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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 670755" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>My step-daughter's birth mother was/is an alcoholic with other addictive issues. When H and I married and bought a house together we had to clear out both our respective homes. H's attic was packed to the rafters with bags of unopened shopping, clothes, plates, necklaces, bags, shoes, it went on and on and on. She hired a van, took what she could. She went off in the van with all her stuff and left her daughter behind. H and I took the rest to a charity that raises money for a children's hospice. There was so much stuff. H was shocked at the extent of it. He had cleared her credit-card debt so had some inkling but there was so much. I was bewildered. Several years later in the family court she referred to all this stuff. She said shopping made her feel "normal". She said she had to fill her home with all this stuff to make her home perfect; she needed to surround herself with mountains of lovely things. She hasn't seen her daughter since she was 3 months old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 670755, member: 17650"] My step-daughter's birth mother was/is an alcoholic with other addictive issues. When H and I married and bought a house together we had to clear out both our respective homes. H's attic was packed to the rafters with bags of unopened shopping, clothes, plates, necklaces, bags, shoes, it went on and on and on. She hired a van, took what she could. She went off in the van with all her stuff and left her daughter behind. H and I took the rest to a charity that raises money for a children's hospice. There was so much stuff. H was shocked at the extent of it. He had cleared her credit-card debt so had some inkling but there was so much. I was bewildered. Several years later in the family court she referred to all this stuff. She said shopping made her feel "normal". She said she had to fill her home with all this stuff to make her home perfect; she needed to surround herself with mountains of lovely things. She hasn't seen her daughter since she was 3 months old. [/QUOTE]
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