My mother passed away and my father is sending me my mother's jewelry to divide between 3 siblings. We all love each other a lot and I would like to handle this the best way possible. Any suggestions?
2007-03-03 23:28:07 · 5 answers · asked by lindakflowers 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Thank you for your helpful thoughts. I have talked with my siblings and we came up with this plan. I will take a picture of all the pieces. Beside each piece will be a number. I will send a CD to each sibling so that each of us can see the numbered piece when we are discussing the jewelry. Any piece given by us to our mother will be returned to the giver. After that, we will take turns in choosing a piece until each has been given. Your ideas helped pull the plan together.
2007-03-04 07:23:08 · update #1
Think carefully about what your mom would have wanted you to do. Consider the personalities of each individual sibling and take that into account when deciding who gets what. If any of your siblings has a daughter I'd give that one a ring that she could wear and then pass down to her daughter to keep it in the family.As for guys that can be hard. You certainly don't want to give them something that they'll carelessly pass onto a girlfriend who may or may not stay in their lives. Things like gold chains or lockets are good for men.is their a sibling that your mother maybe paid less attention to say more than the others? Then this person might like something a little more special to remember your mother by . saying something to the effect like " I think Mom would have wanted you to have this" might bring them some comfort. Good luck.
2007-03-03 23:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by Yahooanswerssux 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get it all together and then, oldest first, let each one pick out a favorite piece. After everyone has picked you can either go around again and each pick a piece or you can just make an even three way split. Since you are siblings you could share some of the pieces. Me and my two sisters have a pearl necklace that was our grandmothers. I am oldest and I currently have possessionof the necklace but the thing is that whoever wants to wear it can come and get it from whoever has it at the moment. I will be passing the necklace on to my youngest sister for an important affair she and her husband will attend. She will then be in possession of the necklace until someone else wants to wear it.
2007-03-04 07:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by CindyLu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hold a "siblings meeting". You can decide together who gets what, because some jewelry may have more sentimentil value to one than the other. Make sure you speak up if one person has been taking too many...make it clear you are all getting an equal amount before you start. After all, you could've just randomly divided it among the 4 of you. I'm sorry about your mother...
2007-03-04 07:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ Melody 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get someone impartial to place in different piles to judge what looks fair then place in little bags you all go in and pick a bag up job done sorry to hear about your mum :)
2007-03-04 08:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by clare w 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
talk to your siblings about it.
2007-03-04 07:31:20 · answer #5 · answered by impossiblemama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