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Even a modest financial boost can change your life. It can provide a cushion for unexpected medical bills, help pay off your loans, or allow you to finally take that trip you've been dreaming about.
However, for many, opportunities to get such an influx are very limited, and a windfall might be their best bet.
So we decided to check out how those who have received one are reacting to it, and we found a couple of Quora threads where people shared their experiences and insights after benefiting from these sudden gains.
Their stories include everything from the most fortunate windfalls to some burdensome and truly peculiar situations.
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#1
my grandfather's grand piano. As young as I can remember, I begged him to let me have it when he was "done with it". When he passed last year, I received the piano and with it came 28 years of memories, love, and wisdom he shared with me. It quite literally represents my relationship with him and I will cherish that forever.
Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
I love that. I got my fathers original acoustic guitar - unplayable, but... rare. And I got all the memories.
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#2
My Grandfather left me his fathers drafting tools from the early 1900s. A full wood boxed set of ink based tools for drafting. He was a civil engineer I am an architect so I know how to use them. I think they were a college graduation present to him in 1904.
SuperChicken 1 year ago
Such an exceptional inheritance. If I received something like that, that would be something I would treasure for the rest of my life.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I know you would never sell them, but have you ever had them appraised? Just curious.
#3
A walnut.
My grandfather, who died long before I was born, carried it round in his pocket so he had something to fidget with. It was never explicitly admitted but the inference is he had stress issues after the double whammy of being at the Somme in the first world war, and an air raid patrol warden during the second. It's nearly black and worn smooth, more like a pebble now. If I'm doing something important I put it in my pocket for luck.
Costa 1 year ago
The actor Ardal O'Hanlon revealed he does the same thing on Would I Lie to You? not that long ago (UK light-hearted TV show where celebs make a random statement and the opposing team have to decide whether true or false).
nm (he/him) 1 year ago
In my country a monk passed some years ago and the church canonized him. One church has his slippers and another a blessed chestnut. These items now are worshiped by the stupid pious as miraculous. The modern idolatry.
B 1 year ago
My Dad carried a silver dollar in his pocket so he " wouldn't get picked up for vagrancy" he grew up in the 50's there was no inheritance my brother loaded everything including his dog & his old pick up truck into a U haul truck after my Dad died & took it, but I got his wallet & this coin . My son carried it in his pocket when he got married last year because they were best friends. It sits in my safe now
#4
I got my father's hooked nose, beady eyes, and tiny crooked penis.
It was the strangest will reading I've ever attended.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I got my aunt's pointy "set square" nose, my grandfather's tendency to put on weight, and the cynical grumpiness from pretty much everyone.
Jess Smith 1 year ago (edited)
p**n edit: nope. For those wondering it's the chess piece that there are eight of on either side.
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The very best and the one thing that is my most prized possessions, my father's Stetson hat that he always wore. The thing that means the most happy about it was that I came out to him 2 to 3 months before his passing and he made sure I knew that he loved me no matter what and then to get the one thing that meant so much to him made me cry my eyes out. It is taken care of and means more to me than if I had got $10,000 cash. I feel so loved every time I see it and I know he is still with me. Money is gone in a heartbeat that hat will last a lifetime. I miss you dad and thank you for accepting the daughter you only found out about right before you passed on, I will always love you.
Nikki Gross 1 year ago
One of the few things I have of my Dad's is his black Stetson hat, his pocket knife that mom had engraved with Old Timer (what she called him) a silver cigarette case with a lighter with his name engraved on it ( he complained that when he was in the oil field every time it rained his cigarettes would get wet) his last 2 drivers licenses and the wrist watch he was wearing the day he was killed. The crystal is cracked and it stopped at the exact moment the accident happened, the ONLY thing that Mom did to it was clean the blood off of it. Dad was killed May 21, funeral May 23 and my 7th birthday was May 24, 1984. Mom gave all of those things to me on my 18th birthday and they're sealed up in bags in my cedar chest. I never had kids so I'm debating on who I want to leave them to when I die.
Coralinea 1 year ago
Kinda hard to inherit something that no longer exists. And your statement is in what way related to the post?
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#6
My friend left me his cats. I take very good care of them. I hope he is in heaven looking down and he’s happy.
nuberiffic 1 year ago
Genuine question: Do people actually still believe in heaven, or is it more of a metaphor / idiom now?
#7
I inherited two of my grandfather's (Charles Brackett) four Academy Awards. One is for best screenplay for The Lost Weekend, and the other is for his service to the Academy as its president. The other two Oscars are with my sister and my cousin. They are for Sunset Boulevard and Titanic (the 1950s version).
