Just curious what you all did/do with your jewellery. We haven't bought any for many many years, as there's only so much any one can wear over time, and we find we tend to stick with the same pieces for the most part over and over.Have inherited my mothers, fathers, grandparents, great aunts engagement rings, wedding rings and other pieces and some are truly beautiful. For sure it all compact wouldn't take up much room but ........Just thinking that an RV isn't that hard to break into and it would be awful if we had it all stolen.What did you do with all your jewellery pieces before you went FT? Thxs. FTW

gave it away to family except a couple of favorites. They were thrilled to have something from their ancestors. Give them a letter with stories of the person who wore it. You could also put it in a lock box at a bank if it's valuable. Another option is a safe installed in the RV. Don't need a lot of jewelry when you're in shorts and tee shirts! LOL

We've passed anything of value along to our daughters, since they'll inherit it anyway. We also put our Adirondack cottage in all of our names with the right of survivorship, so there won't be any probate issues regarding that property when the time comes.

We're going to let our youngest daughter have at her with anything she really wants to keep (aged 25 almost), but there's a lot of stuff that doesn't have the same meaning to her as me being that ancestors were alive during hubby's and my earlier years. I'm thinking I'll just have to bite the bullet and tell her maybe when gold goes up (one day hopefully!) to get what she has no interest in all sold off. Excellent tip on putting property/accounts etc in all names Dutch, that is something we will be doing for sure to enable access and right of survivorship as well as other reasons. Her fiance of 4 years, they get married Jul 2017, has known since they first met that a prenup is a non-negotiable and stems from us and us alone condition, and never personal. We are setting things up to preserve what my parents and we have built and filtrate down to the grandchildren and hopefully onwards, albeit my lawyer tried to explain to me that I can't reach from the grave, but I'll sure try (LOL).There's no free lunch in our family being all very hard workers, but our children, grandchildren and depending on governmental intervention our great grandchildren should be able to benefit in future years.

I thought about putting the engagement and wedding rings on a charm bracelet with engraved charms with the names of the couples and wedding dates. Then making a family tree so that who ever gets the bracelet knows the relationship to her. But I used to wear my mother wedding ring and while pushing down the garbage in the motor home I felt the rings slipping off and I pushed them back on and didn't look to make sure they were all there and a couple of days later discovered one ring gone. It had to be my mothers. My most treasured one.

I sold it all since I have no heirs that wear (or care about) jewelry. Luckily, it was when gold was around $1660 an ounce.

What Did You Do With Your Heirlooms And Jewellery?

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2gypsies1
Explorer III
Dec 26, 2015
The kids took what they wanted...which wasn't much...they had their own 'stuff'. If they didn't want it while we're alive I can't see them wanting after we're gone. We didn't want them to have to deal with it.
4X4Dodger
Explorer II
Dec 24, 2015
FULLTIMEWANABE wrote:
Just curious what you all did/do with your jewellery. We haven't bought any for many many years, as there's only so much any one can wear over time, and we find we tend to stick with the same pieces for the most part over and over.

Have inherited my mothers, fathers, grandparents, great aunts engagement rings, wedding rings and other pieces and some are truly beautiful. For sure it all compact wouldn't take up much room but ........

Just thinking that an RV isn't that hard to break into and it would be awful if we had it all stolen.

What did you do with all your jewellery pieces before you went FT? Thxs. FTW

Put it in a safe deposit box in a bank and give the key to your attorney. This is the only SURE way to ensure your wishes are followed in respect to the jewelry after your death.

You can still get to it any time you wish to (during bank hours)
WeBeFulltimers
Explorer
Dec 24, 2015
The thieves who broke into our home 1 year before we went full time got ours.
restlesswind
Explorer
Dec 23, 2015
fulltime wanabe posted
"albeit my lawyer tried to explain to me that I can't reach from the grave, but I'll sure try (LOL)."

Our attorney told us that we can reach out from the grave, so to speak, with a Revocable Trust. That is what we now have.

We also gave the kids whatever they wanted. the girls pretty much cleaned out the jewelry box and the boys took most of my tools.
Naio
Explorer II
Dec 23, 2015
Mergs wrote:
I thought about putting the engagement and wedding rings on a charm bracelet with engraved charms with the names of the couples and wedding dates. Then making a family tree so that who ever gets the bracelet knows the relationship to her. But I used to wear my mother wedding ring and while pushing down the garbage in the motor home I felt the rings slipping off and I pushed them back on and didn't look to make sure they were all there and a couple of days later discovered one ring gone. It had to be my
mothers. My most treasured one.

Oh, I am so sorry to hear that!
icanon
Explorer
Dec 23, 2015
or give them to me :R

Just kidding!
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Dec 22, 2015
Kept a couple of 'keepsakes'. They are fully insured and stored in safe bolted down inside under bed storage compartment

Told kids to come pick it out and take it with you.

Then sold whatever was left at Estate Sale
IDman
Explorer
Dec 22, 2015
I sold it all since I have no heirs that wear (or care about) jewelry. Luckily, it was when gold was around $1660 an ounce.
Mergs
Explorer
Dec 22, 2015
I thought about putting the engagement and wedding rings on a charm bracelet with engraved charms with the names of the couples and wedding dates. Then making a family tree so that who ever gets the bracelet knows the relationship to her. But I used to wear my mother wedding ring and while pushing down the garbage in the motor home I felt the rings slipping off and I pushed them back on and didn't look to make sure they were all there and a couple of days later discovered one ring gone. It had to be my mothers. My most treasured one.
FULLTIMEWANABE
Explorer
Dec 22, 2015
We're going to let our youngest daughter have at her with anything she really wants to keep (aged 25 almost), but there's a lot of stuff that doesn't have the same meaning to her as me being that ancestors were alive during hubby's and my earlier years. I'm thinking I'll just have to bite the bullet and tell her maybe when gold goes up (one day hopefully!) to get what she has no interest in all sold off.

Excellent tip on putting property/accounts etc in all names Dutch, that is something we will be doing for sure to enable access and right of survivorship as well as other reasons. Her fiance of 4 years, they get married Jul 2017, has known since they first met that a prenup is a non-negotiable and stems from us and us alone condition, and never personal. We are setting things up to preserve what my parents and we have built and filtrate down to the grandchildren and hopefully onwards, albeit my lawyer tried to explain to me that I can't reach from the grave, but I'll sure try (LOL).

There's no free lunch in our family being all very hard workers, but our children, grandchildren and depending on governmental intervention our great grandchildren should be able to benefit in future years.