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[quote=Anonymous]I am the op quoted here. The reason I posted that is because I have a dining room set that used to be moms. I have had it and used it for 19 years. None of my siblings wanted it at the time and my mom was going to get rid of it so I took it even though it was a bit shabby looking. I paid to have it refinished and it looks incredible. I am about to move and am having a table made for the new house. One sibling decided (not asked, decided) that since it was "mom's" and I wasn't going to use it anymore that he was going to take it. And was pretty pissed when I told him he could have it as soon as he paid for it (I was planning on selling it to at least recoup the cost of having had it refinished). His answer: I didn't pay anything for it, so why should he?

People get weirdly defensive about stuff, but I figure once I own and care for sonething almost 2 decades it isn't a "family piece," it's mine. He can have right of first refusal if I decide to get rid of it but it's still mine to do with as I please. [/quote]

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