#8
My mum, last week, gave me a silver pocket watch which my grandfather left to me, engraved inside is a retirement message to my great great great grandfather from his employer dated 1849. Pretty cool.
Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
I have a wooden oar/paddle that my grandfather won at summer camp in 1930. It has his name and the name of the camp printed on it. He was an accomplished swimmer and used to train with Johnny Weissmuller, who was the original Tarzan actor as well as a gold medal winning Olympian.
Robin DJW 1 year ago (edited)
Gene Pollar played Tarzan in a silent film, made in 1920. But Johnny Weissmuller was the greatest. Edited for typo.
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Lewis KR 1 year ago
"Five long years, he wore this watch up his a*s. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my a*s for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you."
#9
My great aunt (and godmother) left me a small amount while I was in college, maybe $2000 or so. It was greatly appreciated.
Many years later, my father died (my mom was already gone) and my brother and I received equal halves of his estate. He had had a good long life and missed my mom, so he was ready to go. I was the executor of his estate, and it’s was pretty cut and dried except for having to sell his house and that dragged on awhile.
Two years ago, my brother died very unexpectedly and I was his executor and sole heir. Again, I had to sell a house, this time five states away. And I miss him every day. I wish I could trade that inheritance for having him back.
Fire Singer 1 year ago
My brother (I have two brothers and a sister) pointed out that one sibling will have all their siblings in attendance at their funeral, and one will have none. How sad is that to think about!?
#10
I did receive an inheritance from Mom and Dad. However, I was awfully young when I met a very old lady, who was a relative of mine, from New York.
I can not remember her name, as I am sixty nine years old now, and I was less than ten years old, back then. I do recall she was handing out small trinkets and tokens to me, my brother, and my sisters.
My sisters each received a ring, or a necklace. My brother received a tie clasp, and cuff links. I received an old watch.
The watch wasn’t working. It was broken. I’m certain I had no appreciation for that gift, at the time. It took me some years to understand, these few trinkets were all she had to offer to us, for an inheritance.
It’s an old wrist watch. It is still broken. Yet, this old lady boarded a plane…in the 1950’s…and made the arduous trek across these United States…just to give to us children, that what she had to offer.
I will never know her name. I believe she was on my paternal side of the family, as I received the watch in the home of my paternal grandfather. But, I treasure that old watch.
It was given to me by someone I didn’t know. It was given to me by someone I would never meet, again. I THINK she was my Great Aunt Etta, but I am not too sure. However, I am touched, an old lady who I had never met, wanted to give to me, something I could never use. It was her thoughtfulness for a young relative she had never met, that made this inheritance so meaningful.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
There is a pretty reasonable chance that it's fixable. OP can at least take it to a watchmaker to get it looked at.
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
So the boarding a plane on the 1950s blew me back. Part of my family came to America in the 50s on an ocean liner. So I looked it up and a transatlantic flight in the 1950s was between $ 700-1200 USD! 😲
2econdSelf 1 year ago
But it says "across these United States," not *TO* the U.S. I'm sure it was still pricey though.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
This story is sweet. I love how important the watch is to OP.
#11
I was left,a small,dilapidated cottage, a small cross dog,and £3k
when I was 14 year old.
From a retired school teacher, who lived down the lane,from my parents.
I had avoided her,and her cottage as much as possible when she was a live,because other children told me she was a witch, and believe me,everything seemed plausible, when your 6 years old walking down dark lanes,in the winter, I was always petrified for years,I use to bolt pass her cottage.
Now her little dog,( Ruby) was a frequent unannounced visitor to our house,and I was always given the job of returning her to old ( Mrs Gillespie)
That was the only times,I reluctantly spoke to her,she use to grab my jumper sleeve and pull me into her kitchen, I was powerless,against her strength especially as I was holding Ruby by a bit of string.
The kitchen was dark,damp,out dated,and had strange odours ,and presevering jars ,full of all sorts.
Alex Martin 1 year ago
She also had, a large jar of commas, overflowing, sitting on a shelf, spilling over, into every sentence.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
As a former English major, too many commas is far preferable to absolutely none. XD
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Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
I mean, inheriting a property at 14 is pretty cool, run down or not, you've plenty of time to spruce it up over your school holidays to either keep to move out into or to rent/sell.
#12
My mother before passing away gave me a coin with both side as Tail.
She told me; my eldest brother (born on 15 August, Named as Aazad) died in her lap because the hospital denied service for just this 1 rupee.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
This is horrible, so sad for your family and any other family that this every has or ever will happen to again.
Florence O'Grady 1 year ago
I think someone sent themselves to the bad place, because they did not understand what charity means!!!
nm (he/him) 1 year ago
Rupee is the currency of India. A very poor country but has sent a shitload of money to acquire nuclear weapons. Its archenemy is Pakistan equally poor country possesses nukes as well.
