Everyone is accusing Amy of being a slob, lazy etc but Im thinking that she has a bit of a 'hoarder' problem. Go back and look at the shots of the basement and the pictures of the inside of the old pre-remodel house and compare to the TV show "Hoarders" and it looks the same! Matt saves a lot of stuff too.
Thank goodness they have Sven to come to the rescue and organize everything for them!
Maybe we'll see Amy on the A&E show "Hoarders" next season! I really felt for Sven when he looked at the mess and said "this is so depressing"...yes, indeed it is.
OCD? That stands for OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. Has nothing to do with hoarding. I didn't see the episode (or that part of) the basement. But I can imagine, with seeing the rest of the house! Maybe Amy is a hoarder. But I don't think hoarding is a disease, like A&E is putting it out there. And here is why - and it has NOTHING to do with AMY. My sister (20 years older than me) would be the STAR of A&E's show. She has been this way all of her life. She throws NOTHING out. And she knows EVERYTHING she has in that mess and knows if ONE THING goes missing! She doesn't and never has been a cleaner. She bought an expensive vacuum cleaner and left it on the front porch!!
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The psychological community has deemed that obsessive hoarding is an OCD.
It doesn't really matter what label it has on it...but that's the label it currently holds according to therapists in the field. Not a 'disease', but rather a disorder.
Amy is incredibly unappreciative of anything Matt has worked so hard to give her and his entire family. I don't like her attitude ! She should watch all of the episodes and see just how badly she treats her husband !
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Originally posted by ritarig: Wish I could remember what I wrote that was so offensive. Sorry.
I hear ya.
Ditto here! I wasn't saying anything that could upset even you guys! I was talking about my sister being a hoarder. Anyway, mod_ivy if I stepped over the line. I apologize!!
Amy is not a hoarder. She proved it when she went out to the man center to see what shape it was in. It is just in a tug of war with Matt. She needs to be proven to be right and is so much worse than Kate ever was with Jon. She is a control freak, but only with her husband. She controls him to stop him from making the children behave.
Originally posted by ritarig: Wish I could remember what I wrote that was so offensive. Sorry.
I hear ya.
Ditto here! I wasn't saying anything that could upset even you guys! I was talking about my sister being a hoarder. Anyway, mod_ivy if I stepped over the line. I apologize!!
Hey, what do you mean by "even you guys"????
"Offensive comments will be deleted".
mod_ivy must be a first grade teacher or something to find so much offensive.
Four "offensive" comments deleted on one subject? Is hoarding a touchy subject? I find this strange. There are plenty of other places that could use the censor's pencil. Ah well. We do get most of it written and kept.
Amy is just very messy and very unorganized. I don't think she is a hoarder, at least not to the extreme of what we have seen in the media in regard to hoarders. If it weren't for Matt stacking Amy's "stuff" up, she would have a much bigger mess.
Hmmmm...how sexist for some to think Amy's...responsible for the messy house...IF...i'm ..NOT mistaken there are 5 other people who live in said house...and have arms and legs of their own! Matt could do something...he does...nothing around the house...but complain about it...i know...plenty of disabled people who clean their own house! And what's that new beginning at start of show...sounds like Amy and the kids are Matt's belongings...NOT...his family!
Did you see her vacumming around the piles of junk in her boy's room? Do you recall that the PILES of laundry? do you recall the basement? The mess in the kitchen?
Why doesn't Matt step up? Ask childrenofhoarders.com they all desperately wished their dads would have stepped up but it's just so hard to stand up to woman like Amy. Hoarders go completely nuts if anyone tries to throw out their ''stuff''. Matt said that about the basement and he said last year. Amy said it too, ''hands off my stuff".
According to the show we are watching, it is up to Amy to make the decision as to whether or not the house is clean or even gets cleaned. She shoots Matt down over the house being clean and if the kids should help or not. Maybe thats why people on the thread are posting about Amy and the house cleaning. Your right, they all should help, but Amy decides what is done in the house.
I've wondered if she is a hoarder too. Not sure about that. I just don't understand why all of them cannot pick up after themselves! What kind of way is that to live?! They are each capable of taking care of their own things, rooms, etc. Problem is, the parents don't expect it of the children, and don't enforce any rules or requirements. (Not even of themselves.) Ask Supernanny, they should all be put into "time out" for being such slackers! It would depress me badly to have to live that way. I am NOT saying I blame Amy for all this, either. Just because she is female doesn't make her the one stuck w/all housecleaning. With all these grown people living there it is mind-blowing to think that none of them makes much effort to have a clean environment free of clutter and dirt. To not even have responsibility for taking care of their own dirty clothes, dirty dishes, etc. Its appalling.
I am not sure if Amy is a Hoarder. One thing that everyone is overlooking is the simple salient fact that Matt is always on crutches and can do little other than push things around, beg/bribe the kids or hire someone. For Amy too it is difficult to impossible for her to hoist things up onto overhead shelves.
At least Matt realizes the problem and hires someone to sort things out (Sven). While Amy too could hire help on a regular basis, she doesnt want to since she needs to feel needed so does not want to share the mother/housekeeper role with anyone else. Also she is comfortable with a high degree of clutter, and Matt likes to collect a lot of stuff too.
BTW--If down the road anyone is thinking of marrying Jeremy, Zach, or Jake (Molly I dont know about) Hope she is prepared to deal with picking up after them or else retraining them. Good Luck.
