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"Larisa" <purple_bovine@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Melissa wrote:
>> <bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:bearclaw-D8C5F6.12055624092006@news.supernews.com...
>> > Ever wonder who's buying all the crap that's for sale on eBay?
>> >
>> > <http://www.badjason.com/RegularArticles/Crazy%20eBay%20mom.htm>
>> >
>> > Warning: while amazing, this is some pretty sad stuff.
>>
>> And it has been around the web for at least 2 years. I first saw it on The
>> Awful Forums.
>>
>> Melissa
>
>I had kind of a disgusted reaction to this - not to the mother, but to
>the daughter.  Yeah, the mother is crazy - but the daughter is
>mean-spirited in putting all that on display, and that's worse than any
>kind of crazy, in my book.  From the website, it looks like she moved
>back in with her mother as an adult - surely one shouldn't bite the
>hand that shelters you, however messy the shelter may be?
>
>Though I do have to admit to a strange compulsion to straighten up my
>dorm room after seeing that site. 
>
>LM (alphabetizing my textbooks...)

Interesting reaction.  I think of it more as a cry for help.  DW had a
similar reaction to yours.

Oddly enough, I've seen a number of homes that have similar problems.
One fellow I was interviewing for a historical paper had tons of boxes
in his house, and was obviously embarrassed by them, but it simply
wasn't an issue for me.  He was erudite had valuable life experiences
that needed to be documented for future generations.  His choice of
lifestyle didn't mean a tinker's dam to me.  I was overjoyed to see
that my talking with him had the side effect of bringing him a little
out of the shell he had built around himself, and that he was soon
writing some of his experiences to the local historical society.  All
of us have our own issues, and making too much of them does a
disservice to us and others.