#13
Not me, but my brother. He's a musician and band director, and has been playing piano since he was 8. He knows that he will eventually inherit the piano he learned on, which is still in our Mom's living room. When our grandmother died, he got the piano from her house, intending it for his daughter, who had just been born. When he went to move it, he found the bill of sale tucked in an envelope on the back of the piano. The date on the receipt showed that it was originally purchased exactly 40 years to the day before his daughter was born. She learned to play on it, and now has a Masters Degree in Music Education and teaches at a local high school. That piano is in her house.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I learned to play on the same piano that my mother did. I even have some of the sheet music that she used as a kid and I still play it. When my parents finally downsize and move to a retirement community the piano will be mine. I'll always cherish it.
Pandarosa 1 year ago
I inherited my great-grandmother's piano too, my grandmother learned on it, became an English and music teacher, and taught my sister and I to play. I still have sheet music with both of their handwriting in the margins. The upkeep is expensive but I'll never sell. Love you and miss you Grandma xxxx
#14
Two dressers that are both over 150 years old. No screws or nails and marble-topped.
Tempest 1 year ago
My dad recently tried to sell an antique hallstand that was passed down generations from his grandfather. It’s some 80 years or more old. The price he listed it for was so low because he just wanted to get rid of it as he doesn’t have space to store it. Then he started receiving endless calls from people trying to buy it. Seeing that so many people were interested in it my dad decided to appraise it. This caused him to realise that it’s extremely valuable, especially cause it’s a rare find in my country, and now it has become a permanent item in our house. 😂
Hey! 1 year ago
My father gave me his office desk/chair. It came from his father. I gave him a dining room table and chairs for it. My siblings were looking for the desk/chair when we were cleaning his place and I said I had it. They let it go. I love that thing.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I am glad they didn't fight you for it. Lot of other entitled siblings would usve.
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Not mine personally, but my family has been passing down the same bible since 1886. It has a ton of cool things in it like a report card from the 1890s, original newspaper clippings from when WWI was declared, ads from the early 1920s, etc.
DC 1 year ago
... that's because it's a Readers'Re-Edition. The standard bible, in parts, was outdated before the other parts were even written. After Scapeman is introduced, the story becomes lame anyway...
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SweetCheesySpaghetti 1 year ago
I have a bible printed in French from the early 1700s that my grandmother gave me. It's in awful shape as she read it often. I am not a religious woman, but I cherish that bible.
Spring Fisk 1 year ago
Did she write in the margins? sometimes you can find the neatest notes.
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#16
My grandfather's 1961 acoustic Gibson guitar. It's amazing. It may not be worth millions but it's more sentimental to me than the money I'd get for selling it.
Diana Lucas 1 year ago
My husband inherited his dad's Gibson guitar from the 1950s. We sold it years ago after it was nearly destroyed when a pipe burst in our house. Luckily, it missed the guitar, but we realized then that none of us would ever play it. It would languish away in a closet for decades. He decided to sell it to someone who would cherish it.
DC 1 year ago
That's nice! Intruments deserve to be played, to be kept intact and working. In careful and talented hands, they belong. I'm sure Grandpa wouldn't have opposed this, because ... musicians tend to see it like above, instruments deserve to be played and kept intact.
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Thsde Gibson guitar ate woth some money if they are in really good shape.
Tammy Kirks 1 year ago
I have my dad's late 70's Sigma acoustic guitar. Inherited it four years ago with the promise I'd start playing (which I have done). Reopened a world of music for me as I had been a vocalist and pianist in college. Makes me feel connected to him.
Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
As a guitar player let me just say, if you ever fancy selling it, inform yourself and don't trust just one shop telling you what it is worth. Some of those guitars are really sought after. Depends on the guitar, though, not just looks, but also how it plays and sounds.
#17
I had a friend who I met whilst we both worked in a care home we got on well and saw each other away from work visiting each other etcetera he retired and I lost my job he invited me to his for Christmas after the new year I was expecting to go home I lived in a rented flat he had a bungalow he asked me if I was willing to stay he had COPD and needed help I would bathe him take him out in a wheel chair his elderly uncle also lived there and cooked our meals after a few years my friend got shingles then he got sepsis and he stopped eating and passed away he left me and his uncle the right to live in his bungalow for the rest of our lives only bills to pay no rent it be was written in his will that until we pass away no one can contest it the uncle died a few years ago a day before he became a 100 yr old after I die the bungalow will go to his daughter both of them also left me some financial help also I feel greatful that I went from a unemployed man living in a basement flat to living in a lovely two bedroom bungalow I am so lucky to of known them as friends and they both ended up showing me that they appreciated my help and have helped me have a positive outlook on my future I didn't inherit the bungalow but have the next best thing a nice home.
