[Moneyguy1]

Milt:

Things have memories attached. Certainly there is some monetary value to some of the things in the house, but when I cash in my final chips, any memories attached to many items is lost forever. That is the point I was trying to make. There are two furniture sets that came to the marriage with Kathryn. Already one of her daughters is trying to figure out how to screw her other daughter out of them or even part of them. I will be adding codecils to my will to assure this does not happen. Much of the furniture I built. Will the fact that I crafted them hgave any relevance? Kathryn knew, and it pleased me to build her some nice things. The love that went into such projects means nothing to anyone else. If you sold your house, would the new owner really care very much about the history of the projects you carried out there?


The kids will inherit everything I have and they can do with it what they will. At that point I will be beyond caring. In the past, I have had the duty to be executor of a few estates. In every case, what I have said is true. You would be surprised (and maybe not) how many things are looked at with this "What the heck did () keep this for?" attitude. Any items that had intrinsic value were, in some cases, fought over by relatives, totally disinterested in the history behind the object, more interested in the monetary value..

Just my take.