Hoarders: 31-Year-Marriage Torn Apart By Hoarding | A&E

[Music] i'm joyce i'm very embarrassed okay my house is a mess and i'm embarrassed to show it to you some of this stuff i don't remember where i got it from and when i got it i'm belinda joyce's niece she'll have three and four things of one item and then eventually when she wants it she can't find it because other things then came in and then she goes out and buy it again she shops for everything anything it's a vicious cycle i'm wallace i've been married to joyce for 31 years i'm tired of living like this up and every time i'm turning around knocking something over oh it's just so ridiculous i can't live like this as always all you did was move my stuff and then move into your stuff what are you talking about wallace if he is angry about the house help me with it please wallace try to be normal for a while he ain't man enough to come to me and say joyce i can't stand it anymore he just comes in here and eats and leaves the counter dirty and he has never done that oven say the same like you don't wipe the stove off you know i said what that what else they got to do with the pile of stuff in the middle of the kitchen floor i could get rid of this junk here okay i can get rid of it but i just don't feel like it i'm lacey joyce is my stepmom and wallace is my dad growing up that house was really a magical place the whole family would come together it was really some of some of my best childhood memories i'm bonnie and joyce is my sister we used to come and visit all the time and they had picnics there and everything was normal to me it was idyllic i was living a dream the house needs a lot of repairs as far as the heat the water things like that a couple years ago uncle wallace called the people to come and fix the heat there was a leak they couldn't repair the leak because there there's so much stuff in the house they couldn't get to the walls to find a leak well no i'm not a hoarder i'm just i'm just stretched okay she has problems with reality finally uh i said to her hey look you want to get rid of this stuff or move out well he's done it okay i'm not going to give up my house especially at that i got all this junk up here hi everyone i'm so happy to have you all here to help joyce i'm standalon robertson a certified professional organizer it's snowing we got a lot to do so let's get going the weather will be a big challenge but i look forward to seeing how we can pull this off i think back 10 years ago the last time i was there it was pretty much like normal oh my god oh my god i expected to see a lot of things sitting around you know bags and lamps and picture frames the kind of stuff that she buys when we go shopping i never i never expected it to look like that oh my god oh my goodness oh bless her heart oh lord oh no she's been living like that all this time i can't believe it i just can't believe it i just feel so guilty that i wasn't there to do something to help me sooner where did she sleep i didn't know it was this bad oh lord please help her i don't know how we'll ever get that straightened out i'm so sorry that we weren't here to help you i was embarrassed buddy to tell anybody i know i know i know but the important thing is we get this place cleaned up and get it back to where it used to be so that you can start to live your life again peacefully it stops today i'll never take her shopping again i'll never never is that his plate in the scent yes and that napkin there hey wallace can i ask you about the dirty plate and the napkin in the dish rack was there a plan is that from the dinner planter because of the pipe being frozen in the sink i couldn't wash it my intentions were this morning take your dirty dishes take it to the bath and wash them in there what was the plan for the napkin were you going to soak that too for some reason i was told not to put the thing in the garbage can who was it that told you you couldn't use a trash can why is that so important to you it's really important because i'm here for three days cleaning up and you've got people telling you you can't use a trash can you're spending a half an hour asking me about one paper napkin it's gonna work you know why because that's part of the big picture when i'm gone i need to know that you're doing your part i never got any help from wallace and i come to the conclusion it's not going to ever happen the kitchen isn't clean it's because i didn't do it i'm always the bad girl okay that's you talking it's hard for you and it's hard for him too not when your wife asks you to help her i can feel the anchor because it's not it's not about the refrigerator it's not about the countertop isn't it a lot of the conflict that joyce is feeling it was never about the stuff it was emotional hurt that she had and you want him to i don't want him to do anything now okay i'll do it myself and um i've made a decision what i'm going to do you want to tell me about that you know i don't want to live with him anymore okay i don't want to be with him you need to sit down what do you want to see happen with you and wallace i'm scared to start again with that you're scared to start again that was huge she acknowledged that she's really just scared scared that it's not going to work out scared that he's going to hurt her do you think there's anything salvageable i'm not sure that it's going to be any better okay it's never about the physical clutter so for her to be able to express the root cause the root issue that she's afraid is a huge step in the right direction you're not gonna get it all solved in these few days but you will have enough physical space to begin to breathe but i guess we better wrap this up though because we've still got a lot to do this is a really big project so i decided to focus on daily living for joyce and wallace so we focused on the kitchen the family area and the bedroom for joyce [Music] oh gosh it's just beautiful honestly it's beautiful look at there like a walk without knocking over anything [Music] i'm almost brought to tears let's go and look at the kitchen [Music] oh my goodness when's the last time you had a meal in the kitchen since 1996. now i've no mathematician that sounds like 19 years to me they now have room to work on their relationship and they don't have the clutter in the way oh my goodness so beautiful [Music] look at this joyce can you believe it words can't express how excited i am for her all that clutter out of her mind out of her head out of the house it's wonderful it's just wonderful he's happy i think are you wallace i'm happy our relationship not only affects us but it affects the whole family us not being together we have like they have a devastating effect on the family i would like to continue living with joyce i'm going to give me and him a chance and me and jazz okay it was hard for me to even consider breaking up with him i'm going to give wallace and i a try hi thanks for being a fan of hoarders and subscribe to a e for more videos and click 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Id: K0vJiOX8als

Length: 11min 22sec (682 seconds)

Published: Tue May 25 2021