Maam/sir im a big fan of your channel Hoarders and i already seen all the show that was available in our country( PHILIPPINES ) but some of your shows or stories are not available here .i wonder how can i watch it.
That phrase absolutely jumped out at me. Absolutely entitled and disgusting. She also didn’t even say thank you when her SIL found her fathers flag that was buried under good know what. This lady is infuriating. I wouldn’t deal with her at all.
She is so fortunate to have such a generous, tolerant, and loving sister-in-law. I hope she reaches a point where she appreciates the enormous support her extended family has provided.
@@sunset6010 I think the sister-in-law bringing the her father's flag went a long way toward her appreciating her family's support. Sure, she started out resentful, but she appeared to feel differently after the flag was brought to her. It established trust.
Me too, I agree but, sometimes family needs counseling about enabling. She never could of gotten this deep if family hadn’t supported her. I’ve seen some doozies but this one seemed super sweet one minute but would strike the next. I wish her the best but, family needs to love her enough to say no!
@@janicescott7338 I agree with you 100%....sometimes the best intentions can end up with negative consequences. Love can certainly blind us to what the best course of action might be.👌
The amount of contempt she has for her incredibly loving sister in law is really incredible, especially given her having stolen $15,000 from her and her brother.... asking for money for something and buying something else, that's stealing.
That sister-in-law is an amazing and beautiful person. At no point is she even mad that she lost thousands of dollars to Meryl's hoard. She's only concerned with her family's well-being, so much that she doesn't even want an apology or to be paid back.
I'd like to see where they are in a year or two. Hoarding has a "cure" rate of 3% - a recidivism rate of 97%. It's almost impossible to fix the underlying issues that cause this disorder.
There are people in our lives who "do the right thing" because it IS "the right thing to do." Seek out those people in YOUR life and embrace them, because the world needs more of them and while typically humble, they should KNOW they are valued and appreciated!
Yup, the sister-in-law is the real gem, here. You can tell that she's been hurt by the hoarder, but just responds in love and concern for the family. Her kids are great people, too.
These shows are great motivation for getting rid of even small amounts of clutter. It's so much easier to declutter when there's just a little bit. It's also easy to rationalize it when there's just a little bit. These shows are good for scaring one into addressing it when it's just a few papers.
As soon as you are old and sick, cleaning gets so much harder, so remove your excess posessions as long as you can so later you will be glad to have less to care for.
That is called being an enabler, she's not doing the woman a favor, she is letting her take advantage of her and her husband. I feel sorry for the brother, I bet his wife's "kindness" is affecting his life as much as his sorry excuse for a sister.
@@Marcel_Audubon I'm a retired psychologist, you are not. The sister in law, should pay more attention to what her husband was going through. You don't teach an adult to be one, by treating them like a poor lost child. I bet if you were the husband, you would see things differently. He grew up with the woman, it is quite obvious she was always self centered with no care about who she hurt. It is called tough love, letting some one so ungratful find out for herself what a toxic person she is. The victim is not the woman, the victim are those around her. You have to be blind to have failed to noticed that. You are the one projecting, I bet you have some of the same bad habit and think the world spins around you.
@@carmenortiz5294 I agree. Meryl is manipulative and abusive but good in playing victim. She has no remorse spending her bro’s money and disrespectful to her sister in-Law. She is toxic and the sister in-law enable her to abuse them and take advantage of them again.
So that lady scammed her brother/sister-in-law out of $15k and she has the nerve to catch an attitude? Her family is much more compassionate than I am. I would have washed my hands of her years ago.
I sense absolutely no shame in her blowing $15k of her brother’s money. She’s actually being a “B” to the sister in law. I have feeling if she won the lottery, he’d still be out $15k
The way she defrauded her brother with that big check and then she just made excuses for why she wasted it, isn’t going to go far in making things up with him.
I feel bad for people in these situations, cause it is an illness, but knowing how much money her brothers family has given her and she still talks to them the way she does. I'd have walked by now, she seems very ungrateful.
I lived with a hoarder. They are unreasonable, ungrateful, selfish and inconsiderate individuals. If they are not, they would have cleaned up immediately after the subject was brought up. They would not have bankrupt their family. It is all about themselves and nobody else. It is definitely a mental illness that no meds can help. Therapy can help but they must want to help themselves for the sake of others.
I feel the same way. I know hoarding is a mental disorder, but there is a limit to the horrible manipulation. The sister-in- law and niece are beyond precious but , this woman takes their being so nice as a weakness (seemingly) and walks all over them. They deserve a metal of honor.
@@Ginasgusa Yah, l unfortunately had the same situation. The family l stayed with this past winter, had lead me to think I was getting a good deal because the rent was so cheap and l would be buying an RV from them. I didn't know the home was in that condition until l arrived and had made the deal. The women just made a mess and didn't pick up or clean a thing. Her and her husband guilt tripped her autistic son to wash their dishes once a week. She told me the first day I stayed, her parents were rich. But, sadly the only sign of that was she thought everyone was supposed to wait on her. Sad! I was so glad l got out of that trap alive. For the longest they acted like they weren't going to let me have the RV after l had invested money and time washing their mounted room full of smelly, dirty clothes. Fortunately it's all over, but it still haunts me from time to time.
The sister-in-law is a pure sweetheart . And the hoarder at times looks at her with hatred . She has turned her self hatred and focused it towards the person who tried to help her most . What a despicable person !!!!!
That $100k is worth more than their prefabricated house. This lady is really an emotional abuser. Very selfish. Tries to be a tear jerker so she can get what she wants.
I don't disagree that like most hoarders she's manipulative, but I do about their house. That, from age of kitchen, is a quality, stick built, 1950ish house, which withstood 15 tons of trash filling it without buckling floors or support beams. I had a house from that era. It too had been hoarded by previous owner. No residual structural issues at all.
My grandma lived in a house since 1970 and it was built in 55. I was Borned in 95 so I’ve been in that house basically until now and its a good quality built house. They just Dont build them like they used to
My step dad was a hoarder, and my mother was messy. So when they got married when I was 8, I watched their house slowly turn into a hoard. I didn’t realize it was hoarding because they kept all of their things in labeled crates and insisted every one was important. If you needed something specific they knew where it was for the most part. But then my boyfriend comes over for the first time and is absolutely disgusted. Me and my siblings slept on the floor because our beds and bedrooms were filled TO THE CEILING with STUFFED ANIMALS. The bathroom was filled entirely every inch of floor with dirty laundry. The halls only had a small pathway to walk through, walls of boxes surrounding you. Windows blocked up with blankets tapped over them. The kitchen sink was always full the table was always full of trash so you couldn’t even sit down and eat together. Mice pooped on our clean dishes so you always had to rewatch them before using them... So crazy to live that way!!!! I now have a problem actually keeping stuff or buying nice things for myself or my kids because “it’s just stuff and it doesn’t actually matter” where really im just traumatized by how much stuff people own that they never use... (even normal people with their excessive books in their book shelves, or owning a bunch of clothing, or people that have like 10 pairs of bedsheets for one bed...)
