Why are there so any posts on AB about.......

[Jeza]

People who die, with or without a will. Relatives come out of the woodwork who no one knew existed. Friends come forward saying He/She promised me this, that or the other. Are we as a nation that greedy? My mum always said 'where there's a will there's a relative, waiting to contest it'

[ummmm]

Recently I think it's someone on the wind up.

[firewatch]

Agree with ummmm, but from personal experiance you need a water tight will from the start, we are just doing ours.

[factor-fiction]

Most of these topics come from one poster who has had at least 50 user names in the last 6 months. Quite a number of this poster's user names have been suspended but most haven't.

They don't seem to want to disguise the fact that they are reappearing under so many different names as the style of writing is identical, the same expressions are used, the same misspellings occur so frequently and he/she almost always posts in Law and puts a name at the end of the post.

Is it a good thing? The threads can be useful in that they generate discussions which may help others. On the other hand the threads often become a little silly with far- fetched scenarios or with the poster having to change their story or responding under the wrong username. It also may detract from genuine threads or lead to genuine posts being doubted.

The threads always get a good response though so I expect we will see a lot more of them. They both irritate me and amuse me I think I'd miss them if they stopped

[Prudie]

It seems to be the current favourite topic, weird pet/animal stories is another one. As factor says though they can be quite informative especially if you google what they're talking about and learn something.

[sherrardk]

Some of them are so convoluted (petty sure that's a word), makes me wonder why. Maybe they haven't got the brain power to think of something more interesting.

[dotty.]

I think it's an experiment by the Ed to see how far we will be pushed before someone snaps.

[TWR]

Because the world in full of greedy b@sdards Jeza, It's surprising what comes out of the Earth when there's money involved.

[murraymints]

agree with all of the above

[factor-fiction]

This poster has received a lot of help, particularly from marciau.
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1157647.html

[Marciau]

This type of thread does not surprise me. I do not know how long Answerbank has existed for as I have only recently joined.
When I was working there was a lady in the office who was divorced and short of money and always had about 3 local newspapers a week. She always turned to the death notices to see if any of her relatives had passed away in the hope she could get some money.
I also went to 2 different cafe's during the week which did nice food at a modest price which I wanted and they tended to attract widows etc.
Again on many occasions I heard a story of a lady meeting a man who had a nice house and he was widowed but he had children.
Another lady would remark if she befriended him for long enough she would get the house when he passes away.
They even thought this was right if the son / daughter was living in the house as part owners.
Some even said the son / daughters would not take legal action against their mother or father if they were turned out of the house they partly owned but I am sure most would especially if they had spent their own money on the house and it was now their home.
Considering I am just one person how many times is this repeated around the country?.

Marcia

[Marciau]

Jezza

Was it your Mum who said 'where there's a will there's a relative, waiting to contest it'

Marcia

[Barmaid]

As someone who has been involved in contested Wills for over 20 years, I can safely say that the scenarios envisaged by the poster(s) rarely happen. That's why half the time I don't bother to answer them.

Must try harder.

The reality is that real cases are either far simpler or far stranger.

[factor-fiction]

We'd have even more posts on this topic wouldn't we, marciau, if so many posters such as hadn't been suspended or removed.

[TWR]

I was caring for a 70+year old person who had L.D. within the NHS a while back, this person had quite a lot of money in his bank account, never within that time I knew him (7years) did any member of his family visit him ( & he did have family) these are the types that come out of the woodwork when the person dies, why? Money!!!!!

[factor-fiction]

Fortunately I haven't experienced it (yet) TWR in my family but I know will disputes can lead to bitter feuds.
However I think as said earlier the issue may not be as bad as it appears on AB threads since a large number of the posts on will disputes/golddiggers (etc) are the work of one poster under many names and are either made up stories or stories collected and recounted by someone who has an axe to grind. I noticed yesterday that Marciau and Lissienook, for example, have been suspended.
There are of course some genuine threads on this topic and I hope that we don't stop taking these seriously.

[TWR]

Families are the worst Factor, many years ago my Grandfather ( Welsh) had a fully plated Welsh Dresser / Grandfather clock, you should have seen the worms coming out, I cannot understand how persons can be so evil especially where there is money involved, I would suggest to any person in this position to go through a solicitor.