Have you made a Will - I did mine today

I have 2 daughters and one is regularly in conact but the other doesn't really care about contact unless there is something in it for her. I am in touch with my elder daughter and her 2 daughters regularly but not with my younger daughter since I moved here nearly 3 years ago. I've tried contacting her and her son, my eldest grandchild and I have sent cards to my grandaughter but it has been for nothing. I've left my super to be evenly shared between them but I don't know what to do with everything else. I will leave my treasures to my granddaughters because I think they will treasure them too. My younger daughter will pawn anything I leave her. I've had wills in the past for a very long time, because as a single parent I wanted my girls looked after if anything happened to me. I just don't know what to do now. The eldest has been a good daughter and the younger doesn't give a hoot. It seems unfair to leave everything fairly between them.

Well done you - you are obviously much more organised than me as I keep meaning to do one but have never gotten around to it! I had a similar things to your daughters - my sister had 3 biological children who are all grown and left home, she has been a foster parent for around 28 years and has adopted 3 of her foster children! The elder 2 are also grown and left home but the youngest was only 10 when she legally adopted him and I had mentioned years before that I would willingly take him if anything ever happened to her as we are pretty certain her husband wouldn't cope alone! A couple of years ago she called me and asked if I remembered offering to take my nephew if anything happened to her and I started panicking until she calmed me down and reassured me that nothing was wrong with her and that she had made her will and everything was official now! lol Ever since I have called him my inheritance and he thinks it is hilarious. He is almost 14 now and it looks as though i will never receive that inheritance (thankfully) but I do still adore him! xxx

Hello ellie, I agree with you..Life is very unpredictable and I have no properties either..LOL, But, I believe for those who have, it will be better to prepare ahead since we all know, it's the source of big fights of some members of the family!

Hi dear Hope u must be doing well. Will, sure its important but its not necessary its written, it can be verbal in family. I have not such will as our society set up is like that we know that in case of such mis hap (God forbid) who will be taking care, and other thing in absence of Will, our relegion Islam clearly state as how to distribute wealth. take care

No neither my hubby or I have yet made a will. I keep thinking about it and telling myself that I need to do it but then I get busy again and it slips to the back of my mind. I do not like to think about it no, but I do need to at least make arrangements for the kids should the worst happen to me or hubby. No one knows when the unexpected will happen so it needs to be done really.

That's very sensible of you ellie. I feel that everyone should make their Wills in order to secure a hassle free future for the kids. We never know what happens after we die!! I am still a student and living alone. Wish to secure my future by doing good in my studies and job. I am hopeful.

i haven't made mine yet actually... you give me an idea now by reminding me through this post... everything is so unpredictable nowadays and it is better to be safe than sorry... so it might be a good idea for me to discuss it with my hubby and do it when we are ready... we don't have children yet as well... so that's why we haven't really think about it... take care and have a nice day...

No I have not made one, I have no property and what I do have my Children will share between them so there is no point really To be honest it scares me to think about it I have no small Children any more so I do not need to worry about that

I would love to have a will but I have not set aside any funds for one yet. I have too many other bills right now to try to work on. I do have a living will though. It is a will that states whether or not you want to be hooked up to a macj=hine if something happens to you and you are in the hospital fighting for your life. I would love to have a real will though for my properties to make sure my daughter is taken care of also.

No...not quite yet. I have to really sit down and think how to distribute things here. I'm not married, no children..but I do want someone to be able to take care of anything I might own...I don't like the idea of my belongings just being tossed out like trash...I have my huge collection of books--some are rare editions too.....my huge photography collection (over 21,000 slides and an estimated 15,000 black and white images) Also, my writings. I have already talked to a friend of mine who agreed to take in whatever pets I have at the time

We made wills when Clare was born and have updated them periodically since. I think that a Will is an essential thing to have otherwise there can be a long legal mess should you die intestate. I have a copy of the Will at home and one at the solicitors where I drew mine up. We need to change ours now in fact, as Clare is grown up and no longer requires the guardianship provisions that are in our wills. I have to say that it is something that is preying on my mind. I must dig the blooming things out.

Oh ,I think you should do.But before it,you must think it over and over again.

I Hven't made a will yet,before I read this artical,I have never thought about that ,but now I realized it's much necessary even I still young.tks,Ellie

Yes, I have. I would not want my family members to go through the torture of dealing with the government over my assets - and when it's time to go, at least my mind is at peace that my family is taken care of.

we haven't made a will up yet. we've talked about it but still haven't done it yet. we really should i guess. we had trouble deciding who would take care of our kids too. we both have brothers and sisters but none of which is a good choice as parents for our kids. and his parents seem bothered by babysitting our kids over night so i doubt they would want them full time. so that leaves my parents but i felt bad having them do it because they are enjoying their empty nest and their freedom. but my mom said they would take them.

THat is something I need to do. I have it all written out but haven't made it legal....my son who lives close is always teasing his sisters that since they live so far away by the time they get here everything will be gone...LOL.....I know he is teasing but recently I have decided to take precious things and give them to each of them when I visit them. But still in all I need a will.