Her Parents Recently Passed Away And Since Then, Her Husband Has Been All Over Her About How Much Money She’s Getting As An Inheritance
This 31-year-old woman’s parents sadly passed away over the holidays after getting into an accident.
She and her older brother are still in an enormous amount of pain emotionally, and their grief has only been made more difficult by the fact that they live on separate coasts and rarely see one another.
Her brother has been in charge of all the financial aspects of their parents passing away, as he has a job in the financial industry.
She feels relieved that her brother has stepped up to handle all of this, as it takes the burden off of her.
“The issue is my parents’ house,” she explained. “I don’t know exactly what it’s worth, but it’s $1.5 million, according to Zillow. My brother bought it for them at the beginning of the pandemic, and I’m not sure what exactly their financial arrangement was, but I think my parents were just paying utilities and maintenance, and my brother was covering everything else.”
“My brother makes a lot more money than I do, and I haven’t contributed anything to that house at all. As far as I’m concerned, the house is my brother’s after my parents’ passing.”
“My husband, for some reason, has the idea that we should be getting half of the value of the house. He says that it doesn’t matter if my brother bought it because it was a gift to my parents and therefore, after their death, it should go to both me and my brother equally.”
Her husband has been all over her about this, and he brings it up at least one or two times every single week, which has been going on for a straight month.
She’s becoming more and more upset about her husband being all over her about the money he thinks she should get, and she’s also not sure how to keep replying to him.
Margo Basarab – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She has mentioned that she doesn’t feel like talking about money since the death of her mom and dad is so new to her.
She has also tried telling her husband that her brother is in charge of her mom and dad’s finances, and whatever he decides will be equal.
She then turned to saying her brother bought the house that her mom and dad lived in, so she’s not going to even attempt to obtain half of the money that it’s worth.
Regardless of how she replies to her husband, he won’t let go. She believes her husband is all about the money because they don’t exactly make a lot.
Money is tight for them, and if they could get some kind of money as an inheritance from her mom and dad, it would help them immensely.
“I get the impression that my husband is resentful of my brother’s profession,” she added. “In 2021, we gathered at my brother’s house for the holidays, and that was my husband’s first time meeting my family in person.”
“He made an offhand comment about how nice it must be to be rich. We all brushed it off at the time, but recently he’s been making snide remarks about how my brother is a hotshot banker who’s taking advantage of me by “stealing” half of my inheritance.”
“My family grew up poor, and I’m so proud of my brother for being successful in such a high-stress career. Every time my husband makes this type of snide remark, it really sets me off, and we get into an argument about the house and other things.”
Another thing her husband keeps talking about is how they want to have kids soon, and money would make that easier for them.
She wants her husband to stop talking about money, and she wants him to set his expectations realistically; they most likely will not see a big inheritance.
She doesn’t think she is entitled to half of her mom and dad’s house, but if she did get any money from that, she would give it to her brother, as he rightfully purchased the house.
“But my husband said that since we’re married, I can’t just make that decision myself because, technically, half of that inheritance would belong to him too,” she continued.
“I don’t know when my husband got so greedy….I’m trying to figure out how to better communicate with my husband because, at this point, I’m starting to rethink my marriage.”
How do you think she can get her husband to stop talking about an inheritance once and for all?
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