57 Replies to “They Have So Many Feelings”

    1. That’s what one of my relatives did. He hasn’t had any contact with his sons in years, so he simply wrote them out of his will.

        1. He’s in Alberta and his “wee bairns” (now in their 40s) are, I think, in Saskatchewan, not that it matters.

        2. You can, “practically,” write an offending heir out of your will, in B.C., if you leave a token bequest. Don’t skimp on the lawyer if you want it to work.

      1. It’s not that simple. In many jurisdictions, like British Columbia where I live, the kids can sue to be treated equally in the will. The best solution is a testamentary trust. If the cost and hassle of that is not realistic, then at least document your reasons for excluding the thankless contemptuous snowflake in significant detail, documenting that you love your children equally but your alternate plans are necessary, fair and not written in anger or spite, with examples and issues that have motivated your reasoning. I suggest it be in an codicil (attachment to the will) so that the body of the will can be more uplifting. Caveat: I’m no lawyer, but this is exactly my issue too, so I’ve put some thought and work into it. Since simply saying several years ago not to judge Trump by the media stories, at least give him a chance.

        The one other idea I worked into it is for the first statement in the will to split the estate equally between the children, but then take the ingrate’s share and assign it to designated charities. That way, I’m avoiding any claim he could make that his siblings got his “share”.

          1. Let the ingrates inherit your debts.

            As the sole beneficiary of my father, any outstanding obligations automatically became mine. Unfortunately, that argument didn’t work with the federal government when I wanted to check on whether all my late mother’s taxes had been paid.

            I called and explained that both of my parents were now dead.

            “Were you named as your mother’s executor?”

            “No, my father was, but he just died and I’m his executor.”

            “G’bye.”

            “Waydaminnit! I’m my father’s executor. Any outstanding business of his is now on my desk.”

            “Are you the executor of your mother’s will?”

            “No. My father was.”

            “G’bye.”

            Aaaaaaarrrrggghhhh! Fortunately, my father’s accountant answered my question for me later on.

        1. I found out about some of the strange and often incomprehensible fun and games concerning wills in B. C. as my late father lived there.

        2. Caveat: I’m no lawyer
          I appreciate the honesty, but that was obvious.
          so I’ve put some thought and work into it.
          Hmmmmm. Perhaps, you needed to put much less thought and more legal research into it.
          I am not a lawyer either, but my legal research indicates there are at least three errors in your strategy.
          1) When leaving a child out of a will, state the intention with one sentence (2 choices are provided):
          I make no provision for insert name here.
          I make no provision for insert name here for reasons known to me.
          Nothing more. It is important that the child is named – no lawsuit can claim that you forgot about that child. The sentence indicates intent.
          2) Do not state the reasons in the will. Every stated reason can then be litigated.
          3) Do not give a token amount in the will to the child or mention that you will assign the child’s portion to someone else such as a charity. It is this mistake of yours that is your very largest. Once you name anyone in a will as a beneficiary, you give that person legal rights to contest the will that he/she did not have as a non-beneficiary. A beneficiary can contest that a small amount is not the same as the other beneficiaries of the same class got. If you give larger amounts to other children, the short changed child has rights as a beneficiary of the same class as the other children. Item 1) is the wording to ensure that said child is a non-beneficiary of the will and you are intentionally (and not as an oversight) making that child a non-beneficiary and denying beneficiary rights to that child. The business of assigning the child’s portion to a charity is a terrible mistake. Once you have named someone in your will as a beneficiary and the will is executed upon your death, the inheritance is theirs and no longer yours. As such, you have absolutely no say in how it is distributed after it is theirs. You are either giving the inheritance to the child or to the charity. Consider the way you wrote things: you chose to not give the money to the charity, but to the child with the proviso that the child give the money to the charity. You had the choice to give the money to either; you chose to not give the money to the charity and you chose to give the money to the child. After you gave the money to the child, you imagined that you have a right that you do not have – the right to give your child’s money (the money you just gave him/her in your will) to a charity of your choice. If your will ends up in court, the court will recognize your right to give the money to your child and will (correctly) deny that you have the right to take from your child his/her money and give it to a charity against the child’s wishes. Technically, you would be asking the court to sanction theft from your child. That the recipient of the theft would be a worthy charity will not sway the court that you do not have the right to take someone else’s money.