Diolla 1 year ago
I stopped reading after 3 lines so I don't know what the story is about.
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Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
He was a wonderful friend to give you and his uncle lifetime rights to live in his house rent free. It is a true blessing to only have to pay power, water, phone, internet, groceries and medical, all of which can be as much or more than rent depending on where you live.
Totally happy Panda 1 year ago
Some commas actually fell down at unwanted places in the next post ;)
Vanessa MacKenzie 1 year ago
I think we need to borrow some commas from the other post. If nothing else, there would be SOME punctuation. Imagine trying to say this all out loud, in one breath....
Lee Henderson 1 year ago
There is a punctuation mark called the "period". Learn it. Love it. Use it.
#18
World War 1 trench knife. Been in the family for generations.
Mariah gabrich 1 year ago
My father inherented hus father's knife that he carried with him through ww2 and my oldest son will get when my father dies
#19
A house. My Mom and Dad bought it for $38,000, no money down.
When Dad died he left the house to Mom.
When she died I sold it for $245,000.
Oh, yes….she also left me her two cats.
David 1 year ago
My grandparents bought their house for 35,000, when they died it was worth 650,000 and my mother bought out her siblings share, and live there now, now it will worth quite a bit over a million given house prices in that area and how its spiked into a high demand area. Perhaps one day in a hopefully distant future a third generation can live there.
iseefractals 1 year ago
My grandparents on my moms side, had an awesome house....2800 sq feet or so on over a half acre plot in Rutherford, New Jersey. Attic converted into a little apartment, finished basement, 4 bedrooms, one of those converted porches that stays chilly in the summer, a servant pantry with 3 foot thick stone walls that stayed 50f/10c degrees year round. They bought the place in 1956, for $8000, only a few minutes from Manhattan....after my grandfather died my grandmother decided she wanted to "downsize" and just wanted to get rid of the place quick. She sold it for $165,000 in 1998. The person that bought it, didn't even do anything to the place, turned around and sold it for $750,000 6 months later. It was sold AGAIN in 2001 for $1.3 million. Everyone in the family told her she was making a massive mistake in the asking price, but she wouldn't hear a word about it "i have a good pension, i don't need much" she says while having 6 struggling kids and half a dozen grandchildren.
#20
A gilded concert pedal harp.
It was left to me by a friend of our family who was a professional harpist
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I've been around a lot of different musical instruments in my time, and the harp is by far the most beautiful.
#21
I found out my Great Grandmother left me almost $30,000 in cash she'd been putting into a bank account since I was born.
Unfortunately, she put my Mom's name on the account so that money was gone before I even knew about it. I found about it when I was 25 when my Grandfather asked what I'd done with the money.
But hey, my Mom got to lease a new car and buy a decorative fishtank so it all worked out in the end.
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
My mum trick my dad (he had dementia) in to signing everything into his name and told him she was splitting everything between her, my sisters and myself. She blew as much as she possibly could before she died.
Mariah gabrich 1 year ago
I think I'd have used it on my kids since it was for them. Maybe I'd use a small amount if I was in need of a car or something. I mean if you need something reliable that is also for your kids but I'd take good care of it to give to my kid as their first car
Brazen 1 year ago
3 million dollars....that is what my mother-in-law stole from my husband. It was his inheritance from his grandma. Shady lawyers in a different country and we had no money to fight it. I'm still bitter about this, especially now that he lost his job and we're scrambling to figure out what the next chapter in our life holds.
#22
My mentor left me a set of wood castanets which I kept for a long time as a reminder who he was to me for so many year
#23
My grandfather gave me a German Iron Cross from WW1 that was brought home by his uncle.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Just don't wear it in public or people will assume you're a nazi, even though this is actually a 2nd reich award.
Just me... 1 year ago
As with any medal, if you didn't earn it, don't wear it.
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PurpleKU77 1 year ago
I have one, and wear it every day. Hardly anyone notices it and most really like it.
#24
I have inherited no things, no objects of any value whatsoever. My family had no material wealth.
However, from my mother I have inherited two qualities that have been invaluable to me throughout my life. My mother was a saleswoman. In the early days, she sold a variety of things - plastic products, cosmetics door-to-door, the toughest kind of selling there is. Eventually she graduated to b-to-b, and after that, insurance sales, primarily annuities to teachers. She was always successful. People trusted her - because she was trustworthy.
She taught me, first, that whether you like it or not, people will always judge you by how you are dressed, therefore be mindful of that fact; and second, that determination is more often than not, what determines.
