Katharina Buczek
“I think kids their age usually are not mature enough to understand the importance of the heirlooms or to take good care of them. When I was a teenager, lots of girls at my school would bring family jewelry to school, and it would be stolen,” she explained.
Her brother did not understand her concerns at all, though, and claimed that she was just being unfair. In fact, he said that if she planned on giving jewelry to her eldest niece, she should give jewelry to all of her nieces at the same time, or else some would feel left out.
To be honest, though, she just does not think that is reasonable. She believes that kids of different ages should be treated differently depending on the situation in order to ensure that they can act appropriately. Still, her brother just claims that she is acting selfishly and being way too harsh on her younger nieces.
On top of that, he pointed out how she is not the one who will have to deal with her two nieces being sad– he will.
So now, despite her own opinion on the matter, she has been left wondering if going against her brother’s wishes, giving only her eldest niece some jewelry, and leaving the other two nieces out would make her a jerk.
“There is not much my brother could do about it if I did. My eldest niece is financially independent and lives with her fiancé,” she noted.
Do you think her concerns about giving her younger nieces the family heirlooms right now are valid? Do you believe her brother not wanting to deal with his daughters’ upset is a good reason to risk the jewelry being mishandled? If you were in her shoes, what would you do?
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