Middle Age Spread

I have decided there is more than one meaning of the term "middle age spread." While my butt and hips have indeed spread over the years, there's so much more to it than that. Your stuff spreads, too. What I mean is as your kids leave the house, you start moving your stuff into what used to be their space. For example, I have taken over all the closets in the basement. I shower down there, so it is logical for me to dress down there, right? Well, now my that my daughter is once again living with the "roommates she had in high school", she feels she needs some of that space back. Once upon a time I was amazed that my mother could live by herself and yet still have all the closets in a house that used to house six people completely full. I no longer wonder about that. It is so easy to do. Even if you don't have any more clothes than you ever did, you still need more closet space. (Maybe it's the other middle age spread contibuting to that.)
My daughter has moved into the room that usee to belong to my son. It is bigger and has the bathroom connected to it. (Also, she had been gone for 4 years and her bedroom kind of became a storage room. I don't know why she couldn't sleep with a Christmas tree on her bed!) Anyway, along with the larger room is the larger closet. So my clothes were removed from the larger closet and stuffed into the closet of what used to be her bedroom (confused yet?). And when I say stuffed, I mean STUFFED. Now, all my clothes are taking up about 1/3 the space they were previously alotted. Not only that, but her things are still in that closet as well. She has many items she has acquired for the day when she is living on her own like towels, dishes, etc. Those things are all stacked in the closet I am now using. What this means is that not only do I have about 14 inches in width to hang my clothes, But I also have only about ten inches in length before it is folded over in half. Apparently, my closet is only good for hanging socks and panties.