These two lessons, which she taught by words, but more truly by actions throughout her life, have marked me indelibly, and I have inherited them.
Most days, I dress well, and indeed, it has been my experience that it affects how I am perceived and welcomed into the world, both publicly and privately. And I am focused and resolute in anything I commence. This has rescued me from many distractions over the years and kept me on track. Still does.
Thanks, Mom.
And thank you, Stephen, for the compliment of the A2A.
#25
It's not mine yet, but my grandma has a sword my grandpa brought back from Japan. It even still has the imperial chrysanthemum stamped onto the blade. She says it's mine someday because my interest in history.
ROSESARERED 1 year ago
The Japanese 'crave' for want of a better word, to have those swords returned. There is a lacquer one thst is estimated to be priceless, but no one knows where it is. If you have one, get it appraised...and if you are willing, contact the Japanese embassy and return it home...those swords mean family to them.
Dorian Gabriel 1 year ago
Interesting that above is a war trophy from Germans and no one is concerned but here people are upset about a war trophy from the Japanese. Maybe it's just because Germany has never asked for their old regalia, etc. back? What a curious thing.
JenC 1 year ago
There's most likely no way to find out who it belonged to originally.
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#26
I inherited, from my grandmother, a pickelhaube helmet. Judging by the date imprinted on it, it was constructed, or issued in 1914, to a man named C.E. Juncker. Or maybe that is the company that constructed it? I really wouldn’t know, all I know is that it was bought in a thrift store by my great-grandmother in the 1950s. I also know that my grandmother, while she was in high school, wore it as she cycled around on a tricycle at a house party.
My Pickelhaube looks near identical to this, except the Eagle is the same color/material as the spike and mine is just a tad more run down. Other than that, its probably the coolest thing I’ve ever inherited, especially because I am a military helmet collector.
#27
A couple of weeks ago some of us Neeners were discussing family members who'd been in WWI.
My grandfather was part of the expeditionary force sent to Europe in 1917. He was assigned to a machine gun crew. His entire squad was gassed by the Germans during the war. He recovered but could only speak softly.
I received his dog tags and a pocket knife. I was the youngest grandchild, still in short pants when he died. I like to think I inherited his love of animals and sense of humor. Both of these are less tangible than perhaps money but of more value than Swiss Francs.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I love how the post says "dog tags" so they used a picture of an actual dog. But then if Gramps was an animal lover I'm sure he wouldn't mind!
#28
My dad's smith and wesson 4516. The gun is older than me and it's never failed. All stainless steel and easy to take a part. I'll never part with it.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
But if you take a part - any part - it won't work anymore. Right?
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
You need to take it or any gun apart to clean it. Do it on a table or workbench and keep track of the parts or just take it to a gunsmith like my son.
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#29
I inherited a bit of a problem that I will likely never be able to bring myself to get rid of.
My dad was a HUGE runner. He ran dozens of races a year and always tried to do at least 12 marathons a year. Though he never did better than 8.
When he was in the hospital before he died, my brother and I mentioned to a nurse that his best Marathon time was 3 hours and 21 minutes. Dad indignantly corrected us to say his best time was 3 hours and 20 minutes.
In his office at HCC, he had an entire wall covered with his medals and plaques from the various races he ran.
So, after he died, his wife boxed up all his medals and plaques and gave them to me. They have been in a box in my hall closet ever since. I have no idea what to do with them.
Just to give everyone an idea of what I am talking about. Turns out about 7 of them are recognition from Dad’s last job or his job in Saudi Arabia. But there are also age group first place for Marathons back in the 1990’s.
I talked to his wife and she said that he basically stopped picking up medals and trophies after his races. All he really cared about was his time So this is just a fraction of the races he won.
Paul C. 1 year ago
During the 60's, youth football, 70's and 80's adult football I was quite successful in accumulating medals and trophies, which I always gave to my mum, who proudly displayed them in a cabinet. When she passed, they all came back to me, I now have over 70 in a box which I've never got round to displaying.
Tabitha 1 year ago
Keep them and pass them on to whoever of your kids or grandkids would appreciate them and display them because they're proud of their bold and groundbreaking feminist (intentional or not, since you were so young) mom/grandma. Especially since the sixties, seventies, and eighties were when women were first being recognized for excellence in sports like football---or any sport that was male dominated at the time. Look up Kathrine Switzer and the 1967 Boston Marathon, and you'll see just how bad the backlash against women participating in those sports used to be, and still is to a less overt extent.
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As a runner myself, I get that. Why not chose1 - 3 medals that represent your fathers achievements to you, put them up. And keep the rest in the box?
