Some of us don’t have any kids. And some of us don’t have any money.
Since you didn’t have enough options to sort those out, you don’t know how many people voted their non-existent kids wouldn’t get any money, how many people voted that their existent or non-existent kids wouldn’t get any money because the money’s so close to non-existent that it’ll all have to go to funeral expenses if there’s any left from the expenses of dying, and how many people do have kids and do have money but don’t intend to leave the kids any.
My wife is younger than me so the plan is she gets everything. She doesn’t have kids so the plan is my kids to get what’s ever left. But since I won’t be here she can blow it all on hats if she wants.
Cats? I have no kids. My nieces and nephews don’t need my money. So I’m considering putting everything in a trust to take care of any cats who survive me. The ones I have now are the last I will have. They are all middle-aged and will probably be dead in 10 years or so. If they survive me, I’d like for them to be able to stay in the house until they die. The house is paid for and there should be plenty of money to hire someone to look after the house and them. When they are all gone, everything can be liquidated and the proceeds split between some cat rescue groups in the area. If I outlive them, I imagine I’ll still leave everything to animal organizations.
I’ve only recently started to consider this. I need to talk to my niece who I would like to be the trustee. It breaks my heart to think of the cats ending up in a shelter. I want them to live out their lives in their home. And it’s not as crazy as it sounds. What Happens if You Leave Your House to a Pet in Your Will? (todayifoundout.com)
So anyone without kids is likely to pick “nothing”. If you had kids, and got along with them, you’d probably leave what you had to a child you trusted to care for the cats, or split among the kids, with an understanding the kids would care for your cats.
You probably wouldn’t leave the house to the cats and another chunk of your estate to the kids.
I’m just trying to think of a situation where you’d plan to leave half your estate to your kids, and the other half to…
My gf is objectively healthier, and 11 months younger than I am. She gets everything and then she likely quickly withers away from grief at my loss and distributes to my kids.
I love the song I Think We’re Alone Now. My favorite rendition is by The Killers. They start off crediting Tommy James & the Shondells, then they mention it was stolen by Tiffany. Then Brandon Flowers says, “well tonight we are taking it back” and they start doing their cover.
Tokyo is definitely two syllables. I’ve been there three times and have friends there.
In certain J words, in theory there’s an extra syllable but when pronounced a syllable disappears (or is so subtle you just can’t hear it). I can’t say I understand the pattern well, but it’s a vowel in the middle of a word. Examples:
The Asakusa district in Tokyo is pronounced “Ah socks ah”. The “u” disappears.
The name “Satsuki” is pronounced “Sots kee”. It’s pronounced this way in Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro.
Say it fast. You’ll find the last two syllables start to merge.
I think “Ky” is a phoneme analogous to “qu” in English which is pronounced “kw”. Quick = “kwik”. So in J you get Tokyo = “Toh kyo”. Or something like that. Maybe a native speaker will happen along to add context or kick my butt on the subject.
