Have you ever recieved a large gift in a will?

Ah, this question brings back cheery thoughts. :/

@MrMontpetit spill the beans!

I apparently have a nice sized inheritance coming from my great grandfather. But I have no idea how much or when I’ll get it. So I try not to think about it too much.

@liehes ,wowzer that has got to be eating into you.

Uhh I guess at first, but I just don’t let myself think about it. Seriously. I can’t plan my life around a sum of money coming to me when I know really nothing about it. I just choose to live my regular old life and I’ll get it when I get it.

Good point,what you aint got you cant have.

Yes. I received a fairly large sum of money when my dad died (not millions or anything, but it was a lot of money all at once). It was a mixed blessing. It brought a lot of changes in my life along with a lot of turmoil. When you are used to living paycheck to paycheck it’s hard to make good long range decisions about money. You think to yourself, “if I only had money, blah, blah, blah,” but in my experience (not just mine, but some other people I know) it rarely works out that way.

As an only child, I received all of my mom’s estate. It was a sizeable amount…for me anyway. It, too, caused us to do more, give to our daughters, put money away for retirement, etc. This was 10 years ago & we’re still reaping benefits from it. The sad thing is of course, that I had to lose my mom, who I loved with all my heart, to get it.

No, but if you’re offering, my name is spelled C-P-R-E…

I inherited some money from my grandmother’s passing, and my husband inherited a similar amount from his dad’s passing. I invested the former in the stock market so it is now a shell of its former self, and I put the latter in a high-paying savings account so we still have it. All of it is earmarked for college expenses for the kids.

We did use a bit to add a downstairs bedroom room to the house (a good thing since my husband cannot climb stairs any longer) and we used another bit to get my husband a fancy Dolby 5.1 surround system for his new room.

Otherwise, it just sits, waiting for an emergency. Or college. Or Wall Street’s recovery.

Stocks are only bad if you are in it for a killing.Here’s hoping.

@zerocarbon – I figure I’ve got another 30 years (I hope) for them to come back up.

My grandmother has the largest non-taxable amount of money set aside for each of her three grandkids when she dies. We all agree it’s kinda pointless because we’re all gonna have to spend it cheering ourselves up when she goes. Heh.