Boyfriend refuses to show his girlfriend of 3 months his apartment, despite only living 15 minutes away from her: ‘Either he lives with his parents, lives with his ex girlfriend, or is a hoarder.’

Which is worse? When you’re in the early stages of dating someone, one of the most arduous logistical questions is, «Where are we sleeping tonight?» Before you see your boyfriend or girlfriend, you need to figure that out, especially if you have work or something else you need to get up early for.  Some couples …
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Hoarder mother-in-law gives expecting daughter-in-law garbage as a birthday gift: ‘Before this most recent blizzard she dropped off a box of old candy from her desk at work.’

She needs to accept that this is the way her mother-in-law is, and there’s nothing she can do to change it. If you’ve never interacted with hoarders in real life, you can only imagine how life-ruining hoarding is. We all have this stereotypical image of hoarders from the TV show: they have eight cats that …
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Boyfriend breaks up with girlfriend after seeing her hoarder house for the first time, gets mad at him for leading her on: ‘I could literally taste the overpowering smell of mold and mildew in my mouth.’

Cleanliness is one of the many things you need to be compatible with your partner about. Most people fall somewhere in the middle: neither total clean freaks who need to deep clean the house once a day, nor slobs who haven’t washed a single dish in 10 years. Most disagreements about cleaning come down to …
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24-year-old wife gets rid of 37-year-old husband’s book collection after he refuses to pack it up, he threatens divorce: ‘Your husband is not a book collector. He is a hoarder’

Everyone is entitled to their weird collecting habit, within reason. Some people collect stamps. Some collect Beanie Babies. Some folks collect Garfield memorabilia. Some collect fingernail clippings. Whatever your strange collection is, you’re allowed to indulge, as long as (and this is the kicker) it doesn’t interfere with anyone’s happiness. If you’re cohabitating with someone, …
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Mom’s Passionate Defense of CD Collection Wins Admiration of the Internet

I was pretty late on the technological uptake when growing up. Like, didn’t have a smartphone until I got my dad’s old iPhone in college late. While I still listened to plenty of torrented and streamed music, this also meant that I had a meticulously selected CD collection. I liked to tell myself that I …
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23 People Recount Bizarre Things They Found In Strangers’ Homes

There are a lot of jobs out there that require people to enter the homes of strangers on a regular basis. Have you ever wondered about the crazy shit electricians, carpet cleaners, social workers, realtors, and movers have seen? Well one curious redditor asked people with these sorts of occupations to recount some of the …
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