She Just Discovered That Her Parents Are Actual Billionaires, And They Have Intentionally Kept This A Secret From Her For Her Entire Life
A 31-year-old woman knows that she grew up in privilege, though she also grew up in a pretty modest way as well.
What she means by this is that even though her family lived in a house located in a safe upper-middle-class suburb, they reused aluminum foil, they got their things from second-hand stores, and they all went to public school.
As she reached high school, her mom and dad chose to send her younger sister to a private school. Then, they left their house in the suburbs behind to move to a new home located in a very upscale gated community.
They began going out to eat a lot more frequently, her mom began purchasing designer handbags for herself, and suddenly, their whole family was going on a ton of family vacations.
“I knew my Dad’s company was doing well, and life was good, but it felt like a flip switch in his spending habits and mindset,” she explained.
“Honestly, I missed our old life and my friends. Both my parents grew up in blue-collar families, and the sudden spike in luxurious lifestyle lead to more fights (mo money, mo problems, fo sho). They both agreed that this new life was coming between our family. By the time I left for college, my family had settled back into their old habits, and things improved.”
“My father sold his company right when I left for college to a larger like-minded business. It’s been almost a decade since then.”
Well, yesterday, she grabbed dinner with her grandparents and excused herself at some point to use the bathroom.
On her walk back to the table, she overheard her grandparents discussing money from a merger and how they wanted to see if her mom and dad could give them money to fix some plumbing problems since her parents were billionaires.
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As she took her seat again, her grandparents quickly got quiet, but it was too late. She had already heard every word that they said, so she questioned them about it.
Her grandparents admitted to her that her mom and dad really are billionaires, but they pleaded with her not to mention that to her parents at all.
Now, it’s never been a secret to her that her parents have money, but she had no clue it’s on the level that it is.
Her parents always tried to make her think that they only had just the right amount of money to pay for the way they lived, and that was it.
Her parents also made her believe that when they pass away, she’s not getting an inheritance since there isn’t any money that’s going to really be left over.
She had to fund her own way when she got to college, and ever since she hit 17, she’s been completely and utterly financially independent.
“I know it was important to them that I find my own way in the world and to understand the value of a dollar,” she said.
“I appreciated this, and I can understand that they may have been protective and didn’t want me to know so I would build my own life and not depend on their money. While their intentions were good, I can’t help but feel betrayed.”
“They’ve lied to me about this my whole life. I don’t know if I should confront them with this knowledge or if I should continue living my life pretending I don’t know. I don’t really care what they do with their money, it sounds like they’re donating most of it when they die.”
She enjoys the life that she has worked hard to build for herself, and she knows having more money than she currently has will only serve to complicate things for her.
She just can’t get why her parents won’t admit to her and her sister that they really have billions in the bank.
“…Why hold onto it at all?” she wondered. “Donate, change the world, do something great. I feel so confused, and I don’t want to create issues surfacing this, but I’m also mad – what else are they lying about? Who are they? Why don’t they trust me?”
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