@Kira in this part if the world we do have too much stuff but it is different around the world. You can be a minimalist but still hold on to some things. I have a nice book case and I love books many I have read and re-read and some I started and will never finish. It is my little indulgence and it is okay.
You might want to check out the ocd subtype called Spartanism. There's not a lot of info on it but it does sound like you might be suffering from it, maybe early stages. If not, just good stuff to know anyway! Have a nice day ☺️
@@raphchaos9824 that’s very interesting. sounds like a reactionary jump to the other end of the spectrum. i’ve known a couple people who live like that.
Someone I loved with every fiber of my being moved in with me a dozen years ago. Slowly, I watched as his "designated room" (dining room) started to ooze past the doorframes. We had a deal. If it was on MY side of the doorframe, it got tossed. Eventually, he was asked to leave. It took me three days to clean out that room, and he never came back to finish it, so I took it over to HIS house and dumped it on his yard. Never looked back. I watch these videos to remind me of what COULD HAVE HAPPENED, but DIDN'T, because I took CONTROL of the situation. When I think I have one too many boxes of Christmas decorations, or a tub of clothing I don't wear, I start making trips to Goodwill. This....will NEVER be ME. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt and donated it!
Have a yard sale, everything’s a dollar!!! “Here brother, here’s your money back, and thank you dearly for kindness, patience and understanding. Sorry it took so long!”
I always think the same thing Dave. Imagine the money they could make to pay toward their debts or for better healthcare, whatever! It just seems like such a waste.
I think you are wrong only in that this is a disease..a mental disease….so I’m hoping she will continue to get help….and I don’t think these criticisms will help.
I like her attitude at the beginning for admitting she have a problem. Her attitude was a little Cocky later on Her Brother and Sister in Law paying their mortgage for 2 years and borrowing 12,000. Smh
Yeah, she was insulting the people who reported her and acted like it was their fault that they had a problem with it and not that it was entirely her fault. I couldn't watch the entire episode. I found her grating.
"I've overdone it a little bit." Typical hoarder statement. Let's build a monument of trash to honor my mother and let Kevin work long hours to pay for it until poor Kevin drops dead. I wouldn't have given her a dime. That's like giving money to a gambling addict and enabling them.
"Can you at least give me $15,000?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Just because a family member has a good cushion of money DOES NOT mean you're entitled to some!!!
Meryl downplays her issues by acting all happy and cute and funny. Like the hoard is just a silly quirk. No clue how she is ruining her marriage and family. Laughs at the people who want to help. Refuses to accept her mother is gone. She became a teenager and just got stuck there.
This woman is not only a hoarder, she's a user. I used to give or lend money to certain members of my family a few years ago but at 71, my good natured lending has come to an abrupt end. Her sister in law has the patience of a saint.
it is very hard to stop people from lending/giving money to family. we lost $3500 (plus a demolished bathroom and the costs of having that fixed by someone else) to my husband's uncle before i convinced him to stop giving him money, and i don't even know how much he's given to his brother for "work" that never gets done. the guy only comes over to say "i'm ready to start working but first i need some money to pay my guys/pay some bills" and hubby just gives it to him. i'm still trying to convince him to cut his losses and hire someone else for the work but i'm not making any headway.
I understand completely! I'm in early 60's and became disabled permanently - and $ at a very minimal amount. No savings left since having to spend on medical and no more employment $. And almost daily I regret giving money to those that I have throughout the years. Nothing left to give anymore, that's a fact!
I can't believe her sister-in-law and Meryls' husband stuck with her after her charging more than a 100,000 dollars for stuff that's now not worth much and to borrow $15,000 to declutter her home but spent on other things. Her sister-in-law is a saint for still wanting to maintain a relationship with her after more than likely Meryls' brother and sister-in-law will never see that $15,000 again.
That doesn't always work, unfortunately. My sis in law is a shopaholic. My bro would take the cards away, cut them up. She would just go get new ones, some in his name, or go to the dept store and say she'd lost her card or left it at home and they'd print her a temporary one. She sank them in $50k of debt after about 10 yrs of marriage.
I lost my brother in 2020 and I feel the same way she felt when it came to letting go of her mother's things. It's very tough. I miss him everyday, but never the less it was a great episode!
I feel your pain! I'm having trouble parting with my parent's things. Mum died in 1994 and dad in 2011. I still haven't emptied their wardrobe or dresser. It's a hard process to go through. Much love from Australia!
@@KM-nq7ez I'm gonna guess she does that as a sort of defense thing. I did something similar in the past because I was ashamed of stuff going on in my life at the time.
Probably. At the same time, she seems to have no compunction about taking money from her brother and his family based on her mother's deathbed wish. I suspect she was hoarding even when her Mom died.
This show proves time and time again how easily one can become overwhelmed. It's essential to take heed to the warning signs early on and not enable people who need physical and emotional help.
@@patricesheehan511 I hate it when people owe you money, but they pretend they're mad at you so they don't have to pay it back.. 😠 not saying that's the case in this video, but just saying it happens sometimes.
The sister in law is a dream sister in law; she's compassionate, kind and obviously very giving PLUS her and Meryl's brother have raised a remarkable, wonderful young woman. It seems to me Meryl resents them all. I get the feeling she thinks they could have and should have done more for her because they are in a better financial way.
Yah, I'm sure she thinks everyone should cater to her. I have back issues myself and have bad days. But l know I gotta get up, an tidy up every morning or else it'll get too overwhelming. Her husband is partly to blame. He didn't put his foot down and give her an ultimatum, and that's that. At least that's my opinion!
Her brother and sister in law are very generous for all the help they gave her. Maybe she will use the aftercare funds to pay them back. I’m glad they were able to get the house cleaned.
Wow. My ex couldn't deal with the fact that I would leave one dirty coffee cup in the sink and would check the grocery receipts to make sure I didn't buy anything 'extra' and this guy, Kevin, still loves her?! Amazing.
@@classic3316 Ha. He was a nice guy in some ways but his OCD over everything meant he was mad all the time that things weren't perfect...hard to deal with 'mad all the time'.
