I've been sobbing for 30 minutes over a house on rightmove I think I have officially lost it.

[Figaro88]

So was looking on a would you buy this house type thread which happened to be a few miles from where I grew up. So I don't know why but I put my childhood home postcode into search and now I'm crying uncontrollably, it ridiculous I know.

Cannot add anything to what people have said, but I do get you OP.

Have a hug (((HUG))) and some flowers.

Be kind to yourself!

You have all been so kind so thank you for that. It was just a bit of a shock to see the lay out etc is still the same as the last time I was in the house at age 17 in 1999. All the lovely memories came flooding in and in some ways I'm proud of myself for looking. Thank you again for being kind

Really sympathise. My childhood home came up on Location Location Location and when they showed the garden I saw they’d ripped out a rose garden lovingly planted by my grandmother. Inside they’d ripped out all the period features and gone for white cube minimalism. I know it’s ‘just a house’ but seeing it made me feel really sad for what’s gone. On the other hand I recently found a picture of the same house from the 19th Century, didn’t recognise it at all at first and it made me think about the fact we are all just passing through these buildings; they don’t really belong to us but the memories do.

Absolutely not being silly. I lost my dm nearly 22 years ago and the daftest things catch me sometimes. I was at a Spice Girls tribute act for a friend's birthday and fully lost my shit when they started playing Goodbye (strangely not mama though). I burst into tears once meeting a lady for work who set up her business on a beach in a foreign country - it was a place that was was very special to my mum and it got me in the feels. I also get super angry tears when people whinge about their parents for the daftest things and how I'd give anything to have those niggles.

I also found my childhood home on rightmove and they'd completely ripped it out and changed the format and it sold for a LOT more than we paid for it/sold it. I took my kids to see it and the current occupier (it was being rented) shooed us away within seconds of stopping and pointing (it was quite a quirky building and in a prime Instagram influencer spot). When I tried to explain it was my childhood home she just threatened to call the police on us for trespassing (we were on a public road ) and I had a good angry ugly cry in a cafe after that.

Nearly *11 years ago. Aged myself by over a decade then.

Bless You OP

I lost my DDad last week . I decided to google Earth my childhood home . Its moved me and I feel some kind of emotions . I have been numb I think but everyone grieves differently they say.

Rabbits I'm a few weeks further along than you. Initially I was numb, just getting on with stuff and thought I was handling it ok.
But I've ended up driving his car, it's been real mixed emotions. And hitting hard that he's gone

Although it's different to the cars he drove when I was a child it's still 'Dads car'. And all the memories of going places in Dads car..

Ok I can't imagine loosing either of my parents when I was in my teens.
Nobody's tears are about a car or a house. They are about the people who brought us into the world and give us unconditional love.

Off the back of this I've just googled some of my old homes.
And my grandparent's old house where DM grew up and where my grandparents lived until they died. New owners concreted over my Grandad's beloved flower patch. I feel unexpectedly choked up....

Something similar happened to me. I found my grandma’s flat on an estate agent website up for rent. It was her last home and I’d lived there with her for a while. She was so house proud and it was a lovely home, but the new owner had redecorated it completely and it looked awful. I cried for ages.

It feels stupid because obviously it’s their flat now and they can do what they like with it, and it’s a matter of personal taste. But somehow it felt like another part of her was gone. It still upsets me if I think about it too much.

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