Divorce

[crapmemory]

My friend and her husband are getting divorced after 30 years of marriage. It is all amicable but they have a problem. The house will be sold and money shared equally but they don't know how to decide who gets what furniture. Any SENSIBLE suggestions would be most welcome and I will pass them on. TIA

[craft1948]

Well it's daft to take a bit each from every room, so I'd opt to have it from different rooms but split the white goods by value....

[sara3]

if they're in similar financial situations, they just have to share it out. they could write a list of what each would particularly like, and divvy it out. if they can't agree they'll have to flip a coin on some items.

[redcrx]

why not go around the house and take it in turns to choose an item?

[Mick-Talbot]

take turns in choosing an item, toss a coin to see who goes first.

[AlBags]

Well I have a chainsaw if they want to do the sofa and kitchen table
: )

Just talk together about it .. That's always the best way .. right?!
Or are they like squabbling kids?

[dotty.]

It all depends on where they are both moving into, no good taking a 6ft dining tabel to a one bed flat. Plus if anything has been in the marriage more than a few years it might be worth flogging the lot on ebay and splitting the proceeds for a fresh start

[boxtops]

If they are both setting up separate houses/flats then they just have to agree amongst themselves. This really isn't rocket science - you have the dining room suite and I'll have the sofa.

[pastafreak]

We did what sara suggested....made a list,then discussed what we each wanted. It was quite amicable as we each had different favourites...but I,as the one on the much lower income, ended up with fewer 'basics'..ie-sofa and bed.

[Prudie]

In my family in this sort of situation (and following deaths) people went round and put stickers on what they wanted (nice huh) but probably a better solution would be, as others have suggested, to go round together and and pick things evenly and fairly.

[crapmemory]

Thanks for your replies. I will pass them on.