I helped a hoarder over and over again. He wasn’t related to me except through his son who deserted me. His life was a wreck. None of his kids ever thanked me for taking care of their Dad. When he died, he was in a clean well cared for place and I held his hand. He’s buried at Arlington. He earned that. It was an honor to know him.
15k? 15k? That's absolutely INSANE. I could pay off almost all my student loans for that. To think someone was generous enough to loan her that money and they just squandered it away... some people I just have no words for.
We had to sell our house because of the divorce. There were tons of my ex-husbands stuff in the attic. He was in denial that this needed to be gone to sell the house. It cost about 2,000 dollars to get it all out of there and gone. Thankfully, my real estate agent handled this mess and forced him to pay half the bill. Plus, the house needed renovations badly. Again, my real estate agent was a hero and fixed this mess (though he didn't upgrade much) in order to finally sell this house. I'm so glad to have the whole mess off my hands.
My grandmother was a hoarder after my grandfather died. When she died many years after, we went to clean her house and besides many valuable things, we found thousands of money all around hidden everywhere.
My grandmother was a hoarder too. I am not. I don't let myself get to attached to stuff. Only attached to my husband and children. They're what's most important.
This is a new episode. Good job to the Hoarders Team for being so patient, kind and helpful to these types of person who do have a mental illness.More episodes to come. I love this show. :)
Way to go! I’m 62 and all of my possessions can be sorted and dealt with in a day. It’s been a process, but I feel great. Everything I have are things I want. Unfortunately, I’m going to have to deal with my parents possessions. They are borderline hoarders.
@@marycutrone1808 And short of that ... because you can't institutionalize people without their consent any longer ... you can take steps to limit their destruction!
The sister-in-law is a darling. Unfortunately giving her 15K and not expecting her to spend it on stuff is equivalent to lending a gambler money and not expect them to spend it on that one last bet. In hindsight she should have dealt directly with the declutter business herself.
Arrested development. Has the stubbornness and selfishness of a 4 year old. At some point she should have matured enough to admit she was wrong to buy all that stuff and sell it on EBay. Before it became an absolute disaster zone. I know it because I was like her, I bought tons of clothes every day when I was in extreme pain from fibromyalgia. I admitted my mistakes to myself, sold clothes online and in 3 months I made $1,000. That $ went into a down payment for me to buy my own house.
She seemed really happy and thankful for people helping her clean up the mess she was living in. Congrats to them. Most people fight to he clean up crew and fuss over wanting to keep stuff. Finally some great people that valued the help.
Embracing minimalism, these after pictures look like my house before minimalism, I keep one sentimental piece, my favorite, and let go of the rest. It is so freeing and makes that one piece so special.
Her sister-in-law is a wonderful person, and so is her niece. She is VERY lucky to have their support. Her brother sending her a birthday card was so nice. I hope she appreciates them.
@Mary Levin I will not! Her husband should have had some cajones and cut her cards up and took her car away so she couldn't go shopping. That's how you solve that!
@@tamaracalderon3184 She's probably memorized card information and could shop online, so not really a solution. He can't just "take" a car away as well. It's not as simple as that.
@@mj44190 yes, I am. I am privileged to be able to stay at home and be a wife and help mate to my husband. Who allows me to spend what I want, when I want. Number one, because he knows I don't buy frivolous 🐂💩 but also because my house is organized & tidy so if I say we need it, we need it. That is insanity to let some one ruin you financially & emotionally while you keep paying for it. Smh.
@@andrjsjan4231 I would say it drops you to the floor in my reference... it actually made me cry because I know I can do nothing battling his circumstance and this show highlights some success in these dark moments that people struggle with...
I agree. I don't know how she can even live with herself. Hoarding is one thing but she was using it to buy herself stuff that she doesn't need, which keeps adding to everyone's problem. That turns out to be theft in the end. She was willing to lose all contact with her brother and make her husband ill. She is extremely lucky to have all those good ppl around her.
I can't even begin to fathom of having $100,000 in credit card debt! I have about $7,500 in student loans left to pay and I'm worried sick about getting it paid! I couldn't even begin to know how she handles that stress! Wow!
Man this woman is still grieving after all those years. Losing a loved one hits so many of us harder than others. Bless her heart I hope they can get her some help.
I do not understand how something so precious ( flag of her deceased veteran father) was do disrespected. To take advantage of your family when they gave you money to help clean your mess is so wrong. Hope she gets it together before her family walks away
This is the kind of woman who was thinking “I hope there’s a big cheque in this birthday card” even though she’s already used and abused and owes him for tens of thousands.
The expressions and snuggly-wuggly and the casual attitude towards massive debt made me just so confused... Idk anyone in highschool who was being like that
There's some hoarding in my house hold, no where close to that, but getting people to let go of stuff they haven't used or really seen in yeas is so very hard. Is kills the heart of the people around them. You're not allowed to even talk about getting rid of things.
You may have to quietly get rid of certain things that they won’t miss. Most people hoarding don’t realize half the stuff they have, can’t find it anyway, etc. I’m not saying pictures or things that are valuable, just the junk stuff & trash.
@@withgoddess8029 I'm so glad we've paid off everything with th reception of a couple credit card balances which are small. I learned to use debit cards and cash. Saved a ton of money that way.
It's always fascinating to hear hoarders say things such as, "I recently realized it had gotten out of control." Really? You didn't notice it 14.9 tons of stuff earlier?
I think it's a chicken and egg situation; it's cyclical. Their health is bad, so their lives are limited, so they keep more stuff sometimes to fill the void that is there from not being able to do what they used to. Sometimes their physical challenges prevent them from disposing of things and cleaning things. At the same time, the hoard contributes to their poor health. They are breathing in tons of dust and debris, they can't move around, which contributes to their poor mobility.
Meryl is very blessed to have a Sister-in law like her...What an absolute sweetheart she is....She only wants the best for Meryl and her husband. I am hoping they were able to sell some of the belongings they had that go towards their debt!! 🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
She's not even a little bit embarrassed to have scammed so much money from her brother and sister-in-law! And OMG - she just turned 60! She could lose a lot of weight and be a normal, functioning person!
Why don't they take pictures of the items she likes but can't keep. Then she has an album that doesn't take up a lot of space but has ALL that stuff in it.
I think because that still.encourages the behavior and emotional baggage that comes with each item.instead of forcing them to deal with the uncomfortable
I hope her family and her get along and are in each other’s lives. Because I’m a survivor and pay attention to these things in others, I hope her husband got/gets those spots on his head checked for melanoma.🙏🏼💪🏼
As sympathetic as some of these people are, there's also an underlying current of selfishness and entitlement that seeps thru , more so in some than in others. I would have a hard time dealing with that.
