Hi E-Man,
Believe me, they will donate a large slice of any inheritance that they get, particularly if the money comes from "apostate" parents. It will be a "purification" thing, so that they can feel OK about the bit that they keep for themselves.
Those are my sentiments entirely! Why? Because I know how my girls tick - that's EXACTLY what I would have done as a JW because I would have deemed it as serving Jehovah.
For others who think I should not cut out my girls, I'm afraid I didn't explain myself very well. While the girls lived here and right up until they left Claire and I had never written a will. It was months later that we decided to purchase a DIY Will Kit from WH Smith. We did this because if we were to be killed in an accident it would mean our estate would be split four ways - for the two boys and the two girls. My thinking was that it would be totally unfair for my girls to, say, want the house to be sold so that the money could then be split four ways. If you lived in England you'd realise one quarter of our estate wouldn't get you much in the way of a house! In other words, our two boys, who have been immensely loyal to us and supported our stance while STILL loving their sisters as we still love them, would have been unfairly "evicted". All this had to be taken into account.
Our girls don't even know we've written a will, so they can't think anything bad against us on that score. But without any shadow of a doubt, if they came into money they would DEFINITELY donate a large chunk to the society.
Cutting our daughters out of our will isn't due to our lack of love. On the contrary, we desperately love them but we have to think of the ramifications for our sons should anything untoward happen to us. The society's receiving money, no matter how small, would go into their coffers to help them continue to bring harm to others. We couldn't allow that to happen. Everything we have done is from a purely unselfish angle and not out of any bitterness what-so-ever!
As mentioned, if our girls left the Borg in our lifetime then we would change matters. Yes, when we are dead we won't be worrying about such things, but we don't want the thought now of our boys having to struggle as we have struggled. These things are never easy and we thought long and hard before putting pen to paper. We then waited weeks before we got witnesses to sign the will.
I appreciate - truly appreciate - all the comments here because they can show a different perspective on matters and allow one to see things one may never have thought of. However, after reading all your posts and waying everything up in the cool light of day, Claire and I know our decision is the right one FOR US!!
Thanks for reading.
Dansk