          This is for non-dependent children. I think (but do not know) that dependents are automatically beneficiaries of a will. I do not know about British Columbia estate laws.

          Consult an estate attorney.

          1. The token bequest may have worked for my late friend as a bluff, or perhaps the offending off spring did not want to estrange her siblings any further. Thanks for all the well reasoned advice, just a guy. Are you sure you are not an estates attorney?
            I believe I will take phantom’s advice. I started a spending campaign when the turd up ended the piggy bank.

  1. Unbelievable, and cruel, like so much from the me ( and successor ) generations. That’s child abuse, not that this miserable swine cares about his children. Granddad should make sure his money passes to the grandkids, skipping the swine.

    1. No, grand papa and grand mama should ensure that an overseas orphanage, or an animal shelter receives any inheritance. Enabling morons is moronic.

  2. Karma has a way of highlighting the errors in life by letting folks experience the consequences of their own actions.
    He just legitimized his kids doing the same thing to him later in life.
    I presume of course that he actually has kids.

  3. Donald Trump has, among other talents, a natural ability so suss out mentally-ill leftists. Not by any particular means, but rather, by simply being our great president.

    It’s a rare gift. A few other have that ability as well … Jordan Peterson for example. He is a walking talking ‘insane bitch’ detector.

  4. Just another drink trying to get some attention. Too bad it’s working …. too bad my comment contributes.

  5. Well, as a father and grandfather if my kids gave me such an ultimatum my response would be so long sport. Ya don’t need family that are willing to hate you for their belief in lies.

  6. Some women are cruel (not “can be”, they’re actually cruel and take pleasure in making life miserable); it’s a survival technique for the brain-impaired. I’m having trouble determining the speaker. She says, “ Today I Gave My Dad A Choice: Trump or His Grandkids and His Son.”

    So my questions are: “My dad” – If this is her father, how can she reference “his son”? Wouldn’t that be her brother and is that not incest? In what state do they live? Why does that harridan’s “husband” allow her to get away with such heinous treatment towards his father?

    I’m so confused.

  7. Yup, had my youngest sister tell me to move to Arkansas and join the KKK since that’s where I belong. Had two of my brothers call me a bunch of names and then cut me off, no contact. Had my younger brother call about a month ago and ask to reconcile and started working up to borrowing money again. I know that because he launched into a great whine about how COVID has destroyed his brand new business that he had just started up that was doing so well. I could tell he was leading up to borrowing money from me (again). He’s never had a successful business. I just said “I am voting Trump 2020.” That set him into a frothing rage of incoherent four letter words and he hung up on me.

    The man’s daughter is a piece of mentally ill crap. Some jurisdictions allow grandparents to take their kids to court and sue for access. If he’s in that kind of state he should do that. He could also just choose to not tell her who he’s voting for.

  8. I still regularly watch WalkAway testimonials as I find they are an exceptional tool to highlight and understand how the leftist tribe controls and manipulates through fear, hate and self-gratification. This particular one is wholly appropriate to the context of this thread and I suggest that anyone who has convinced themselves that most hardcore progressives are too far gone to ‘save’ watch it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIjMPM3ahus

    There is always hope in getting through to even the hardcore progressive…. as Trump’s polling numbers and thousands of other videos such as this prove. Having friends and family turn on you is a standard experience shared by most posting these testimonials.

  9. The left has successfully bred into this generation the willingness to turn on their families in the name of political purity.
    This is exactly why the polls are so misleading these days. You have to keep the childish brats happy by not admitting something that might upset their tender feelings.