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Dr zasio all masked up. Her eyes are magic
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Maam/sir
im a big fan of your channel Hoarders and i already seen all the show that was available in our country( PHILIPPINES ) but some of your shows or stories are not available here .i wonder how can i watch it.
Absolutely agree.
She is really beautiful..doctor on this hoarders show.
That Merrill how stold 15k needs horse whipped...shame people take advantage of family...😢
“I need 15 grand can you at least just give us that?”
AT LEAST?! And then she used it to hoard more?! Omg.
I would have chosen violence...100%
@@Jersey.D3vil201 LOL😂🤣
Right!? I snorted when I heard that like really mf?
"a small loan of a 1 million dollars"
That phrase absolutely jumped out at me. Absolutely entitled and disgusting. She also didn’t even say thank you when her SIL found her fathers flag that was buried under good know what. This lady is infuriating. I wouldn’t deal with her at all.
She is so fortunate to have such a generous, tolerant, and loving sister-in-law. I hope she reaches a point where she appreciates the enormous support her extended family has provided.
I agree! Many aren't like that
She won't
@@sunset6010 I think the sister-in-law bringing the her father's flag went a long way toward her appreciating her family's support. Sure, she started out resentful, but she appeared to feel differently after the flag was brought to her. It established trust.
Me too, I agree but, sometimes family needs counseling about enabling. She never could of gotten this deep if family hadn’t supported her. I’ve seen some doozies but this one seemed super sweet one minute but would strike the next. I wish her the best but, family needs to love her enough to say no!
@@janicescott7338 I agree with you 100%....sometimes the best intentions can end up with negative consequences. Love can certainly blind us to what the best course of action might be.👌
The amount of contempt she has for her incredibly loving sister in law is really incredible, especially given her having stolen $15,000 from her and her brother.... asking for money for something and buying something else, that's stealing.
This is why you never ever lend/give money to anyone else under any circumstances, regardless of who they are. Chances are you'll never see it again.
I understand why they have her the money - it’s like putting an alcoholic through rehab. But they made the mistake of not paying for it directly
Yeah totally. She is super entitled.
Her attitude toward her sister-in-law -what a turnoff
Sure feels like it
The sister in law is a gem. She is so kind but firm.
She truly loves her and was there to give her the strength she needed.
Not to forget, pretty too..
@@azieyusof8423 No lie there. She's very pretty.
She's so kind and charismatic. And she radiates love and support. Totally love that woman!
@@itsgoldhelga I totally agree! Amazing girl!
That sister-in-law is an amazing and beautiful person. At no point is she even mad that she lost thousands of dollars to Meryl's hoard. She's only concerned with her family's well-being, so much that she doesn't even want an apology or to be paid back.
Once home of ours was like that bit. Flood came. Things are changed. Then it is similar again
The sister-in-law is also gorgeous on the outside. Hope I look that good in 30 years, holy cats.
I'd like to see where they are in a year or two. Hoarding has a "cure" rate of 3% - a recidivism rate of 97%. It's almost impossible to fix the underlying issues that cause this disorder.
A rare gem of a woman ❤️
There are people in our lives who "do the right thing" because it IS "the right thing to do." Seek out those people in YOUR life and embrace them, because the world needs more of them and while typically humble, they should KNOW they are valued and appreciated!
Yup, the sister-in-law is the real gem, here. You can tell that she's been hurt by the hoarder, but just responds in love and concern for the family. Her kids are great people, too.
These shows are great motivation for getting rid of even small amounts of clutter.
It's so much easier to declutter when there's just a little bit.
It's also easy to rationalize it when there's just a little bit.
These shows are good for scaring one into addressing it when it's just a few papers.
Yes I’m decluttering now as I’m watching the show. It feels really good to have less items and having everything organized.
I’m not a hoarder but these shows make me want to clean and declutter the bits of mess I have!!!
I totally agree too. I like this show. And I’d also helps us keep clean 🧽
As soon as you are old and sick, cleaning gets so much harder, so remove your excess posessions as long as you can so later you will be glad to have less to care for.
The brother isn't speaking to her, but the sister in law still jumps in and helps. Nice lady!
That is called being an enabler, she's not doing the woman a favor, she is letting her take advantage of her and her husband. I feel sorry for the brother, I bet his wife's "kindness" is affecting his life as much as his sorry excuse for a sister.
@@carmenortiz5294 I think you're projecting, Carmen, baby
@@Marcel_Audubon I'm a retired psychologist, you are not. The sister in law, should pay more attention to what her husband was going through. You don't teach an adult to be one, by treating them like a poor lost child. I bet if you were the husband, you would see things differently. He grew up with the woman, it is quite obvious she was always self centered with no care about who she hurt. It is called tough love, letting some one so ungratful find out for herself what a toxic person she is. The victim is not the woman, the victim are those around her. You have to be blind to have failed to noticed that. You are the one projecting, I bet you have some of the same bad habit and think the world spins around you.
@@carmenortiz5294 relax, granny, your alzheimer fog will make everything okay for you before you know it
@@carmenortiz5294 I agree. Meryl is manipulative and abusive but good in playing victim. She has no remorse spending her bro’s money and disrespectful to her sister in-Law. She is toxic and the sister in-law enable her to abuse them and take advantage of them again.
So that lady scammed her brother/sister-in-law out of $15k and she has the nerve to catch an attitude? Her family is much more compassionate than I am. I would have washed my hands of her years ago.
That’s not compassion
I sense absolutely no shame in her blowing $15k of her brother’s money. She’s actually being a “B” to the sister in law. I have feeling if she won the lottery, he’d still be out $15k
I think the sister-in-law also said they paid their mortgage for over 2 1/2 years. That’s on top of the 15,000. Incredibly selfish of that couple
Love my brother. But my parents enable him badly. He isnt getting a penny from me ever. Ever.
I agree
You are absolutely correct.
@@rubyrose6897 dont blame the husband he is just submissive to his wife who also takes advantage of him. She is an awful person.
She needs to payback that 15k. Meryl was annoying as heck with her passive aggressive self. She needs to kiss the ground her sister-in-law walks on.
Yes. When you owe someone $ and you don't pay back, that is called theft. Despite what she says, I think that $ went to her horde.
Bro was thinking about that
Her sister-in-law may not agree. She may just choose to love and forgive.
LOL
With the attitude she has I can understand the Brother in Law writing her off.
The way she defrauded her brother with that big check and then she just made excuses for why she wasted it, isn’t going to go far in making things up with him.
What about the MONEY she OWES her sister - in - law ?
She took the money and SPENT it - she got it under FALSE pretenses. 🚨
When you lend to family, you have to do so with the forethought that you will never see that money again.
