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To think making a Will is pointless if yoyu have no assets?

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FunPartyIdeas · 27/08/2026 16:27

Just that really. My husband and I have literally nothing so nothing to give away!!

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JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 30/08/2026 09:31

I did mine during Wills Week. Large local solicitors help you write a Will for free. You just make a donation to local hospice. It can be as little or as much as you like. So you could get a Will for £1. It’s worth doing. They include things I hadn’t even thought about. For example, what if your children die before you?

FunPartyIdeas · 30/08/2026 19:05

@Stompythedinosaur Clothes yes, but nothing of value. No ornaments. I did once have a gorgeous orange retro glass lamp I loved...until the kids accidentally smashed it! 😆

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FunPartyIdeas · 30/08/2026 19:08

@SkylarkKitten I fail to see how it could change for the better? Unless I win the lottery? Which is unlikely, as I don't enter it 😀

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SkylarkKitten · 31/08/2026 08:42

FunPartyIdeas · 30/08/2026 19:08

@SkylarkKitten I fail to see how it could change for the better? Unless I win the lottery? Which is unlikely, as I don't enter it 😀

I think you're determined to be negative and say you have nothing of worth, despite so many people saying you may have.

Mid 40s isn't old enough where life can't change, but you seem very determined to say that your life will be exactly the same until you are no longer around.

Mid-40s I left my abusive ex when I thought I'd never get away
Mid-40s to now, my salary doubled
Mid-40s to now I met a partner so kind and caring I only thought men like him existed in dreams
Mid-40s to now my spine was diagnosed as broken, following an assault by my ex and I am now disabled and on daily morphine
Mid-40s to now I was diagnosed with PTSD
Mid-40s to now I learnt how much inner strength I have
Mid-40s to now I bought my ex-husband out of our family home to give my children security away from his threats

Life throws us curveballs constantly.
You could write a best selling book, get an inheritance, save a life, invent a cool gadget, change your career, become an influencer......Don't assume everything stays the same because it truly doesn't and you have to live with the good and the bad.

I hope life does improve in ways that you wish for so you truly feel you have a legacy to leave behind xx

FunPartyIdeas · 31/08/2026 10:16

@SkylarkKitten That's impressive!
I know the strength it takes to leave an abusve ex (first marriage) as that's what I did when I was early 30s. I had little choice ultimately, but unfortunately it did mean losing it all.
I can't have regrets though.
So sorry you also went through some awful things but sounds like you are in a better place now and very positive? That's admirable.

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Missey85 · 02/09/2026 17:37

Stompythedinosaur · 30/08/2026 08:01

You don't own anything? No clothes, books, ornaments, nothing?

In that case, I agree a will is probably not a priority.

If you do, in fact, own things, a will is a good idea.

Yeah nobody wants that stuff it will end up in the garbage or at the op shop 😂 your kids don't care about your nik naks 😂

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