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
My 5th grade teacher was a marathon runner. He had shirts hung at the top of the walls all across the classroom. He would give us challenges to do and if you won you got to pick a shirt from the wall to keep. He was by far my favorite teacher. I saw his years later when I was waiting tables. He hadn't aged a bit and not only recognized me but also remembered my name. It felt good to be able to tell him how great of a teacher he was for me and that I still had my Tshirt I had won.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
Should make or have one made a display case to dis0lay these medals. Put a plague or something on here saying something likecthis. "My dad won these medalslike this. Be proud of your dad doing this.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
My partner is one of these and has a box of this stuff too. Should probably turn it into a wall painting or tissue box or something.
Disgruntled Pelican 1 year ago
My dad was a semi-professional drag racer in his youth until I was born. He was actually quite successful and won his first season championship when he was 19. Unfortunately, I think they threw out all of his old trophies. I should really find out if any are left...
#30
I had an admin (aka: Secretary) who’s grand mother told her that she was going to inherit all three of grand mom’s time shares. This woman understood that the time shares were a horrible financial burden even if they were free, as she’d seen her grand mother have to pay the annual maintenance fees and try to trade her weeks at this “less than” locations with others. These were huge wastes of cash that this woman didn’t have. She tried to talk her grandmother out of it, and came to me scared that she’d be forced to take these properties and not be able to get rid of them.
I explained to her that she really needed to talk to an attorney, but it was my understanding that people listed in a will didn’t necessarily have to accept the things left to them, and these three timeshares were something she didn’t want.
Tabitha 1 year ago
Would the timeshare company have to buy them back if she refused them? I'm not sure how all that works, as I didn't trust the idea of timeshares from the beginning. (I'm the same with Bitcoin and all its iterations.When it comes to money and property, if I buy it, I want to own it. A house or condo, or actual money or gold or silver. Not 1/52 of a condo or "money" that isn't backed by anything but the whims of the stock market. You get the picture.)
Boopsie 1 year ago
They'll buy them back. Just don't pay anything. You'll get notices and they will but a note on your credit report. It never damaged my credit and after a couple of years, they got tired of carrying it on their books and bought the paid off shares back. No notes on the credit report at all. If a debt is owed, they will write it off and send you a 1099 type of form. The US gvm't treats 'forgiven' debt as income.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Well a timeshare is just a contract, right? You don't actually own the property. So a contract doesn't pass on to next of kin.... I think dying is the only way to get out of a timeshare.
#32
My grandpa's shotgun.
Legend has it that he once chased a TV repairman with it after the repairman tried to make a move on my grandma.
Wintermute 1 year ago
I got my grandpa's bird hunting shotgun too. Turns out the barrel and stock were for bird hunting, but the receiver (the middle part that makes it work) was his old WW2 trench shotgun that he'd brought home and retrofitted for sport. So that's pretty crazy to think of. The same thing I shoot beer cans with once shot Nazis.
#34
One of my uncles left me a cheap watch;-). I got this official notice and showed it to everyone. However, it didn’t say what I was getting. I can’t say how much I appreciated that he even thought of me as we’d only seen each other a few times in about 50 years.
#35
My dad left me $150,000 worth of krugerrands and I blew it all in short order. I'm extremely ashamed.
#36
My grandfather left his kids & grandchildren a very important legacy. It's not the precious vase from N-th century, and it's not the painting worth some 8 figures. It's more important than all that:
He left us his integrity.
In a world now where virtually no CEO or Chairperson or statesperson can get to the top without playing dirty at least marginally (at least in the region where I live), it's a legacy that my family and I treasure the most. The ways in which we've all obtained our respective successes have been through personal perseverance, determination, and family support. Considering the scale of influence we very well could swing the country, instead we use them to develop communities by means of empowerment.
I have a passion for volunteering, raising awareness about the importance of the environment, and to help with the development of sideways economics, where a certain amount of money largely moves within the community instead of trickling upwards.
We've been accused of being arrogant, by not playing along even in the smallest bit in political fields, or being "too good for anyone". I don't much care.
RIP Grandpa
Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago
So many of our elected officials in the US don't understand what integrity means, witness the large number of them who are exposed for cheating on their partners, cheating on their taxes, etc.
#37
We had to chastise my aunt (my dad's sister) for taking the old microwave off the kitchen counter and pushing it up by hand to the top shelf of the hall closet, by herself.
She was 95.
My dad? 90, lives on his own at home, does all his own driving,shopping, cleaning, cooking, and gardening- oh, robust he is, yes.
I'm glad I look like him… I'm hoping I got the construction DNA plans for longevity and functionality from his side! He was stingy with the blue-eyes Gene, but hopefully, that was a one-off.