This is why it's better to just give them money. My mother in law to loan for $10k. I said no but gave her 3k.
@@a697ag i agree. But this woman is a scam artist.
Yeah she totally spent it. I would of also been very hurt and angry
That money is Never coming back ..
I feel bad for people in these situations, cause it is an illness, but knowing how much money her brothers family has given her and she still talks to them the way she does. I'd have walked by now, she seems very ungrateful.
That’s a part of the illness, I think. People have to delude themselves so the guilt doesn’t eat them alive
I lived with a hoarder. They are unreasonable, ungrateful, selfish and inconsiderate individuals. If they are not, they would have cleaned up immediately after the subject was brought up. They would not have bankrupt their family. It is all about themselves and nobody else. It is definitely a mental illness that no meds can help. Therapy can help but they must want to help themselves for the sake of others.
I feel the same way. I know hoarding is a mental disorder, but there is a limit to the horrible manipulation. The sister-in- law and niece are beyond precious but , this woman takes their being so nice as a weakness (seemingly) and walks all over them. They deserve a metal of honor.
Medal of Honor! Lol
@@Ginasgusa Yah, l unfortunately had the same situation. The family l stayed with this past winter, had lead me to think I was getting a good deal because the rent was so cheap and l would be buying an RV from them. I didn't know the home was in that condition until l arrived and had made the deal. The women just made a mess and didn't pick up or clean a thing. Her and her husband guilt tripped her autistic son to wash their dishes once a week. She told me the first day I stayed, her parents were rich. But, sadly the only sign of that was she thought everyone was supposed to wait on her. Sad! I was so glad l got out of that trap alive.
For the longest they acted like they weren't going to let me have the RV after l had invested money and time washing their mounted room full of smelly, dirty clothes. Fortunately it's all over, but it still haunts me from time to time.
The sister-in-law is a pure sweetheart . And the hoarder at times looks at her with hatred . She has turned her self hatred and focused it towards the person who tried to help her most . What a despicable person !!!!!
That $100k is worth more than their prefabricated house.
This lady is really an emotional abuser. Very selfish. Tries to be a tear jerker so she can get what she wants.
I don't disagree that like most hoarders she's manipulative, but I do about their house. That, from age of kitchen, is a quality, stick built, 1950ish house, which withstood 15 tons of trash filling it without buckling floors or support beams. I had a house from that era. It too had been hoarded by previous owner. No residual structural issues at all.
Actually that house in Worcester(a pretty run down city) goes for 350,000 these days lol
My grandma lived in a house since 1970 and it was built in 55. I was Borned in 95 so I’ve been in that house basically until now and its a good quality built house. They just Dont build them like they used to
@@anthonybush3134 *I was born in 95
@@BasicYTHandle me too!
Love the shorter format, concentrating on one family at a time. So happy to see such a turnaround in attitude.
mee too
This is just the highlights from this episode. New episodes usually run at about 84 minutes long.
This obviously isn’t the entire episode, but a condensed clip.
How do you not realize that?
@@sarcasticallyrearranged easy, jesus
@@sarcasticallyrearranged you again. Miserable are you....?? Sorry 😐
My step dad was a hoarder, and my mother was messy. So when they got married when I was 8, I watched their house slowly turn into a hoard. I didn’t realize it was hoarding because they kept all of their things in labeled crates and insisted every one was important. If you needed something specific they knew where it was for the most part. But then my boyfriend comes over for the first time and is absolutely disgusted. Me and my siblings slept on the floor because our beds and bedrooms were filled TO THE CEILING with STUFFED ANIMALS.
The bathroom was filled entirely every inch of floor with dirty laundry.
The halls only had a small pathway to walk through, walls of boxes surrounding you. Windows blocked up with blankets tapped over them. The kitchen sink was always full the table was always full of trash so you couldn’t even sit down and eat together. Mice pooped on our clean dishes so you always had to rewatch them before using them...
So crazy to live that way!!!! I now have a problem actually keeping stuff or buying nice things for myself or my kids because “it’s just stuff and it doesn’t actually matter” where really im just traumatized by how much stuff people own that they never use... (even normal people with their excessive books in their book shelves, or owning a bunch of clothing, or people that have like 10 pairs of bedsheets for one bed...)
God bless you and heal you 🙏
Yes, may you have healing from this trauma. ❤
@Kira in this part if the world we do have too much stuff but it is different around the world. You can be a minimalist but still hold on to some things. I have a nice book case and I love books many I have read and re-read and some I started and will never finish. It is my little indulgence and it is okay.
You might want to check out the ocd subtype called Spartanism. There's not a lot of info on it but it does sound like you might be suffering from it, maybe early stages.
If not, just good stuff to know anyway! Have a nice day ☺️
@@raphchaos9824 that’s very interesting. sounds like a reactionary jump to the other end of the spectrum. i’ve known a couple people who live like that.
Wow. If I called a family member for that much money and didn't use it for what I said, my family would be so done.
Preach!
Same
Right? I mean who wouldn't
Someone I loved with every fiber of my being moved in with me a dozen years ago. Slowly, I watched as his "designated room" (dining room) started to ooze past the doorframes. We had a deal. If it was on MY side of the doorframe, it got tossed. Eventually, he was asked to leave. It took me three days to clean out that room, and he never came back to finish it, so I took it over to HIS house and dumped it on his yard. Never looked back. I watch these videos to remind me of what COULD HAVE HAPPENED, but DIDN'T, because I took CONTROL of the situation. When I think I have one too many boxes of Christmas decorations, or a tub of clothing I don't wear, I start making trips to Goodwill. This....will NEVER be ME. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt and donated it!
😂😂👏🏻
Have a yard sale, everything’s a dollar!!!
“Here brother, here’s your money back, and thank you dearly for kindness, patience and understanding. Sorry it took so long!”
Honestly I doubt people would buy hoarder stuff because it's filthy
I always think the same thing Dave. Imagine the money they could make to pay toward their debts or for better healthcare, whatever! It just seems like such a waste.
@@LaLadybug2011 totally agree!!
She had some stuff that was practically new and unused. Give it a dust and someone will buy it for a dollar.
These hoarders are incredibly entitled. All that money from her brother and his wife yet still so mean and ungrateful.
I think you are wrong only in that this is a disease..a mental disease….so I’m hoping she will continue to get help….and I don’t think these criticisms will help.
Unbelievably ungrateful
Her sister in law, brother and daughter are really kind.
It’s not helpful. Kind isn’t what she needs.
