It is sad but the parents of boomers and boomers have been on an acquisition spree for the better part of 60 or 70 years. Hoarders do not compare.
Our children have all but ZERO and I do mean ZERO interest in our possessions including the house, the farm, the machinery, the furniture and all. When we are gone there will probably be an auction and it will all be gone in one day. We are seeing quite a bit of land sold or for sale at unrealistic prices by children who have no interest in returning to it or the problems/responsibility of owing it.
As I have said before, a life time of treasures becomes someone else’s junk and problem the day you die. It calls into serious question the sanity of all the acquisition doesn’t it?
I try to myself and encourage my wife to think about what you need when you buy instead of what you want. I would like to go through the barn and the shop and just purge all the things I seldom use but it is awfully hard to do, I might need it someday and usually do!
It’s a shame because it seems like the house and the farm would be a nice legacy including the machinery to work it. (just found this old thread)