Is anyone watching "Enough Already"
02-21-2011, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Colorful Quilter
A lot of it was sad but the room she ended up with in the end was worth it, she finally has room to play!!!
02-21-2011, 06:23 PM
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Like ksea said "I lived my life for my kids when they were little, now it's my turn..." My DS married into an extremely close knit family and sometimes I feel guilty because I'm not calling them everyday and involved in every detail of their lives. Makes me think I'm a bad mother, yet I raised my children to be independent and wanted them to grow up and be on their own. I love my children and I know they would never ask me to give up that much quilting stuff for them. I don't know how that woman ever did it.
02-21-2011, 06:27 PM
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I agree with ALL the comments so far! The whole show, I kept saying "How dare they! I bet they are not giving up anything they like to do. Bet they wouldn't like to be bannished to the garage! If they really wanted to spend time with Grandma, come and get her--treat her to something nice!"
02-21-2011, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ksea
Originally Posted by Colorful Quilter
A lot of it was sad but the room she ended up with in the end was worth it, she finally has room to play!!!
02-21-2011, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Jill
Like ksea said "I lived my life for my kids when they were little, now it's my turn..." My DS married into an extremely close knit family and sometimes I feel guilty because I'm not calling them everyday and involved in every detail of their lives. Makes me think I'm a bad mother, yet I raised my children to be independent and wanted them to grow up and be on their own. I love my children and I know they would never ask me to give up that much quilting stuff for them. I don't know how that woman ever did it.
02-21-2011, 07:10 PM
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She could not have possibly known what all was in that house and garage. I couldn't live like that. My sewing room is a mess right now and my stash is not HUGE. I still have more than I can use and don't know all that is here. I will like it better when I go through and weed out some of the stuff.
I don't feel bad about getting rid of stuff as long as it is going to someone that will use it. It would break my heart for it to go in the garbage. She knew it was going to another donation center so it ended up good.
I don't feel bad about getting rid of stuff as long as it is going to someone that will use it. It would break my heart for it to go in the garbage. She knew it was going to another donation center so it ended up good.
02-21-2011, 07:29 PM
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Well, I am on the fence about this one.
Although if my house looked like hers I would die of embarrassment to have anyone come over and see it like that. But then again, that is just me. I keep my sewing room neat at least for now, but we have only lived here for seven months!!! LOL Give me some time. I think her garage looked great at the end, I wish I could have one like that. But if nobody ever came over, or she was comfortable with it, why should her daughter care? If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!!! Maybe after awhile her living room will go back to the way she liked it! She looked kind of shellshocked when it was over! Poor thing.
Although if my house looked like hers I would die of embarrassment to have anyone come over and see it like that. But then again, that is just me. I keep my sewing room neat at least for now, but we have only lived here for seven months!!! LOL Give me some time. I think her garage looked great at the end, I wish I could have one like that. But if nobody ever came over, or she was comfortable with it, why should her daughter care? If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!!! Maybe after awhile her living room will go back to the way she liked it! She looked kind of shellshocked when it was over! Poor thing.
02-21-2011, 10:51 PM
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The beginning of the show pi***** me off. Her daughter is so out of line! Granted the house was a mess and she was overwhelmed, but if any of my daughters acted that way, well, it would not be good. I did like the ending though. I think the daughter was very selfish!!
02-21-2011, 11:09 PM
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No one at any time asked her to give up the quilting that she obviously loves. And she chose the garage to move to - I hardly saw it as them banishing her to the garage.
She does share their home with her husband and he said he'd had enough. She simply let it get out of control - "God Love Her"!
I saw the role of this daughter as the one telling mom that Dad and the grand kids missed her. You can't allow holding on to old memories prevent you from living now and from making new memories.
I can relate to the daughter. My husband held on to so much stuff from his parents that we had no room to live our own lives. We have finally dwindled it down, but it has taken over 25 years, piece by piece to get him to part with it. Granny's eyeglasses, Dads work boots. An entire 2 car garage plus some, to the rafters we have moved for 20 years across the country. What a constant burden. Thank goodness Hurricane Katrina helped a whole lot.
My mother is a hoarder. It's an illness! She doesn't realize she traded her entire family for a house full of "stuff" she'll never need or use. We stopped going to her house several years ago. She misses the visitors, but not enough to get rid of the stuff. That daughter was not being selfish... she could just as easily stay away - it only hurts grandma and grandpa though...
And it isn't safe to live with all that clutter. Do you think it would have been easy to get a gurney in there to retrieve them if something were to happen? Us daughters worry about that too...
She does share their home with her husband and he said he'd had enough. She simply let it get out of control - "God Love Her"!
I saw the role of this daughter as the one telling mom that Dad and the grand kids missed her. You can't allow holding on to old memories prevent you from living now and from making new memories.
I can relate to the daughter. My husband held on to so much stuff from his parents that we had no room to live our own lives. We have finally dwindled it down, but it has taken over 25 years, piece by piece to get him to part with it. Granny's eyeglasses, Dads work boots. An entire 2 car garage plus some, to the rafters we have moved for 20 years across the country. What a constant burden. Thank goodness Hurricane Katrina helped a whole lot.
My mother is a hoarder. It's an illness! She doesn't realize she traded her entire family for a house full of "stuff" she'll never need or use. We stopped going to her house several years ago. She misses the visitors, but not enough to get rid of the stuff. That daughter was not being selfish... she could just as easily stay away - it only hurts grandma and grandpa though...
And it isn't safe to live with all that clutter. Do you think it would have been easy to get a gurney in there to retrieve them if something were to happen? Us daughters worry about that too...
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