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A few years ago, my mom and stepdad starting asking us five kids who wanted what when whatever happened happened. And they started making lists. And that is all well and good. And certainly there will be some disagreement among us over who gets what. Especially with my sisters. 
Be that as it may, I could not POSSIBLY be at the estate sale after my mother passed, as so much of her stuff is stuff that predates ME, and thus has been a part of my entire LIFE. So, if for some reason neither me nor my two sisters would or could take something of my mother's that fell into this category, if someone tried to haggle over it or, gods forbid, made a disparaging remark about it within my hearing, there is a good chance the police would be called to pry their decapitated skull from my hands. I could set prices on stuff, and organize stuff, but once the sale actually started, I would have to simply leave the premises, and entrust others to carry out the sale. I couldn't do it myself.
(NOTE: You may have noticed that I refererred to five kids, but when referring to my mom's stuff, only mentioned my two sisters and myself. That is because most of the stuff that would be on those lists would either be my stepfather's, and thus on the list of either my stepbrother or stepsister, or my mother's, and thus on the list of my two sisters or myself. Most of the stuff that my mother and stepfather have acquired together hold very little sentimental value for any of the five of us, since it happened beyond our childhood--our parents got together in 1986, when we were, respectively, 20, 17, 16, 15, and 15.)
Be that as it may, I could not POSSIBLY be at the estate sale after my mother passed, as so much of her stuff is stuff that predates ME, and thus has been a part of my entire LIFE. So, if for some reason neither me nor my two sisters would or could take something of my mother's that fell into this category, if someone tried to haggle over it or, gods forbid, made a disparaging remark about it within my hearing, there is a good chance the police would be called to pry their decapitated skull from my hands. I could set prices on stuff, and organize stuff, but once the sale actually started, I would have to simply leave the premises, and entrust others to carry out the sale. I couldn't do it myself.(NOTE: You may have noticed that I refererred to five kids, but when referring to my mom's stuff, only mentioned my two sisters and myself. That is because most of the stuff that would be on those lists would either be my stepfather's, and thus on the list of either my stepbrother or stepsister, or my mother's, and thus on the list of my two sisters or myself. Most of the stuff that my mother and stepfather have acquired together hold very little sentimental value for any of the five of us, since it happened beyond our childhood--our parents got together in 1986, when we were, respectively, 20, 17, 16, 15, and 15.)
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