My will & my husbands were written many years ago while we were moving house so already seeing the solicitor. They need updating as we subsequently had our youngest. We had thought about what we wanted to happen to our boys who was to be their guardian etc & thought we were sorted until the solicitor threw in the curve ball & said worst case scenario & we were all killed at the same time in a car crash or fire whatever scenario could potentially do that what would we want done with our assets then. So we left everything to our nieces & nephew feeling our parents, brothers & sisters were already established in their own rights that whatever we had would help our nieces & nephew more than anyone else.
In some ways yes its morbid, but essential once you have children & partners. Look at the tv programme heir hunters trying to find beneficiaries of someone who died without a will. I'd rather direct what ever I have to where I want it to go than the governments coffers. They've had their pound of flesh while I'm alive I'll be damned if their going to get the rest after my death.
We none of us expect to die during any surgery but it can happen so to be honest I'd rather know I'd left things sorted so its less stress at an upsetting time for my loved ones. My middle son had a near miss in his car recently, my eldest at his lowest came close to suicide I think its never to young especially once they reach an age of driving etc they should consider a will as well, not just us as parents but just as adults.
As each of my boys were born I filled out a donor card for each of them now they are all old enough they have done their own. I just felt it was the right thing to do incase the worse happened to any or all of us.
