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Vigo:
I've known of enough sad situations where the children of the deceased are so incredibly selfish about inheritance that they seem to look forward to the parent's death. :-\
While I am not going to assume this of that guy's kids, you can't help but wonder why the old man stashed away almost 50 G's and didn't bother to tell the kids, or even put it in a will.
And also, how, out of 6 kids, did they not care to go through the house enough to even visit the attic when going through his possessions? The was stuff literally hanging out the attic door. It sounds like they probably just did a quick estate sale to be done with it.
HaRuMaN:
Hmm. I need to go take a look in my attic.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Vigo on May 23, 2011, 09:58:49 am ---While I am not going to assume this of that guy's kids, you can't help but wonder why the old man stashed away almost 50 G's and didn't bother to tell the kids, or even put it in a will.
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That is not unusual of the Great Depression generation. They lived through such a nasty economy that it made a lot of them resolve they would never, ever, ever be caught in that situation again. I've known people of that age that were so frugal it would qualify as a disorder.
--- Quote ---And also, how, out of 6 kids, did they not care to go through the house enough to even visit the attic when going through his possessions? The was stuff literally hanging out the attic door. It sounds like they probably just did a quick estate sale to be done with it.
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I could see that happening too. We just cleaned out the house I mentioned above. We found loose boards, little nooks and crannies all over that house, many of them 100 years old or more. Of course nearly all of them were full of mice bones and stuff but a couple had hidden items. Nothing of monetary value but the items were very well hidden and I'm convinced we didn't find them all.
Vigo:
You could easily be right about the old man, either way though, it sounds like the money was not saved up for the children.
For the house, I know what you mean about the endless hiding spaces. To me though, the attic seems a bit too obvious of a place to check over for personal possessions. It wasn't exactly in the floorboards or behind a wall.
I guess I have grown a tad bit cynical from a couple inheritance grubbing children I have seen. :dunno
Mikezilla:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 22, 2011, 04:59:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: hypernova on May 22, 2011, 01:13:55 pm ---you can only hope he gets the good karma that's deserved.
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Something tells me that was his good karma and he threw it back.
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I agree with that myself. And as others have mentioned, who knows the relationship with the kids vs the parents. I lived through something like that myself. My great grandparents built a house, and had 6 kids, and lived in the house my entire life. We had christmas parties, birthdays, tons of celebrations in that house, SO many memories. When they both died, and the time came to sell it, I wanted to buy it for 500k. The kids (my aunts and uncle) didnt want to sell it to me because they thought they could get more for it. I wanted to keep it in the family, fix it up, and live in it for who knows how long...but they wanted more. They ended up selling it for 508,000. Each of em got a little over a thousand dollars than if I would have bought it from them. The people that bought it painted it, tore out the stairs and plants that my great grandpa put in himself and god knows what they did to the back yard and the interior of the house. I dont even talk to half of my family for what they did, and the sad part is that it was THEIR parents house! They built it! Its pathetic what people do for money. :angry:
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