    1. Have a sib that refuses to visit another sib in Florida with a serious cancer diagnosis.
      She won’t go to USA as long as ‘that person’ is in the Whitehouse’ .
      The worst case of TDS that I have seen.

      (Quinn…maybe you are familiar with the story?)

      1. Oh, I’ve heard that story from friends as well. When discussing vacations, their statement is “we just don’t know where to go, Mexico has its cartels, and the cops in the US are killers”.

        We just say that Hawaii is always first choice. Blank stares. “Isn’t is dangerous with a Trump???????”

        We don’t argue, not worth it, I just smile and think how foolish people are

  10. If i was given that ultimatum I would point out that if I voted for Biden my grandchild would have a much worse future.
    For my son to say such a thing would be sad

  11. Does any of this seem like an episode of Leah Remini’s Scientology investigative series? How many ex-Scientologists have lost contact with their spouses, parents or sibs simply from one day following through on a decision to reject cult dogma and escaping direct control of ideological zealots? Given the absolute control Scientology has over the lives of its members vs the absolute control over individuals that left wing progressive ideologues are trying to establish in Western Nations I’d say those movements could be twins.

  12. lay the blame were it belongs, at the feet of the LLSM. But TDS is at parr with 666DS, so it is not only the lefties who suffer DS!

  13. Never give in to ultimatums like that. If you do, it will not be a lasting deal, they will have another ultimatum later, with the same terms.
    Also, anyone that would make such an ultimatum is neither friend nor family to begin with and you are better off without them.

  14. Boo hoo.

    I’ve seen families write people off over the car they bought, or borrowed money. Kids kicked out of the house over a haircut. Sons and daughters screamed at by parents over NOTHING until they Just. Stopped. Calling. Marriages that broke up so ugly the two people can’t live in the same city.

    Blood is thicker than water? No, not always. Because there are a lot of stupid, short-sighted and gutless people in this world. Not a majority, but a sizeable minority.

    People fight and divorce over the f-ing dishes. Small wonder that they fight over politics. This is why in armies the world over, the two subject forbidden in the mess are politics and religion.

    As for “poor old Grandad” there: if you raised your kid properly, you wouldn’t be having this problem. The kid didn’t suddenly become an unhinged TDS fruitbat, he’s always been one, and you let it happen. Harsh lesson, old Boomer.

    There is a solution of course. Humor him. Just say whatever the kid wants. Then vote the way -you- want. It’s a secret ballot for a reason, right?

    1. I have to disagree it is totally the parents fault. Our youngest daughter went to UofC and came out twisted. Sure we could have intervened more but that is water under the bridge.

      1. Kids make their own choices when they grow up. When they are little is when you teach them to choose wisely. By university time it is far too late if you failed when they were 3 or 4.

        I went through the whole university thing in the 1970’s. They tried to teach me to hate all the things my parents stood for. I was a pain in the @$$, BUT I did not really buy the whole package they were selling. The only reason I was vulnerable at all was getting screamed at 24/7 because [really stupid reasons]. However, once hitting the Real World and suffering for a few years with wretched underemployment in menial jobs, all the BS from university was pretty much disproven in the Real World.

        And because my parents were not worthless idiots, they put up with my annoying nonsense for a few years until the Real World knocked the chip off my shoulder a few times.

        So, if you did the childhood part properly, your daughter will probably snap out of it pretty soon. In the meantime, she’s suffering the abuse that comes from not engaging properly with the Real World. Try not to be a d1ck about it is my advice. A difficult road, but worthwhile.

      2. Agreed, Johnbrooks. Sometimes, you can do all the right things and still get a bad result. And the STEMs are not immune from Marxist, LGBT, social justice crap.

    2. “Small wonder that they fight over politics.”

      Especially when bad political beliefs can lead to economic devastation and mass graves.

  15. This reminds me of the story about the crabs in a bucket. They can’t stand to see another one climbing out, so they pull him back down with them.