Originally posted by pamajama: I am not sure if Amy is a Hoarder. One thing that everyone is overlooking is the simple salient fact that Matt is always on crutches and can do little other than push things around, beg/bribe the kids or hire someone. For Amy too it is difficult to impossible for her to hoist things up onto overhead shelves.
At least Matt realizes the problem and hires someone to sort things out (Sven). While Amy too could hire help on a regular basis, she doesnt want to since she needs to feel needed so does not want to share the mother/housekeeper role with anyone else. Also she is comfortable with a high degree of clutter, and Matt likes to collect a lot of stuff too.
BTW--If down the road anyone is thinking of marrying Jeremy, Zach, or Jake (Molly I dont know about) Hope she is prepared to deal with picking up after them or else retraining them. Good Luck.
It might also be a breeze for this woman to bully her husband, too!
The way Amy reacted when Sven was down there cleaning (nervousness) is exactly the way the hoarders act on that show when somebody else is helping clean up their crap. Yes, Amy is a hoarder.
Originally posted by paulc: The way Amy reacted when Sven was down there cleaning (nervousness) is exactly the way the hoarders act on that show when somebody else is helping clean up their crap. Yes, Amy is a hoarder.
By thanking him, and saying how much handier it will be to find things?
By the way...Matt had a bunch of HIS stuff down there also, or so he said, so is he a hoarder also?
Originally posted by pamajama: I am not sure if Amy is a Hoarder. One thing that everyone is overlooking is the simple salient fact that Matt is always on crutches and can do little other than push things around, beg/bribe the kids or hire someone. For Amy too it is difficult to impossible for her to hoist things up onto overhead shelves.
At least Matt realizes the problem and hires someone to sort things out (Sven). While Amy too could hire help on a regular basis, she doesnt want to since she needs to feel needed so does not want to share the mother/housekeeper role with anyone else. Also she is comfortable with a high degree of clutter, and Matt likes to collect a lot of stuff too.
BTW--If down the road anyone is thinking of marrying Jeremy, Zach, or Jake (Molly I dont know about) Hope she is prepared to deal with picking up after them or else retraining them. Good Luck.
UhOh! There's a topic for a NEW THREAD - but I won't. Anyone thinking of marrying J, Z, or J. MMMMMM! I don't know about J & J, but can you even imagine marrying Zach? Talk about the Mother in law from below - Amy would be right over, always, making sure you are taking care of her Zachy!! LOL!
Originally posted by paulc: The way Amy reacted when Sven was down there cleaning (nervousness) is exactly the way the hoarders act on that show when somebody else is helping clean up their crap. Yes, Amy is a hoarder.
By thanking him, and saying how much handier it will be to find things?
By the way...Matt had a bunch of HIS stuff down there also, or so he said, so is he a hoarder also?
The difference is Matt wants organization and cleanliness while Amy (remember this quote) doesn't like people "touching her stuff". Amy is one strange bird.
I got it now...you can throw your stuff in the cellar along with all the other stuff so long as, deep in your heart, you "WANT" organization and cleanliness. And you thank the cleaner, smile, and go on your way, you really mean "don't touch my stuff". I got it now.
Originally posted by mintjulep_ageless: I got it now...you can throw your stuff in the cellar along with all the other stuff so long as, deep in your heart, you "WANT" organization and cleanliness. And you thank the cleaner, smile, and go on your way, you really mean "don't touch my stuff". I got it now.
Who is the slob, Amy or Matt?? Stop defending the problem.
BTW--If down the road anyone is thinking of marrying Jeremy, Zach, or Jake (Molly I dont know about) Hope she is prepared to deal with picking up after them or else retraining them. Good Luck.
I married a man who was never taught to pick up after himself, put things away, turn off a light, or help with much around the house. However, he is the last person anyone could call lazy, apathetic, obnoxious or smart-mouthed, and these things would be a major issue for me. Sure would like to see those kids learn some responsibility, accountability, and manners! (I'd suggest enlisting in the military, but kinda fear they'd wash out immediately. T'would do them so much good.) Sorry, this is off subject but agreeing w/pamajama's thought! A good point!
It's obvious to me as well that the boys are not going to be helpful around their houses is they get married. Mom always picks up after them and gets upset if Dad says anything.
Also, Modivy, I'm sorry if I've said anything disrespectful about the family, I find lots of my comments edited. I usually include in my comments that I wish the best for the family, that I hope they get help for the problems they are having. I don't understand what I'm writing that is being edited out because I see lots of things that I consider nasty comments left on the forum. Again, I hope the best for this family. Some of us have come to love them and are sad about the way things are turning out.
After reading all these posting, I think it would be a good idea if TLC and the Style Channel get together and combine the "Little People Big World" and "Clean House" show with Niecy Nash and crew to help the Roloff family clean up their home. Plus the money they make from the garage sale can go to the favorite charitable organization.
Actually TLC already did attempt to help out by getting a team of 'organization experts' to sort out the clutter and to bring in an expensive new shelving system. At that time Amy freely admitted that she was not really comfortable with this since she didnt like the implication that she needed help or that anything was really wrong.
Remember they say that with the hoarders, just cleaning up for them won't help much--that they will continue on and-- unless they themselves are able to admit the underlying problem and are willing to work on it--everything will look just the same again within a few years. Amy is perfectly happy and sees no reason to change at this point in her life.
