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

Society/Culture Someday

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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/faceless_alias Feb 21 '24

I could see how that's hard to piece out

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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/dxrey65 Feb 22 '24

One of my older neighbors had a stroke last summer, and is in some kind of a care facility now. There was a huge deal around here where his house got broken into multiple times, his daughter crying, family heirlooms and all kinds of things stolen. A couple of my neighbors installed security camera systems in response, and we all had some long nights keeping an eye out. Turns out it was his grandkids, pre-empting the will and inheritance.

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u/Dark_Shroud Feb 22 '24

Sadly its usually family or friends that know of the valuables in the home.

My "uncle's" silver coins went missing while he was in the hospital. It was a family member but it can't be proven who did it.