  16. “This is why in armies the world over, the two subject forbidden in the mess are politics and religion.”

    Good points Phantom @ 11:22 am.
    One could add “sex” to that list. I usually avoid these 3 topics. Its not worth the hassle.

    Many are switching sides to Republican because the Democrats have become a cheap criminal gang.

    Check out this reformer, a civil rights lawyer, he’s terrific: (1:13)
    Leo Terrell: “I and other Democrats are going to vote for Trump because we want law and order”
    https://youtu.be/1cEky4wb13c

    As for Canadian politics, what can I say that hasn’t been said?
    I learned long ago that when the subject of politics comes up with friends, family, neighbours and mere acquaintances, it’s probably best to clam up. Besides, one can tell if a person is a Liberal / Democrat by just observing them, they have a certain vibe.

    1. “… it’s probably best to clam up.”

      That’s right Nancy. Me too.

      I used to talk about it when the issue of guns came up, on the theory that people lacked information about the subject. At some point it became clear to me that arguing with an anti-gunner was like arguing with a religious zealot. Completely pointless. Utter waste of time. Mere facts will not move them.

      The lists of subjects one cannot talk about has grown to the point where the Leftists are publicly and proudly burning Harry Potter books “because JK Rowling is a Nazi.” That this is factually -and- morally incorrect does not matter, just like with the gun thing.

      Remember when it was -Christian- zealots who complained about Harry Potter? “Witchcraft! Tool of Satan!” Remember that? Remember how we all mocked them? Now there’s a whole new group of zealots to mock.

      So I don’t talk to them anymore, except occasionally to point and laugh.

      1. I’m that way with my in-laws. We agree to disagree and not discuss political items. My step-mom often forgets why.

        After they made disparaging remarks about Rittenhouse last week and said they hoped that that evil teenage murderer gets the chair, I sighed and asked if they wanted the facts of the case. They didn’t. “You can keep your facts, we know what we believe.” There’s no point in arguing with that.

        I asked what their main sources of information on it were. Global news and Facebook. I asked if they’ve ever been part of a major story and then watched how Global covered it. Nope, never looked at something like that. Blind trust in who they believe, vicious hatred for sources they don’t believe. How did Ron White put it?

        1. I was part of a major story once, and saw how the media covered it. Complete, utter bullshit, pushing a narrative, no matter who it hurt or how many millions were going to be wasted. That story was on W5. Another time we had a seminar, and one of the speakers was one Jane VanderVoot, from the Sun, if I remember correctly. She let it be known to a room full of Directors (by Canadian standards) that when the media wants to have info on a story, you will give it to them, “or we will burn you”. Exact quote. We will burn you.

          1. I was at an event “covered” by CTV one time. The actual event bore no resemblance to the television coverage they presented, except the video was shot at the event.

            Basically they showed up, stuck a microphone in various people’s faces, and demanded an interview. Various people politely declined, the doors were closed with the cameras outside, and we had our event.

            The television people cut some sort of hellish apocalypse out of it, set to scary music, and declared that the country as we knew it was in danger from this eeeevile event.

            Ever since then I have trusted the media not at all. They can make something out of nothing, or nothing out of something, and they do both every single day.

    2. Don’t talk about religion and politics?
      These days, you can’t talk about the weather, or even motherhood, the flag, and apple pie.

  17. “Fine you boneless wonder. I’ll give YOU a choice.

    “Your family, or that golddigging slut who we knew from the minute we saw her was going to be nothing but trouble.

    “Ask her who the real fathers of those brats are. Because we could tell from the minute we saw every last one that they weren’t yours.

    “Did she put you up to this? Of course she did. No. Here’s what you’ll do.

    “I’ll lend you one of my pistols.

    “No, you nervous nelly, don’t actually shoot her. You won’t have to. You won’t even need bullets. She’ll get the message long before that.

    “You’ll grow a spine, you’ll go back to her and ask her if she’ll be willing to submit to a blood test to verify the brats are yours.