Sue User 1 year ago
Moms family is long lived (90s). All dad's brothers and sisters except one died before 70. The one died at 72. It is a toss up.
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Same, only it was my father's family who lived long lives. Some of them live past 100, and that was back in the 1980s when that would get you a letter from the President and your name and picture on Good Morning America. My father didn't even take good care of himself at all (drinking, d***s, etc) and he lived to 95! The men in my mother's family all died in their 50s or 60s, and the women barely made it to 80 (the age my mother died). Learning this back in my 20s, I decided to plan on living to at least 100, so I will continue working past retirement age as long as I am able, so I won't be spending a full third of my life retired and trying to live on a few investments and a fixed income that won't keep up with inflation. (My father retired at 65 in 1982. He was a pharmacist who made good money. His monthly Social Security check in 1982 was generous enough to live on---back then. By the time he died, in 2012, any increases barely kept up with inflation, and his monthly check was definitely not enough to live on by itself without dipping heavily into investments. The whole reason for that is that his generation of men were not expected to be retired for 30 years---more like 10 at the most---so would not see the ruinous devaluation of their Social Security check from out of control inflation. That's why I will not retire until I'm no longer physically or mentally able to work. Hopefully in my 80s, to shorten my time in retirement and increase the amount I can invest by a good 20 years.)
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A lump sum of almost $11,000 (USD). My small share from selling a family farm.
#39
I know at first this doesn’t sound bad, but really it is. My sister in law left us her dog. This dog didn’t like anyone but her. She would bite at you if she felt you looked at her in the wrong way. I was sweeping and the broom accidentally skimmed her and she attacked the broom! I was in the kitchen and I did not hear her come up behind me. I stepped back and accidentally landed on her paw.. she attacked and I had to fend her off with a chair!
Cee Cee 1 year ago
Mad Max, one of my standard dachshunds, always attacks the broom. Brooms have never done anything to him as far as I know.
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
Mad Max - "And the broom will never get the opportunity. I'll see to that!"
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 1 year ago (edited)
I had a uncle who had a chihuahua. That dog didn't like anyone. if you even slightly move your leg or foot that dog would be right there readily to bark or even bite you. Hated that dog. I deathly scared of him. My uncle looking back didn't care that dog acted that way.
#40
Alcoholism
#41
To put it in a word, the lifestyle.
I'm born into a middle class family and then moved up and down through the phases of life. We were upper middle class for some time and then lower middle class sometime and there was an year(Feb 6th 2000 to Feb 6th 2001) when we were so close to the Poor, I should say we were poor.
It's true that because of being born into a middle class family, we're forced to the ideology and thinking of a not-much-aspiring life, getting a job and working for someone is all we mostly dream about but then the middle class life teaches a lot more things if you're ready to learn.
Financial management becomes your inbuilt nature, you will teach time management yourself, you understand the importance and difficulties of comprising, you'll learn the validity of the relations, relatives and friends, you'll learn the greatness of believing in yourself and a lot more. We don't do them consciously but they all become the ingredients of the life style.
So, the greatest inheritance I got from my parents is the lifestyle, the poverty.
#42
Patience. My father was a wonderful person who didn’t say much at home but had hundreds of friends outside of the house. When he died all of us were shocked by the number of mourners who came to his funeral to pay their respects. I then remembered his words to me when I would ask why he never interfered with my mother’s constant demeaning talks to me and he had replied, “You must learn to turn the other cheek and pick the proper time to react. Patience is not easy but it is golden and helps you to grow into a man.”
#43
I never received - money, a car, a house, land, or any form of physical property from my parents but I happily and most gratefully received this three most treasured heritage from my parents:
FIRM SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION
QUALITY EDUCATION and
GOOD NAME
Personally, experience has shown that the aforementioned three inheritance are the most valuable and treasured that have ultimately bestowed upon me a life of PEACE, CONTENTMENT and FUNFILMENT.
What do you think ?
BookFanatic 1 year ago
After I graduated library school, my uncle gave me a stack of smelly old books. They were my grandmother's library school textbooks and they had her handwritten notes in the margins. She died when I was three, so these books are worth their weight in gold to me. Even though I suspect Grammy ate limburger cheese while she studied...
howdylee 1 year ago
When my mother-in-law passed away, my husband and his brothers divided up her possessions. One thing my husband wanted was an old wooden chair. I thought it was ugly but held my tongue. We get it home and the 70s blue and brown plaid fabric actually looks nice in my blue living room, it got a place of honor and is known as Mom's chair. Turns out it's an original 1917 L&GJ Stickley morris-style chair! A bit beat up so not a ton of value, but still a genuine antique! No one knows who/when it was acquired, as his grandma had it before his mom.