I like her attitude at the beginning for admitting she have a problem. Her attitude was a little Cocky later on
Her Brother and Sister in Law paying their mortgage for 2 years and borrowing 12,000. Smh
Yeah, she was insulting the people who reported her and acted like it was their fault that they had a problem with it and not that it was entirely her fault. I couldn't watch the entire episode. I found her grating.
@@sarcasticallyrearranged Well Said.
I agree
*$15,000
@@jonahg4311 that's alot of money
"I've overdone it a little bit." Typical hoarder statement. Let's build a monument of trash to honor my mother and let Kevin work long hours to pay for it until poor Kevin drops dead. I wouldn't have given her a dime. That's like giving money to a gambling addict and enabling them.
You left out….. “It’s just a few extra things.”
@@josh3326 Or "Things got a little out of hand" as they stand high atop Mt.Junk.
Absolutely agree!!!
I think she was deliberately trying to make an understatement in a humorous way. I think she knows what she's done.
@@SomethingSomethingg No. They all speak this way: "I got a little behind"..."It got away from me a bit"..."It just piled up".
"I need fifteen grand can you at least give us that?" 4:50 the entitlement eck
I think their sense of reality is very distorted. $100,000 in debt and living like that is rather extreme.
Living with hoarders I know how entitled they can get. They never care about anyone else but their hoard.
I cant loan nobody 15k much less give. I would have told them I'm strapped. I can help you clean up and have a garage sale or something.
@yaskween cause I can
It’s an addiction like every other. The same struggle, manipulation, lies, delusions...
She's turning 60 but looks much older and sounds CHILDISH
i noticed that. very odd. i wonder what is going on in there.
@@STScott-qo4pw Time is very unkind to narcissists. Ages them, and they regress when people start holding them accountable.
"Can you at least give me $15,000?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Just because a family member has a good cushion of money DOES NOT mean you're entitled to some!!!
I asked my brother to borrow 50 bucks a couple years ago it was so ashamed and felt so terrible. And he's very well off
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My sister was a hoarder like her. Her problem got so bad, she killed herself. We didn’t have the $$ to help her. This is a terrible mental illness.
Very sad..
It's a psychological disorder is what it is.
She could have depression which is a mental illness tied with the hoarding, though.
I'm so sorry 😥
Sorry to hear about your sister
💜 I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS 🙏🕊
Meryl downplays her issues by acting all happy and cute and funny. Like the hoard is just a silly quirk. No clue how she is ruining her marriage and family. Laughs at the people who want to help. Refuses to accept her mother is gone. She became a teenager and just got stuck there.
This woman is not only a hoarder, she's a user. I used to give or lend money to certain members of my family a few years ago but at 71, my good natured lending has come to an abrupt end. Her sister in law has the patience of a saint.
it is very hard to stop people from lending/giving money to family. we lost $3500 (plus a demolished bathroom and the costs of having that fixed by someone else) to my husband's uncle before i convinced him to stop giving him money, and i don't even know how much he's given to his brother for "work" that never gets done. the guy only comes over to say "i'm ready to start working but first i need some money to pay my guys/pay some bills" and hubby just gives it to him. i'm still trying to convince him to cut his losses and hire someone else for the work but i'm not making any headway.
I understand completely! I'm in early 60's and became disabled permanently - and $ at a very minimal amount. No savings left since having to spend on medical and no more employment $. And almost daily I regret giving money to those that I have throughout the years. Nothing left to give anymore, that's a fact!
I can't believe her sister-in-law and Meryls' husband stuck with her after her charging more than a 100,000 dollars for stuff that's now not worth much and to borrow $15,000 to declutter her home but spent on other things. Her sister-in-law is a saint for still wanting to maintain a relationship with her after more than likely Meryls' brother and sister-in-law will never see that $15,000 again.
That dude really let his wife rack up 100k in credit card debt. Bro, take away the card after like a grand.
That doesn't always work, unfortunately. My sis in law is a shopaholic. My bro would take the cards away, cut them up. She would just go get new ones, some in his name, or go to the dept store and say she'd lost her card or left it at home and they'd print her a temporary one. She sank them in $50k of debt after about 10 yrs of marriage.
Easier said then done I bet you're nor married.
@@tartsonawire Get a divorce.
@@mistergunsmoke3118 No, I’m not. And I would get a divorce before allowing myself to get stepped on like a doormat.
@@allaroundamazing7007 Bingo I knew but totally understandable no man should but no man is this same .
What a wonderful sister in law. She is so sincere and caring and truly loves her family. 💗
The sister-in-law qualifies for sainthood I'm pretty sure
Amen to that
I lost my brother in 2020 and I feel the same way she felt when it came to letting go of her mother's things. It's very tough. I miss him everyday, but never the less it was a great episode!
I feel your pain! I'm having trouble parting with my parent's things. Mum died in 1994 and dad in 2011. I still haven't emptied their wardrobe or dresser. It's a hard process to go through.
Much love from Australia!
We lose two kids..all. we did not do big hoarding
We are so sorry for the Great Loss of your Brother. Treat yourself with the Loving Kindness he would want for you. GOD 🙏 Bless You and Yours
Allow yourself time.keep one special item of his.
Wow that sister in law was one in a million- what a gem of a woman
"I felt snuggly-wuggly"
I couldn't live in a house with someone who talked like that.
She isn’t playing with a full deck. She has many enablers to control.
Snug as a bug in a rug. 🥰
@@KM-nq7ez I'm gonna guess she does that as a sort of defense thing. I did something similar in the past because I was ashamed of stuff going on in my life at the time.
Probably. At the same time, she seems to have no compunction about taking money from her brother and his family based on her mother's deathbed wish. I suspect she was hoarding even when her Mom died.
This show proves time and time again how easily one can become overwhelmed. It's essential to take heed to the warning signs early on and not enable people who need physical and emotional help.
Thanks! Welcomed Advice
Meryl owes her sisinlaw $15K that she'll never see again. To make it worse, she's so disrespectful to her.
I believe that is just the most recent loan. I hate to think what in total is owed the brother and WONDERFUL sister-in-law !
@@patricesheehan511 I hate it when people owe you money, but they pretend they're mad at you so they don't have to pay it back.. 😠 not saying that's the case in this video, but just saying it happens sometimes.
She is really a horrible, manipulative old hag.
What a wonderful sister in law.
The sister in law is a dream sister in law; she's compassionate, kind and obviously very giving PLUS her and Meryl's brother have raised a remarkable, wonderful young woman. It seems to me Meryl resents them all. I get the feeling she thinks they could have and should have done more for her because they are in a better financial way.
I can do without the "quirky" personality especially while she's basically stolen $15k from her own family
Her facial expressions are really creepy.
Her personality isn’t for you
I think the personality is a whole lot of covering up for how ashamed she feels.
