Mom Who Set Out To Get Rid Of 500 Things In One October Says The Hardest Part Of Decluttering Is Not The Stuff, It Is The Guilt Attached To Every Item

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Getting rid of 500 things in a single month sounds like a physical challenge, but one mom says the heavy lifting is actually emotional. In a video from @lauraelizabethschroeder, she explains that she is documenting this October as she gets rid of at least 500 things, and that she is now about 100 items away … Read more

She Moved To Boston, Ran A Yard Sale Style Event At Her Apartment Through Facebook Marketplace, And Sold Six Closets Of Clothes In One Day For An Estimated $10,000

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Selling clothes one piece at a time is slow, and plenty of people give up before they list the second item. A creator named Christine, who posts as @christine_bonarrigo, shared a different method. She says that when she moved to Boston, she sold “like six closets worth of things in one day,” and that she … Read more

Her Restored 1950s Bike Was Priced At $60 At Her Garage Sale, And A Man Who Offered $40 Then $50 Came Back The Next Day

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Every garage sale host knows the early bird who shows up before the tables are even set. Most are harmless. Some, as a retired teacher who posts as @mellanyflagler found out, can turn the first twenty minutes into a negotiation she never asked for. She shared the story of the antique bike she restored for … Read more

After Six Kids In 14 Years She Thought Nothing Could Embarrass Her, Until Her Two Year Old Started Asking Around The Grocery Store If Anyone Needs An Enema

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Parents of large families often say nothing can embarrass them anymore. A mom who posts as @month.of.mae.lm says she believed the same thing, until her two year old proved her wrong in the most public way possible. @month.of.mae.lm Six Kids, Fourteen Years, And One Surprise In her short post, she starts by asking whether anyone … Read more

Mom Says A Woman In Front Of Her At Church Kept Glaring Every Time Her Three Year Old Spoke During Loud Worship Music

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Anyone who has taken a small child to a church service knows the feeling of every sound seeming louder than it is. A mom who posts as @lauraelizabethgraham says a church service left her feeling unwelcome, and she shared her side of the story online. @lauraelizabethgraham What She Says Happened According to her, she brought … Read more

She Had Under $50 For Groceries Before Her Baby’s Checkup, Then A Stranger At Walmart Said He Would Buy Her Whole $51 Bill

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Some days a grocery run feels like a tightrope walk between a tight budget and a long list of needs. A mom who posts as @treva722 says one such errand, squeezed in before a doctor’s appointment, ended with a stranger doing something she did not expect. @treva722 A Tight Window And A Tight Budget She … Read more

She Never Thought She Would Be The Person Saying A Stranger Paid For Her Groceries Until A Man At HEB Covered Her Bill Of About $160

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Most of us have seen the heartwarming stories about strangers paying for someone’s groceries, and many of us have quietly assumed they only happen to other people. For the creator behind @alliepat, the story became her own. She says she never thought she would be the person saying that a stranger paid for her groceries, … Read more

She Ordered Her Dad A $106.49 Father’s Day Desk Chair From Walmart, Got A Propane Tank Hose, And Fought A Chatbot To Return It

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A Father’s Day present is supposed to make someone smile. According to a shopper who posts as @kristenclairesophia, hers turned into a long, frustrating hunt for a refund that, as of her post, had not ended in her favor. @kristenclairesophia The Order That Went Wrong She says she ordered her dad a new desk chair … Read more

She Finally Tackled The Closet Where Everything Without A Home Ends Up, And Found A Random Bowling Pin, Cheerios, And Food Her Dog Buried

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Almost every home has one room where the leftovers end up. For a creator who posts as @RoutinelyRachael-s9v, that room is her closet, and clearing it out turned into a funny, relatable tour of what happens when things have no place to live. Episode Seven Of A Whole House Reset The short post is part … Read more