Originally Posted by jillaine
What do YOU want to happen to your stash/collection after you're gone? Is it part of your estate? Have you?
Yes all my craft toys are part of my estate. I have a son whose GF (mother of my GK's) who thinks that when hubby and I pass that she will get our house and all my toys in this house.
She is in for a surprise. If I survive hubby I'm selling the house and moving into an apartment. So she is not getting my house.
If hubby survives me he can do what he wants with the house however every little personal thing in this house that is mine from desk top computers, laptops, ipad, ereaders, several die cutting machines, embossing machines, fabrics, threads, and everything else associated with it is already going to appropriate charities that can make use of these toys such as schools, and other organizations that would make good use of it.
My son has no interest in those toys of mine and I'm sure he'd be happy with the house but he also is not getting it because he doesn't deserve it and he's my son.
Now one of my GD will be getting certain things because she asked for them and she's only 8 and hopefully I'll be around for a long, long time at least long enough to see my GK's grown and succeeding.
Son's GF was previously married and had two boys and I treat them like my own grandkids however they don't have much to do with hubby and I even though they were very young when they came upon the scene. Son and GF have two daughters together and only the 8 year old will visit and spend quite a bit of time with me. The 6 year old is just now starting to warm up to me.
I am considering leaving the girls something money wise however it will be an escrow account and a bank will be in charge of it and they won't be able to touch it until they are 25 years old and only if they make something out of there lives. Neither parents will be having control of anything I may choose to leave the girls and the boys.
Boys I can't blame much because they are just kids even if they are now 12 and 15. They were only 3 and 6 when I first got to know them and they are decent boys. Type of influence they learned is what they are. So is the 6 year old GD however the 8 year old is nothing like them however I have practically raised her first 3 years of her young life and some in the following years.
So I'm not going to punish the kids for the mess there parents are in.