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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do your kids even want your stuff? My parents brought up how they’ll divide their things between me and my siblings and I was thinking “we don’t want this stuff!” I would just sell or give away or throw away practically anything my parents left for me and I’m pretty sure my siblings will too. I’m talking paintings/artwork, books (they have a huge book collection including some valuable ones), furniture and household items. If I can sell for a profit, I will. Otherwise I’ll donate or throw out. My parents and I do not have remotely the same taste in art and our sense of style is very different. I am very sentimental and will save photos, anything they’ve written like personal notes/letters but I don’t have an attachment to or want their “stuff.”[/quote]

+1. I’m a minimalist and my parents have a ton of stuff that I don’t want. I love them and would like a few mementos but the only things I can think of that id really want are small/don’t have much monetary value (a Christmas ornament, some fridge magnets, photos). I think a lot of older people do a lot of hand wringing about who gets their things when in actuality a lot of younger people are like me and don’t want the things.[/quote]

My mother was greatly offended that I don't want her jewels and stuff. She was making a big tah do about how maybe if we are good she might have a few rounds of presenting her jewels and stuff and allowing me and my sisters to pick if we could  be civil and understanding and chose among ourselves who gets what. She gets her whole Queen voice as she presents this grand generosity that of course comes with strings and guilt trips. I politely informed her she is welcome to do that with my sisters and i don't need more stuff. She accused me of being all sorts of things because I don't want o be part of the ceremony. It's all so strange. I think it's wonderful if people want all this stuff and it's great if it's done in a loving way and fills people with beautiful memories. In my family everything comes with guilt trips and strings and there is such a need to create drama. Pretty sure only one of my sisters wants the jewels and she will have a ball draping herself in them and carrying on the tradition of acting la ti dah and special.[/quote]

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