(((Hugs CWS)))
If you want to swap sometime let me know. I'd like to go to Florida. My brother is in the Tampa area. You can stay in our place in Pedgion forge. LOL.Sell at a profit, GG? I feel sorry for anyone who bought into a new place. They have only the hope of not losing too much. Dad sold us his for $1. I think we overpaid.
I hope this all works out for you. Time shares are a real pain, but we haven't had financial snafus like you're going through. It sounds, however, like you want to keep it pretty much for the sake of the family. Hope it makes it through the fires OK so you can all gather next year and be thankful for that blessing.
We have one in FL that my FIL gave us near the end of his life. More than once I've wanted to walk away from it (since, if you know anything about timeshares, they are impossible to sell off...), but Himself loves FL. Since he gave up the chance of retirement in FL to marry me, I think I can give him one week down there in exchange. [emoji813]
BTW, cute boys, Jon. Good to see them learning how to operate those Deere at an early age.
I want to click my heels together and trade places with someone.
Thanks. I think every family has that one person...maybe that is a good way to deal with that person...give a donation to a charity and send the person a card instead of fretting over how to get the person back into the fold.Hmmm...that idea has merit. My brother is a tea partier and pretty vocal and nasty about it, too. Maybe I should have sent in a donation to Hillary's campaign in his name.
I don't think that's your nasty side acting. Call it your practical side. You've been handed lemons. Now you're making lemonade.
When I called to tell the Other Brother that our brother had died (I was the one who found him dead---horrible, horrible, horrible--I hope I only have to find one dead body in my lifetime, probably not), his response was "How much money did he leave me and can I have his bike." I was dealing with the fact he was dead--trying to figure out which funeral home, etc., etc. I hadn't even gotten to the point of thinking about my brother's estate and how it would be handled or how much it might be worth. I had just gotten off the phone with my Dad and Mom and having to tell them that xxxx had died.Hmmm...that idea has merit. My brother is a tea partier and pretty vocal and nasty about it, too. Maybe I should have sent in a donation to Hillary's campaign in his name.
I don't think that's your nasty side acting. Call it your practical side. You've been handed lemons. Now you're making lemonade.
When I called to tell the Other Brother that our brother had died (I was the one who found him dead---horrible, horrible, horrible--I hope I only have to find one dead body in my lifetime, probably not), his response was "How much money did he leave me and can I have his bike." I was dealing with the fact he was dead--trying to figure out which funeral home, etc., etc. I hadn't even gotten to the point of thinking about my brother's estate and how it would be handled or how much it might be worth. I had just gotten off the phone with my Dad and Mom and having to tell them that xxxx had died.
Hmmm...that idea has merit. My brother is a tea partier and pretty vocal and nasty about it, too. Maybe I should have sent in a donation to Hillary's campaign in his name.
I don't think that's your nasty side acting. Call it your practical side. You've been handed lemons. Now you're making lemonade.
Please do not bring politics into this forum
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Dear CWS,When I called to tell the Other Brother that our brother had died (I was the one who found him dead---horrible, horrible, horrible--I hope I only have to find one dead body in my lifetime, probably not), his response was "How much money did he leave me and can I have his bike." I was dealing with the fact he was dead--trying to figure out which funeral home, etc., etc. I hadn't even gotten to the point of thinking about my brother's estate and how it would be handled or how much it might be worth. I had just gotten off the phone with my Dad and Mom and having to tell them that xxxx had died.
So true, so true. I so do not care about the $ in my brother's or parents' estates. If you knew me, you would know that I am not about the money. Probably the best person to deal with my brother's estate because Iso don't care about the $, I want to honor him and know that he would be here taking care of our parents. . But I have to deal with my brother's estate and, I will have to deal with my parents' estates, I don't want to deal with the Other Brother.Dear CWS,
I am so sorry for your loss and the shock you had finding him. Your other brother story reminds me of one that happened in my office. A woman's husband died, and a son flew down for the funeral. He told his mom he would be taking their new RV home with him. His mom told him she would be selling it, and he caught the next plane home.
Ben Franklin once said,"To know the true character of a person, inherit with them" So sadly true.
PF, Thank you for the reality check. I know all of these things...but sometimes, it really feels good to vent! I know I need more "Me Time"--and I didn't deserve to be berated for taking some on Wednesday. My other "Me Time" is between the hours of 3-5 a.m. when they are both asleep. This is the rockiest road I've had to ever walk in my life. I miss my brother so damned much, there isn't a day that doesn't go by when I don't miss him. Every time I have to say that I am dealing with the estate of xxxx pierces my heart. And, the nasty side of me told my Dad today that we should send the "Other Brother" (the one who lives 30 minutes away and hasn't had any interaction with the family since 2003) a card for Christmas telling him a donation was made to a charity in his name...
I told him if he wanted it, it was his, but he had to come up to Ontario to get it. I wasn't shipping it and I wasn't going to haul it to MN with me. At the time, I was still trying to figure out which funeral home to use, etc. I wasn't in a very generous mood.I hope you had the good sense to tell him no to the bike. You would be better off donating it to a charity to send to an auction house.
I had 30 days to get everything moved. I just put everything in storage. I have to do an inventory for the estate, but I just needed to get everything moved so I could get to MN and be there for our parents. My brother's stuff will still be in storage when I am through with this part of the journey. It can wait.I hope you had the good sense to tell him no to the bike. You would be better off donating it to a charity to send to an auction house.
I had 30 days to get everything moved. I just put everything in storage. I have to do an inventory for the estate, but I just needed to get everything moved so I could get to MN and be there for our parents. My brother's stuff will still be in storage when I am through with this part of the journey. It can wait.
.... so I could get to MN and be there for our parents...