Yes, its very condescending.
Yeah the cutesy voice is horrendous but definitely a cover for shame
Meryl: I'm a saver. A squanderer...
Me, singing: I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker...
I thought it was a "midnight talker" !!!🤦♀️🤦♀️
😉 I'd rather be you. And it's toker by the way to the OP.
A midnight 💩 er
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That waa funny
Best sister in law any one can have . She is amazing . Despite loosing her money , she really tried to help . She is a great human being
The sister-in-law was so lovely with a calming presence …she would be fantastic in a role on the show to support the hoarder.
Woow. Shes so toxic to her relatives.
@Kiara Long Are You Her Relative?
i have this feeling that 6 months from now its gonna be trashed out again..
LOL LOL LOL
Yep, that's what happened with my mom after we were forced to do a clean out. It became really clear to me that it is a deep mental health stronghold.
Yah, I'm sure she thinks everyone should cater to her. I have back issues myself and have bad days. But l know I gotta get up, an tidy up every morning or else it'll get too overwhelming. Her husband is partly to blame. He didn't put his foot down and give her an ultimatum, and that's that. At least that's my opinion!
Exactly because the one thing these people do not get from these shows is mental health help.
You know it.
I'm confused. She was let go from her job because she needed to sit a lot, but she could then go out shopping buying tons of trash - litterally!!
That's what motorized carts are for. 😉
I think she was a court officer and they stand around a lot
Her brother and sister in law are very generous for all the help they gave her. Maybe she will use the aftercare funds to pay them back. I’m glad they were able to get the house cleaned.
Wow. My ex couldn't deal with the fact that I would leave one dirty coffee cup in the sink and would check the grocery receipts to make sure I didn't buy anything 'extra' and this guy, Kevin, still loves her?! Amazing.
I'm glad they are your ex
@@sarah3796 Thanks. He was a nice guy in many ways but he was OCD and couldn't tolerate anything that wasn't perfect. I am not perfect.
@@susanl8478 nobody is perfect
I held my breath when I read your post but gave out a big sigh of relief when I read it again and saw "ex".
@@classic3316 Ha. He was a nice guy in some ways but his OCD over everything meant he was mad all the time that things weren't perfect...hard to deal with 'mad all the time'.
The way she said “snuggly wuggly”💀😂
I helped a hoarder over and over again. He wasn’t related to me except through his son who deserted me. His life was a wreck. None of his kids ever thanked me for taking care of their Dad. When he died, he was in a clean well cared for place and I held his hand. He’s buried at Arlington. He earned that. It was an honor to know him.
That was very kind of you!
You're literally an angel..
15k? 15k? That's absolutely INSANE. I could pay off almost all my student loans for that. To think someone was generous enough to loan her that money and they just squandered it away... some people I just have no words for.
i'd kill for a sister in law like her
We had to sell our house because of the divorce. There were tons of my ex-husbands stuff in the attic. He was in denial that this needed to be gone to sell the house. It cost about 2,000 dollars to get it all out of there and gone. Thankfully, my real estate agent handled this mess and forced him to pay half the bill. Plus, the house needed renovations badly. Again, my real estate agent was a hero and fixed this mess (though he didn't upgrade much) in order to finally sell this house. I'm so glad to have the whole mess off my hands.
I always get a boost of decluttering motivation watching these.
My grandmother was a hoarder after my grandfather died. When she died many years after, we went to clean her house and besides many valuable things, we found thousands of money all around hidden everywhere.
My grandmother was a hoarder too. I am not. I don't let myself get to attached to stuff. Only attached to my husband and children. They're what's most important.
This is a new episode. Good job to the Hoarders Team for being so patient, kind and helpful to these types of person who do have a mental illness.More episodes to come. I love this show. :)
I'm 35 and all my possessions fit into my car. I'm balancing out this lady in the universal ledger.
Excellent!!
Way to go! I’m 62 and all of my possessions can be sorted and dealt with in a day. It’s been a process, but I feel great. Everything I have are things I want. Unfortunately, I’m going to have to deal with my parents possessions. They are borderline hoarders.
I have said it before... STOP catering to the SICKEST member of the family.
Truth!!!
Absolutely 💯 this is why this continues. Get them in a hospital before it gets this bad.
@@marycutrone1808 And short of that ... because you can't institutionalize people without their consent any longer ... you can take steps to limit their destruction!
Well said. 🎯 This really made me think. Thank you.
Easy to say but when you love someone unconditionally you want to help them. Tough love is hard to give.
"Snuggly-wuggly!" 3:35
This phrase needs to die, lol
Hahhaha
😂😂😂 I live for TH-cam comments. TDF
Wow 🤩nice comment, You comments so good where are you from?
The sister-in-law is a darling. Unfortunately giving her 15K and not expecting her to spend it on stuff is equivalent to lending a gambler money and not expect them to spend it on that one last bet. In hindsight she should have dealt directly with the declutter business herself.
Arrested development. Has the stubbornness and selfishness of a 4 year old. At some point she should have matured enough to admit she was wrong to buy all that stuff and sell it on EBay. Before it became an absolute disaster zone. I know it because I was like her, I bought tons of clothes every day when I was in extreme pain from fibromyalgia. I admitted my mistakes to myself, sold clothes online and in 3 months I made $1,000. That $ went into a down payment for me to buy my own house.
She’s extremely manipulative
The family are gold dust. So much love and care for an ignorant woman.
She seemed really happy and thankful for people helping her clean up the mess she was living in. Congrats to them. Most people fight to he clean up crew and fuss over wanting to keep stuff. Finally some great people that valued the help.
Oh wow! What a nice sister in law. Wow , forgiving to !
The silver hair on Dr. Z. looks beautiful! Different lighting ... looks blonde again, but still lovely.
Google says: Robin Zasio/Age 55 years October 4, 1965 (Melva Green M.D. is 47.)
Doesn't give her any brains, though.
@@Jibbie49 wow she is only 5 years you her than the hoarder here
i find her so compassionate
Embracing minimalism, these after pictures look like my house before minimalism, I keep one sentimental piece, my favorite, and let go of the rest. It is so freeing and makes that one piece so special.
Her sister-in-law is a wonderful person, and so is her niece. She is VERY lucky to have their support. Her brother sending her a birthday card was so nice. I hope she appreciates them.
I hope nothing traumatic happens to me and I try and fill the void with things because I wouldnt want to live like that
Who the heck let's their spouse rack up $100,000 in credit card debt while the house looks like that..?
@Mary Levin I will not! Her husband should have had some cajones and cut her cards up and took her car away so she couldn't go shopping. That's how you solve that!
