When Mom’s Hoarding Habit Comes Knocking: A Daughter’s Dilemma

Imagine having a mother who’s not just a pack rat, but a full-blown hoarder. Now, imagine her asking to move into your neat, clutter-free home. That’s the predicament one woman found herself in when her 63-year-old mother, who’s known for her unreliable nature and hoarding habits, asked to move in. The daughter, feeling the weight of her mother’s habits, was left to make a tough decision. Let’s dive into this tale of family, clutter, and boundaries.

Meet the Hoarder Mom

The Clutter Comes Visiting

The Aftermath of Christmas

A House or a Junkyard? ️

An Unfortunate Discovery

The Proposal and the Rejection

The Unresolved Situation

A Daughter’s Dilemma

A House Unlivable by Choice ️

A Daughter’s Stand Against the Clutter Invasion

In this emotionally charged saga, our heroine is left grappling with the question: Is she wrong for refusing her hoarder mother’s request to move in? The mother, despite having the financial means and resources to clean her cluttered house, chooses to live in her self-made mess. The daughter, fearing the invasion of clutter and the emotional turmoil it brings, firmly declines her mother’s request. But the question remains: Is she in the wrong? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this. ️‍♀️

NTA: Mom’s hoarding affects your mental health, she needs help

NTA, mom needs a new therapist. Moving in = disaster

Daughter takes a stand against mom’s hoarding, seeks professional help

Daughter struggles with mom’s hoarding habit

Daughter frustrated with mom’s hoarding, suggests finding new therapist

NTA. A cautionary tale of letting a hoarder move in

NTA. Don’t let her move in or she will turn your house into a landfill

NTA. Offer support by finding short-term housing for your mom.

Daughter’s struggle with hoarding dad: NTA, but dad’s unstoppable

NTA. Your mom’s hoarding isn’t your fault. Don’t sacrifice yourself.

Stand your ground and protect your home from hoarding chaos!

NTA: Daughter suggests inpatient facility while professionals clean hoarder’s house

Daughter’s frustration with mom’s hoarding habit. NTA for trying.

Daughter refuses to enable mom’s hoarding habit.

Daughter’s frustration: Mom’s hoarding habit becomes her problem

NTA! Maintain boundaries with your hoarding mom, let her decide.

Seek professional help for mom’s hoarding habit to avoid misery

Daughter’s dilemma: Mom’s hoarding habit. Not the a**hole.

Taking a stand against mom’s hoarding: NTA and reporting her

NTA. Protect yourself from your mentally ill hoarding mother.

NTA. Hoarding is tough. Consider a new therapist and alternative tactics.

Protective services can help without burdening your own household.

“NTA. Mom’s hoarding, not your responsibility. You owe her nothing.”

Daughter’s frustration with mom’s hoarding habit despite therapy

Doing the right thing in a sucky situation

NTA. Hoarding is a mental illness

“*Pooping in bags??* Jesus. This is serious.”

Choosing sanity over enabling: a valid and difficult decision.

Don’t let a hoarder move in, no matter who they are!

Stand your ground and protect your peace.

You made the right decision!

Protect your mental health and space. NTA for setting boundaries.

NTA: Setting boundaries with a hoarding parent can be challenging

NTA. Your mental health is important too.

Daughter not the a**hole for dealing with mom’s hoarding habit

Does Mom need a psychiatrist for her hoarding habit?

Setting boundaries: NTA, it’s okay to prioritize your well-being

Setting boundaries with loved ones is important.

NTA. Setting boundaries with a hoarding parent. Good luck moving forward

Do not let her move in with you! Set boundaries. NTA!

NTA. Mom’s hoarding could turn your home into a disaster

Empathy for the daughter’s dilemma in dealing with her hoarding mom

Hilarious misinterpretation of surgery leads to temporary brain malfunction

Supportive comment encourages setting boundaries with hoarding mother.

Empathy for mom, support for OP’s decision.

NTA. Hoarding can be considered self-neglect and reported to APS

NTA: You have the resources to help, but prioritize your well-being

NTA, but seek professional help and consider involving protective services

Setting boundaries with a hoarding parent: tough but necessary

Setting boundaries at home: NTA, your rules!

NTA: Cleaning up could buy her time to recover

NTA. Nope, nope, and nope.

Supporting a hoarding parent’s mental health without endangering yourself.

NTA: Don’t let human strays bring their filth into your home!

Support her emotionally, but don’t let her move in.

NTA. Don’t let her move in. Hoarding is a tough addiction

Take action! Contact APS and code enforcement to address hoarding.

NTA for not letting her stay. Protect yourself and set boundaries!

“Helping my hoarding gran is like dealing with an addict.”

Don’t burn yourself to keep someone else warm.

Daughter can’t fix mom’s hoarding problem, NTA.

Common sense says don’t let mom’s hoarding invade your space!

NTA: Woman’s hoarding habit needs a new therapist

Understanding the struggles of living with a hoarder

NTA. Tough love can help her get the necessary help.

Cleaning therapy for guilt-ridden daughter’s hoarding mom?

Set boundaries with mom to protect your home

Therapy not working? Time for a new therapist!

Therapy, drugs, and adult services: navigating a hoarding dilemma

Don’t let her hoard YOU. Stay strong

Setting boundaries with a hoarding mom. NTA for self-care!

10 years in therapy and no change? NTA for setting boundaries.

Judging a book by its cover: A confident assumption

Understanding the irrationality of hoarding and its potential consequences

Hoarding mom, cats, and cleaning – a challenging family situation