A California woman is fed up because she says boomers will collect anything. She says they see this as a “boomer investment plan” but what it really boils down to is that they just love hoarding junk. Now, she said that people like her have to clean up the mess that boomer parents leave in their wake.
Tracey (@traceyh415) says that her mother used to have several collections. These included Madame Alexander Dolls, Longaberger baskets, and Precious Moment figurines. As she says, her mom was “so sure” that these items would be worth something. She saw them like an investment. However, Tracey’s mom passed away and that’s not what happened. Instead, she says they had to actually pay people to get rid of those items. Because, as she states, “No one wanted that stuff.”
Tracey thinks back on how her mother collected so many things and spent so much of her money on them. She looks back with sadness, saying her mom could have “gone out of the country” and traveled, doing something worthy of her time. But because she was so worried about the things she had, she never got that chance. Tracey says that this “stuff was everywhere” throughout her whole childhood. It was a constant reminder of the things her mom hoarded without a second thought.
Since its posting, Tracey’s video has sparked a range of reactions online. A common sentiment among commenters is that they, too, experienced this upon their parents’ passing. One commenter stated, “I think it’s a little deeper than ‘they thought it was an investment’. That’s what they told you and maybe themselves but what they really wanted was the immediate dopamine hit of purchasing.” Another quipped, “That’ll be Pokémon cards in 30 years.”
Other commenters saw things from a different viewpoint. One commenter considered, “As someone who collects, I’m not concerned with what happens to them when I’m gone. They bring me comfort in the here and now and maybe your mom’s items did the same for her.” Viewers continue to discuss their take on this phenomenon and what they’ve experienced in their own lives.
