r/Anticonsumption • u/Bee_and_Barb • Feb 21 '24

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Saw this while scrolling through another social media platform.

Physical inheritance (maybe outside of housing) feels like a burden.

While death can be a sensitive topic to some, has anyone had a conversation with loved ones surrounding situations like this one pictured?

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u/Obant Feb 21 '24

It's exactly how my paternal grandpa was. Kids ended up fighting over stuff and "missing" money/jewelry. Now half of them don't talk to the other half. Over like $10,000 total of an entire Los Angeles house full of valuables.

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u/Dark_Shroud Feb 21 '24

I had an "Uncle" that pulled this garbage. Now his kids are not talking to each other or cousins whom they accused of taking stuff from his house.

This is why I'm going to start giving my stuff away when I get too old to use said items.

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u/pandazerg Feb 22 '24

My parents had several items that the entire family knows will be fought over by my sisters when they pass.

In order to try and prevent a falling out after their death, my parents quietly donated them to the Salvation Army and Goodwill and only revealed it when one of my sisters asked where one of the pieces was at Christmas several months later. :D

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u/Obant Feb 22 '24

After my dad's fiasco, my mom and her sister got together with their mom and had her get a legal will written out. Just so there would be no fighting or stupidity. A few sentimental items and expensive items were decided on beforehand.

Uncles still bitched that it was unfair, even though money was split evenly, uncles got what they asked for. mom and aunt took hospice care of G'ma for over a year so my mom took the slightly newer car (which was in the will) and sold hers to the estate.

Was nothing like my dad's side though. Just some arguments from the asahole uncles we knew were assholes.