What items did you inherit a ridiculous amount of?

[kdonnel]

My mom died back in June of 2009. I grabbed an envelope today and realized I only have 3 more #10 letter sized envelopes left from her stash that I inherited.

She apparently had 13 years of envelopes on hand based on the rate at which I use envelopes.

I still have tons of #6 3/4 envelopes left from her stash, I would guess another 13 years worth.

Did she use envelopes at that much greater rate than I?

 

[amcnj]

We did use to mail a lot more items years ago. And even wrote and mailed letters!

I haven’t experienced the inheritance issue myself so far, but thankfully my mother has cleaned out a lot of stuff over the years, so I don’t know if there will be any items found in bulk. But you never know!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Too much "family stuff". Kitchen wall clock, hanging lamp with prisms, mother's childhood dolls, quilts, letters, pictures (BIG pictures, as in wall hanging with 4" frames), salt & pepper collection (ugh, over 800 sets), scrapbooks of EVERYTHING we ever did while growing up, every Christmas/birthday/holiday card we ever received, and......and.....and (forever).

 

[MrsPete]

Plastic wrap, aluminum foil, and similar.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Not much. We had an estate sale and we only took what we really wanted and the rest was sold right down to every nail and bolt that was in my dad’s garage. We didn’t have to do anything. The company we used did all the work for 25% of the sales and we were done.

 

[sheilafri]

My MIL was a champion stasher. Treasures include Fresca, vodka, paper towels, silver cleaner, greeting cards, frozen nuts (some old enough to vote), light bulbs, pillows, vinyl gloves, Amway cleaning product. I have to stop. I’m afraid I’ll have nightmares.

 

[barkley]

mil passed in 2010 and i still have a wealth of notepads and post-its with her name on them from the various charity solicitations she would regularly receive (tossed the hundreds of return address stickers). we also found a wealth of one, two and other low denomination cent stamps so there was a time that mail looked insane leaving our house (whole top and side covered in stamps).

had my mom not sold her home and moved into assisted living prior to passing i would have had hundreds upon hundreds of cool whip and margarine containers (never was one to toss out something she felt could be reused).

 

[TippyThomas]

I inherited everything my parents owned when they both passed unexpectedly. It's been a long time and I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it all.

 

[indimom]

My paternal grandparents sold sewing supplies (needles and thread) door to door during the Depression. When my grandmother passed, we all inherited packs of needles. And since they don't exactly wear out, we're likely to pass them down to the next generation as well.

 

[Planogirl]

Books. My aunts were big time readers and I read a bit so they have sent me books. I don't read as much as I used to so they just sit in their boxes.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

Barbies. My grandma collected Barbie dolls, as did I. She unboxed most of hers and displayed them, mine are mostly in their boxes still.
I always thought I'd decorate DD's bedroom with all the Barbies but she never really got into them. I thought about selling them but it's not worth the hassle so they sit in boxes in my garage now.

 

[AgentMama]

My MIL was a champion stasher. Treasures include Fresca, vodka, paper towels, silver cleaner, greeting cards, frozen nuts (some old enough to vote), light bulbs, pillows, vinyl gloves, Amway cleaning product. I have to stop. I’m afraid I’ll have nightmares.

Funny, I inherited a bunch of silver I'd love to sell, but have no polish to get it ready

 

[disneychrista]

Not from a relative but from a business closure. I still have food gloves and a windex from when my former employer closed four years ago.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

My maternal grandmother collected small decorative bells. She had them displayed on their enclosed porch, and once or twice I commented that they looked pretty all together. So she said when she passed I could have them, and I promptly forgot about it. Flash forward to when she passed away; my grandfather called me and said to come and get the bells because I had always loved them. That is *so* not what I said, I was just being polite really, but here I am the owner of about 50 or 60 decorative bells.

They're in a couple of boxes in the garage. I've been in a conundrum about them ever since 2001 when I inherited them. I *don't* really like them, and I don't want them. But my grandmother, who I dearly loved, adored those bells and collected them over fifty-odd years. I can't bring myself to throw them away knowing that she loved them. I looked into selling them, but nobody wants decorative bells anymore.

I've moved four times since I got them, lugging them from place to place, and storing them. Should I just harden my heart and toss them?

 

[tvguy]

My MIL passed in 1999. She had 20 sets of sheets for her bed. We got rid of them all.

 

[mom2rtk]

20 years from now people will be complaining about the ridiculous amount of TP they inherit when their parents pass.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

My maternal grandmother collected small decorative bells. She had them displayed on their enclosed porch, and once or twice I commented that they looked pretty all together. So she said when she passed I could have them, and I promptly forgot about it. Flash forward to when she passed away; my grandfather called me and said to come and get the bells because I had always loved them. That is *so* not what I said, I was just being polite really, but here I am the owner of about 50 or 60 decorative bells.

They're in a couple of boxes in the garage. I've been in a conundrum about them ever since 2001 when I inherited them. I *don't* really like them, and I don't want them. But my grandmother, who I dearly loved, adored those bells and collected them over fifty-odd years. I can't bring myself to throw them away knowing that she loved them. I looked into selling them, but nobody wants decorative bells anymore.

I've moved four times since I got them, lugging them from place to place, and storing them. Should I just harden my heart and toss them?

One of my Christmas trees is a bell tree — decorated only with bells. Perhaps you could do something like that?

 

[disykat]

Really old pictures that we have no idea who they are.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I've moved four times since I got them, lugging them from place to place, and storing them. Should I just harden my heart and toss them?

I like the Christmas tree idea!

Before I read that, I was going to say to narrow the collection down to maybe 5 of your favorites to put on display in your room, and then donate the rest to a museum.

If a museum wouldn't want them, see about a local Girl Scout troop. Maybe they could use them for some sort of community service project? - My neighbor's troop goes caroling at a senior center. Little bells sound like the kind of thing they would enjoy giving to each resident before they left.

 

[Kitty 34]

I'm still waiting to inherit a ridiculous amount of money.