This woman<\/a> has been her parents\u2019 primary caregiver for years.<\/p>\nBefore they passed, they willed their entire estate to her.<\/p>\n
Her siblings thought it was unfair, so she\u2019s not sure if it\u2019s wrong to keep everything.<\/p>\n
Read the full story below.<\/p>\n
I (45F) recently lost both of my parents within a year.<\/p>\n
For the past ten years, I was their primary caregiver.<\/p>\n
I managed their finances and drove them to doctors\u2019 appointments. I also cooked and cleaned, and I was there for them emotionally through everything.<\/p>\n
This woman\u2019s siblings didn\u2019t help with caring for their parents.<\/p>\n
My two siblings, David (48M) and Lisa (42F), lived out of state, and they hardly ever visited.<\/p>\n
They had stable jobs and could have helped, but mostly they just called sometimes, and they said they were too busy to do anything else.<\/p>\n
So their parents left their entire estate to her.<\/p>\n
When the will was read, it said that I would inherit the entire estate.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not a huge amount, but my parents wanted me to have it to help secure my future because I was the one who took care of them day in and day out.<\/p>\n
Her siblings were furious.<\/p>\n
David and Lisa were furious, saying it\u2019s unfair.<\/p>\n
They said I should split it three ways.<\/p>\n
They keep saying \u201cfamily should stick together,\u201d and they accuse me of being greedy.<\/p>\n
They threatened to sue when she tried to explain.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve told them I love our parents, but I carried the burden of their care alone for years, and this inheritance was meant to acknowledge that.<\/p>\n
Now, they\u2019re threatening to sue.<\/p>\n
The siblings are jealous, but her parents made their decision. She helped out, and she shouldn\u2019t feel bad about keeping what her parents wanted her to have.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s read the reactions of other users on Reddit to this story.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a valid point from this user.<\/p>\n
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Abide by the will, says this person.<\/p>\n
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This user shares their personal thoughts.<\/p>\n
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This person offers some honest advice.<\/p>\n
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And lastly, here\u2019s another sensible insight.<\/p>\n
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Parents know best, so it\u2019s best to respect their decisions.<\/p>\n
If you thought that was an interesting story, check this one out about a man who created a points system for his inheritance, and a family friend ends up getting almost all of it.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unsplash\/Reddit In a will, a person chooses who they want to inherit their wealth when they pass away.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[37776,64,63,99,186,15868,75139,1479,184,185,20246,75140,2579,32892,4048],"class_list":{"0":"post-104151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-aita","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-finance","13":"tag-inheritance","14":"tag-last-will","15":"tag-parents","16":"tag-personal-finance","17":"tag-personalfinance","18":"tag-picture","19":"tag-primary-caregiver","20":"tag-reddit","21":"tag-siblings","22":"tag-top"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}