sat upon. MADem Mar 2015 #56

Yeah, but how many families really have hundred year old quality furniture to pass down? antigone382 Mar 2015 #57

People should do what they want! Live as they choose! MADem Mar 2015 #99

Oh I paid through the nose for my furniture, I didn't want to have to buy asgain when damaged hollysmom Mar 2015 #61

Hubby inherited a 200 yr old cabinet mainer Mar 2015 #98

All the while rent-a-center pipoman Mar 2015 #4

Quite true. We've picked up incredible furniture, etc. in thrift shops and auctions for really, RKP5637 Mar 2015 #10

Rent-A-Center and similar stores are the biggest rip off. Initech Mar 2015 #24

Oy. I paid $265 cash at Micro Center for the perfectly serviceable laptop hifiguy Mar 2015 #31

$4,000 can buy you a PC with an Intel i7-5960X, and dual Titan X's. Initech Mar 2015 #44

not dumb, just not educated pstokely Mar 2015 #71

Taking out your phone and using the calculator to hifiguy Mar 2015 #84

people with little education aren't readers of consumer reports pstokely Mar 2015 #87

Woah!!! Where do you get anything about entitlement from this article? antigone382 Mar 2015 #49

Because I am aware of the rent-a-center demographic pipoman Mar 2015 #65

You have forgotten about the have-to-move demographic. pnwmom Mar 2015 #89

Yeah no doubt! my coworker moved across country last year. antigone382 Mar 2015 #95

Exactly. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #72

While it is nice to have some things from your childhood home and from your parents GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #5

You don't put silverplate in the dishwasher? Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #28

not recommended by manufacturers GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #34

you need a stable lifestyle to keep "stuff." PowerToThePeople Mar 2015 #6

If I were young today I would not have many possessions and I would travel lightly. One never RKP5637 Mar 2015 #11

That's true! pipi_k Mar 2015 #16

plus 1 Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #37

That's right! tabasco Mar 2015 #41

We don't have the stable housing required to keep all that shit RedCappedBandit Mar 2015 #7

Yes, sadly, that is quite true. I've moved several times and wondered, what am I doing with all RKP5637 Mar 2015 #13

My 40 something daughter does not want "any of my stuff". sandpan Mar 2015 #42

It makes a huge difference. I still have stuff in boxes from a move. I was saying the other day I RKP5637 Mar 2015 #43

Welcome to DU!! StevieM Mar 2015 #70

We can thank the billionaires and the predatory banking system for this. Initech Mar 2015 #27

+1 (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #39

I'm not reading that they aren't defined by possessions here gollygee Mar 2015 #8

yes. they will still line up for the latest iphone JI7 Mar 2015 #35

Actually a lot of millenials are choosing to go back to flip phones. antigone382 Mar 2015 #53

Really? I think the article portray a pretty clear reduction placed on the importance of possessions antigone382 Mar 2015 #52

They don't have much space because they're living in the city gollygee Mar 2015 #54

I live in the country. In an attic. Because that's what I can afford. antigone382 Mar 2015 #59

I thought it said the sold stuff on Craigslist, not that they bought it gollygee Mar 2015 #64

The choice to live in a city is obviously colored by economics. antigone382 Mar 2015 #96

i think this is kind of sad Angel Martin Mar 2015 #67

have them go to a pjthographer or an office depot DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #94

I cannot imagine passing on such junk to anyone Skittles Mar 2015 #101

If they don't live nearby, shipping is expensive. It can cost more to ship old stuff pnwmom Mar 2015 #91

Hard to collect in a one bedroom apartment Prism Mar 2015 #9

That statement is so true, "Less is more," especially in the Bay Area, and many other places too. RKP5637 Mar 2015 #14

I live in L.A. PasadenaTrudy Mar 2015 #85

What I noticed in the Bay area when I lived there dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #86

20-year-olds aren't typically the offspring of boomers. They are the offspring of Xers. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #12

I agree. As is often the case, GenX is totally overlooked. I have nothing to hand down. RadiationTherapy Mar 2015 #38

I'm a Gen-Xer, not a millenial. My house is full of hand-me-down LeftinOH Mar 2015 #15

This will continue BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #17

while you may see that in fact people are moving away from big cities and into burbs snooper2 Mar 2015 #22

The biggest cities are too pricey BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #29

"new Millennial 'coppering' fad leaves buildings without wiring" "Millennials using trash-can fires MisterP Mar 2015 #18

i'm gen x/millenial cusp fizzgig Mar 2015 #19

Thank god I have neither children nor possessions to force on them. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Mar 2015 #21

Meh. My milennial kids will be delighted and eternally grateful to inherit my possessions. Zorra Mar 2015 #23

My goodness that's a lot of cords you have on the floor there. icymist Mar 2015 #69

Good. I am reading the Fall 2013 issue of YES!. It is all about changing our materialistic ways. One jwirr Mar 2015 #30

I'll probably keep shedevil69taz Mar 2015 #32

It's a change in times also. these days there are more pics and videos JI7 Mar 2015 #33

Once they start abandoning hand me down money I'll pay attn. nt raouldukelives Mar 2015 #45

I wouldn't count on it. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #74

One of my brothers is the official repository for our bulkier family heirlooms. hunter Mar 2015 #46

"Her Photographs, Writing, and Art" TBF Mar 2015 #50

Stuff they bought as opposed to stuff they made. That's my measure. hunter Mar 2015 #66

If I don't use something in a year, I get rid of it. Marr Mar 2015 #47

I'm trying to teach my teen kids to purge-as-you-go Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #51

There is definitely an aesthetic gap in the generations. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #55

Not this 30-something. a la izquierda Mar 2015 #58

i do estate sales. i so so miss the depression generation. baby boomers have CRAP! good stuff in the pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #62

They are no less materialistic. This group buys urban real estate, imported cars,and lots of travel. leveymg Mar 2015 #63

Yup. I heard repeatedly that people just want crap these days REP Mar 2015 #68

I think the last recession taught people to upaloopa Mar 2015 #77

They're putting crap in their mini mansions REP Mar 2015 #100

A great example of lazy journalism. HuckleB Mar 2015 #73

My kids only want my car. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #75

Good for them. We Boomers were raised by materialistic, acquisitive Depression kids Warpy Mar 2015 #76

It's fine with me if my kids don't want these things. raging moderate Mar 2015 #78

We as a society are awash with stuff, JEB Mar 2015 #81

Anyone need a trouble-shooting flow chart for a Douglas DC-8 toilet? Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2015 #82

One of my jobs is packing and unpacking people's stuff when they move kimbutgar Mar 2015 #83

My single brother was happy to take my mother's hutch. pnwmom Mar 2015 #93

My 30 year old daughter is a 40s Fanatic HockeyMom Mar 2015 #88

I'm in that demograpic, and I have no idea WTF the author is talking about. LeftyMom Mar 2015 #90

I don't collect anything. bigwillq Mar 2015 #92

I have a storage garage full of my parents' stuff AnnieBW Mar 2015 #97

I'm not sure, but that's been the case for a long time, I think bhikkhu Mar 2015 #102