Sarah Léon 1 year ago
My father didn't have a will and nothing much to pass on anyway. But when he died, I asked my Evil stepmother (ESM) if I could take his tool box. He never really used it but he kept it in his car and I always knew him with his tools he couldn't even use properly. ESM told me she didn't know where it was, then that he might have lost it or something. 3 years later, I had the occasion to be in the house alone for a few hours. I went in the garage, and the box was just in the middle of the room. I took it and put it in my car. I told my older sister, she told me to keep it and don't tell ESM. It's been 2 years now and I still carry the box in my car, and just like my dad, I have never used it !
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I have a ring my dad wore. I have no idea what the stone is, but I think either diamond or zirconia. It's set low, not all ostentatious like many women's rings. Since I'm so heavy, it fits on my pinky perfectly.
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago
Let's see.... instead of a family hone my grandfather built himself when he immigrated to Canada after ww2, my mom and sisters would rather have money. So instead of the best home on the planet, his estate and home sale came to just under 2 million dollars. Of which nobody has anymore. On the other hand, I took possession of his impressive camera collection, with the first one dating back to 1913 (he was a collector). It's currently on loan to a local museum.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
The last time I saw her (because she lives on the other side of the country), my grandmother took me aside and gave me an old book. The book itself isn't worth much (I had it appraised) but what makes it special is the inscription inside. It was once awarded to an ancestor of mine in official recognition of his bravery when he saved a man's life. Not during wartime; the man was drowning and Great-Great-Great-Grandpa swam out there and rescued him.
Mike Creedon 1 year ago
When my father died I got his truck. Nothing special, No collectors item. Just A basic work truck. I drive it about once A week I have some of his ashes in the arm rest. Probably the best vehicle I've ever owned.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
I have my mom's mother's cast iron skillet. It's about 95 years old.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
I inherited a share in a house that needed repairs, and the repair cost plus taxes would have come to close to the inheritable value, so I declined it. As a result I have basically nothing.
BookFanatic 1 year ago
After I graduated library school, my uncle gave me a stack of smelly old books. They were my grandmother's library school textbooks and they had her handwritten notes in the margins. She died when I was three, so these books are worth their weight in gold to me. Even though I suspect Grammy ate limburger cheese while she studied...
howdylee 1 year ago
When my mother-in-law passed away, my husband and his brothers divided up her possessions. One thing my husband wanted was an old wooden chair. I thought it was ugly but held my tongue. We get it home and the 70s blue and brown plaid fabric actually looks nice in my blue living room, it got a place of honor and is known as Mom's chair. Turns out it's an original 1917 L&GJ Stickley morris-style chair! A bit beat up so not a ton of value, but still a genuine antique! No one knows who/when it was acquired, as his grandma had it before his mom.
Sarah Léon 1 year ago
My father didn't have a will and nothing much to pass on anyway. But when he died, I asked my Evil stepmother (ESM) if I could take his tool box. He never really used it but he kept it in his car and I always knew him with his tools he couldn't even use properly. ESM told me she didn't know where it was, then that he might have lost it or something. 3 years later, I had the occasion to be in the house alone for a few hours. I went in the garage, and the box was just in the middle of the room. I took it and put it in my car. I told my older sister, she told me to keep it and don't tell ESM. It's been 2 years now and I still carry the box in my car, and just like my dad, I have never used it !
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I have a ring my dad wore. I have no idea what the stone is, but I think either diamond or zirconia. It's set low, not all ostentatious like many women's rings. Since I'm so heavy, it fits on my pinky perfectly.
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago
Let's see.... instead of a family hone my grandfather built himself when he immigrated to Canada after ww2, my mom and sisters would rather have money. So instead of the best home on the planet, his estate and home sale came to just under 2 million dollars. Of which nobody has anymore. On the other hand, I took possession of his impressive camera collection, with the first one dating back to 1913 (he was a collector). It's currently on loan to a local museum.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
The last time I saw her (because she lives on the other side of the country), my grandmother took me aside and gave me an old book. The book itself isn't worth much (I had it appraised) but what makes it special is the inscription inside. It was once awarded to an ancestor of mine in official recognition of his bravery when he saved a man's life. Not during wartime; the man was drowning and Great-Great-Great-Grandpa swam out there and rescued him.
Mike Creedon 1 year ago
When my father died I got his truck. Nothing special, No collectors item. Just A basic work truck. I drive it about once A week I have some of his ashes in the arm rest. Probably the best vehicle I've ever owned.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
I have my mom's mother's cast iron skillet. It's about 95 years old.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
I inherited a share in a house that needed repairs, and the repair cost plus taxes would have come to close to the inheritable value, so I declined it. As a result I have basically nothing.
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