@@tamaracalderon3184 She's probably memorized card information and could shop online, so not really a solution. He can't just "take" a car away as well. It's not as simple as that.
@@Rinmora want to bet? Take the car away, shut the credit cards off, and make her scrub that house from top to bottom.
Are you married?
@@mj44190 yes, I am. I am privileged to be able to stay at home and be a wife and help mate to my husband. Who allows me to spend what I want, when I want. Number one, because he knows I don't buy frivolous 🐂💩 but also because my house is organized & tidy so if I say we need it, we need it. That is insanity to let some one ruin you financially & emotionally while you keep paying for it. Smh.
My dad has been in a barn for over 20 years, this show floors me cause I know he will never get to enjoy a healthy home :(
What does floors mean? Sorry for my bad english grammar??
@@andrjsjan4231 mystifies
@@andrjsjan4231 I would say it drops you to the floor in my reference... it actually made me cry because I know I can do nothing battling his circumstance and this show highlights some success in these dark moments that people struggle with...
@liliboo thank you for your kindness, he has terminal cancer now and was poisoned in the marine corps with benzene contaminated water.
I hope things improve for him very soon.
Pay her back the money you stole ffs.
I agree. I don't know how she can even live with herself. Hoarding is one thing but she was using it to buy herself stuff that she doesn't need, which keeps adding to everyone's problem. That turns out to be theft in the end. She was willing to lose all contact with her brother and make her husband ill. She is extremely lucky to have all those good ppl around her.
I can't even begin to fathom of having $100,000 in credit card debt! I have about $7,500 in student loans left to pay and I'm worried sick about getting it paid! I couldn't even begin to know how she handles that stress! Wow!
she does not care
And 2 mortgages. Can you imagine having that kind of debt in your 60s?
Thanks! I needed this inspiration today. While I hoard, it's not gone too far yet. Theses successful dehoarding episodes spur me on to keep going.👍🌹✌
Consider getting help from a therapist or psychiatrist. They are very helpful since the illness of hoarding is one of the subjects they treat.❤
Just go throw stuff out jesus.
The sister-in-law is very kind & cautious. She's been burnt but is really trying to help Meryl have a better life.
Man this woman is still grieving after all those years. Losing a loved one hits so many of us harder than others. Bless her heart I hope they can get her some help.
If I stole $12k from my brother he would literally prosecute me lol.
I do not understand how something so precious ( flag of her deceased veteran father) was do disrespected. To take advantage of your family when they gave you money to help clean your mess is so wrong. Hope she gets it together before her family walks away
There is just no way the hoarder or the family can clean their house when it’s to this point. They literally need a team
I don’t envy the disorder but I do envy the love she has in her life.
'Can you at least give me 15 thousand?'.
AT LEAST?
I'm 60 years old and no one I have ever known has ever asked me to loan them more than £200.
Good job to everyone. That sister in law was the sweetest SIL I’ve ever seen
Meryl is a typical hoarder. Selfish and self centered. Lacking empathy, remorse, compassion for anyone but herself.
This is the kind of woman who was thinking “I hope there’s a big cheque in this birthday card” even though she’s already used and abused and owes him for tens of thousands.
Why is she smiling about a second mortgage on the house? This is so serious
“And it’s late” he he he 🙄
Her hollow laughter is part of her psychological defense, but I found it (and her, generally) repellent.
I know I noticed that and it really turned me off
The expressions and snuggly-wuggly and the casual attitude towards massive debt made me just so confused... Idk anyone in highschool who was being like that
There's some hoarding in my house hold, no where close to that, but getting people to let go of stuff they haven't used or really seen in yeas is so very hard. Is kills the heart of the people around them. You're not allowed to even talk about getting rid of things.
Pray
You may have to quietly get rid of certain things that they won’t miss. Most people hoarding don’t realize half the stuff they have, can’t find it anyway, etc.
I’m not saying pictures or things that are valuable, just the junk stuff & trash.
why not have a concurrent garage sale - just shift over a pile of stuff to tables and sell it cheap - better than going in the dumpster.
Cos she would run to anyone who would like to buy and say it’s hers. Putting in bin is like forever goodbye.
with the state of the house it could be a health hazard to sell those things to others
Bio hazard!
I can't imagine being $100K in debt! The interest every month would be mind-numbing.
Wait until the interest rates go up they're really low right now
@@withgoddess8029 I'm so glad we've paid off everything with th reception of a couple credit card balances which are small. I learned to use debit cards and cash. Saved a ton of money that way.
It's always fascinating to hear hoarders say things such as, "I recently realized it had gotten out of control."
Really?
You didn't notice it 14.9 tons of stuff earlier?
All these hoarders are always walking around with a cane. I feel like the hoard is a part of why they become physically ill.
I think it's a chicken and egg situation; it's cyclical. Their health is bad, so their lives are limited, so they keep more stuff sometimes to fill the void that is there from not being able to do what they used to. Sometimes their physical challenges prevent them from disposing of things and cleaning things. At the same time, the hoard contributes to their poor health. They are breathing in tons of dust and debris, they can't move around, which contributes to their poor mobility.
Lowered mobility and chronic pain also messes up with ability and motivation to clean so it makes it worse imo
I have lymphodema in my arm and it's awful sometimes. How she managed in that house I have no idea
Meryl is offensive. It makes me feel all “snuggly wuggly “ and giggling while she lies and steals to keep feeding her addiction.
Meryl is very blessed to have a Sister-in law like her...What an absolute sweetheart she is....She only wants the best for Meryl and her husband. I am hoping they were able to sell some of the belongings they had that go towards their debt!! 🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
I love the Hoarders Team!
Wow 🤩nice comment, You comments so good where are you from?
She's not even a little bit embarrassed to have scammed so much money from her brother and sister-in-law!
And OMG - she just turned 60! She could lose a lot of weight and be a normal, functioning person!
Why don't they take pictures of the items she likes but can't keep. Then she has an album that doesn't take up a lot of space but has ALL that stuff in it.
I think because that still.encourages the behavior and emotional baggage that comes with each item.instead of forcing them to deal with the uncomfortable
Ever see that Spongbob episode where he does exactly that? He ended up with as many photos as he had of hoard.
@@angelbabies7 what's the episode called
@@angelbabies7 that why you go digital
👉🏼🤯💥
I hope her family and her get along and are in each other’s lives. Because I’m a survivor and pay attention to these things in others, I hope her husband got/gets those spots on his head checked for melanoma.🙏🏼💪🏼
As sympathetic as some of these people are, there's also an underlying current of selfishness and entitlement that seeps thru , more so in some than in others. I would have a hard time dealing with that.