Both kids have already been written out. The cats will inherit everything and the children will be granted a modest monthly stipend to be caretakers for said cats.
Excellent retaliation. I tell my kids they’re out of the will regularly for every slight.
“Could you make a tea, sweetheart?”
Daughter, “have you lost the use of your legs, dad?”
“You’re out the will.”
We have a running count of how many times each of us has been written out of my parents' will. The younger grandkids have been safe so far but the rest of us have been (teasingly) written out multiple times each.
Now that mine are adults “you’re out of the will” has replaced “when are you going to grow up and get a proper job” I used to say to them from about the age of 4 and up.
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Some people go so far as claim turquoise for green. And that’s actually allowed, too.
(I haven’t done things like this in decades. Is that right?)
The threat of the other long suffering kid getting everything is what really sells it.
[child 2]: *thumbs up while continuing to stare at the Switch*
[child 1]: “Mom! When I called you childish and a pain in the ass, I said it affectionately!!!”
Me: “Too little, too late!”
(... or is this a Drazi thing?)
“Could you make a tea, sweetheart?”
Daughter, “have you lost the use of your legs, dad?”
“You’re out the will.”
Should grandpa outlive any first gen recipients, those kids will begin to feel the full pressure…