How many of you are in this position??

[oscash]

I don't have anything like that in your example Ronni... but I do have a household full of things.. as we all do.. . My daughter wants none of it, she's a minimalist.. and very modern. The only thing she wants is the one Picasso I have hanging in the spare room...

I absolutely feel that despite the expensive items in this house, that if I die she will just call in a household clearance company...

 

[oscash]

A dear friend of ours died suddenly and I heard there was an Auction of her personal items. My husband and I went along and I was disgusted to see her personal items laid on the floor on top of a large sheet. She had some very expensive diamond rings and a couple of fur coats. When I
asked the auctioneer what happened to these items he said they went to another auction a week earlier. Now I question did they really go to another auction or were they confiscated by people unknown?

 

[squatting dog]

Your daughter hates you, that just can't be true. I really can't imagine a world where there child hates them unless there was severe abuse. I know that is not possible, you are not a mean person. I know you suffered a lot in the war but I do not see you as one who would place that anger or horror on others. Did she make decisions in her own life, drug or alcohol abuse that she has chosen to you to take responsibility so she does not have to face the fact or the consequences of her own actions.

If that is the case, I would not leave her anything. I know you are quite an animal person, why not leave your estate to organizations that train dogs as service animals. There are so many that need the blind, children, vets, seizures, anxiety issues.

I guess I just spoiled her as a child. Always let her have anything she wanted. I know now that was a huge mistake. She has made a lot of bad decisions along the way. (divorced, child out of wedlock, and on and on).
Thank you for the idea of leaving my stuff to an animal rescue organization. Hadn't thought of that, yet now it seems so obvious.

 

[Leann]

I have too much of this kind of stuff to get rid of. I thought I'd get it done last year but I didn't. My Mom would buy glassware (crystal vases, tea cups, other things like that) because she liked having things like that in her china cabinet. My parents are both deceased and somehow, out of all of my siblings, I inherited this stuff (boxes and boxes of it) and it's now stored in my basement.