    “IThen when she starts babbling about the patriarchy and stuff, point the gun at her and demand she give you a straight answer, has she been cheating on you, how many men were there, and will she need more than ten minutes to grab the brats and anything she can’t live without and get out of our lives for good.

    “Son?…you’ll thank me for this.”

      1. Agreed Phantom, besides being illegal, unsafe, and stupid, if your marriage or relationship has reached that point, it’s already a lost cause. As to the other points in this thread, I did my best with both of my kids, now 37 and 41, but both have imbibed the cool aid, to some degree, my son at 41 is the worse of the two. We still have a relationship, but a little on the cool side. My daughter at 37, is reachable at times. She always says I have the ability to make sense with my reasoned remarks, and I do make her think, even though I’m on the wrong team. They both, when they come on rare visits, always want to go shooting, so it’s not a completely lost cause.

        At least there is a relationship, we agree to disagree, and don’t go off the deep end over politics and religion. For that matter, anyone so far gone as to refuse to maintain a relationship over such things, is not worth the aggravation, and life is to short for such idiocy. What I find amusing, is that what annoys these people most, is my being, affable, relaxed, and comfortable, with my positions on such things, and they cannot control their emotions, over their lack of ability to reach through to me with their “reasoned approach” on political issues. The fact that their “reasoned approach”, and loss of emotional control are incompatible, never occurs. Delusional people don’t accept that they are delusional!

  18. A little over a year ago we lost a dear friend to the effects of Alzheimer’s. If any of you readers choose to redirect your assets I hope you will consider giving to Alzheimer’s research. Ten years from now you’ll know why.

  19. If you go to the comments on the Medium article, you find that almost all of them are critical and dismissive of this snowflake. “Petty little sh*t” was the prevailing theme, and I think it’s quite apt.

  20. Based partly upon my influence, and my daughter’s influence … my half-First-Nations son in Law has become a fan of Tucker Carlson. So there is NO DANGER of my wife and I visiting my gorgeous 8mo. old grandson. My son in Law is a hard working, dedicated professional who is remaking his business in his own image and creative nuance. You know … a man with inherent conservative principles.

    But there will never be a Trump sign anywhere near my property or automobiles. Nope. The left are too violent and nasty here in N.CA. I will remain a stealth conservative … until I get the hell OUT of this State in less than 2-years. I look forward to letting my Freak Flag (Trump Flag) Fly!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfjPjQvXdcg

  21. Haven’t talked to my younger siblings in about 15 years now, of course by their choice being the leftists they are. One of them has three boys now which is a shame but oh well, the sun rises and falls daily in my life just fine like it always has.

  22. My aged mother thought the closure of the RNC Convention 2020 at the WH to the strains of a beautifully sung JSB’s Ave Maria was sacrilege. She loathes POTUS DJT because her upstate NY friend near Rochester is an academic’s wife and a devout DEMon. They are unreachable, unwilling and unaware. My siblings wave the Rainbow Flag and chant corporatist globalism, blind to the division, exclusion and inequality, welded to political correctness, cultural Marxism and identity politics, and terrified of their own shadows.
    Now I watch the Anglosphere teeter on a promise of the, “long march through the institutions of power,” made by German Marxist Rudi Dutschke in the 1960’s, with the US being the last nation standing. God be with the US and with POTUS DJT. They need it. He needs it. This is a World poised on the brink of evil incarnate.
    Consider New Zealand under Comrade Ardern. Locked down and bankrupt, ostensibly to save lives, and yet … highest suicide rate in the OECD, aborting 1:5 pregnancies, embracing infanticide, and poised to install euthanasia.
    The Left offer only division, destitution, despair and death, or ghettos, gulags and graves.
    Take your pick. The 1848 experiment is the most murderous ideology ever visited upon humanity. It is time to expunge it from civilised discourse and loudly proclaim and ensure “never again.”

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