His Stepmom Is Pressuring Him To Share His Inheritance With His Step-Siblings Even Though He Doesn’t Want To
This 30-year-old man’s grandfather recently passed away, and following the loss, he was left with a substantial amount of inheritance.
But, while the amount of money he inherited was somewhat surprising, he claimed it wasn’t totally unexpected, either.
“My grandfather and I were very close. I spent a lot of time with him growing up, especially after my own father passed away when I was young,” he recalled.
However, there’s now some major tension in his family because he has two step-siblings who didn’t receive any inheritance whatsoever.
For some context, his step-siblings are his stepmom’s children from a previous marriage, and they moved in together when he was about 12-years-old.
Despite getting along fine, though, he and his step-siblings never had a super close relationship. Additionally, while his grandfather knew his step-siblings, they never had as close of a relationship as he had with his grandfather.
Yet, after his grandfather’s will was read, his step-siblings were still pretty upset. That’s why his stepmother wound up approaching him and asking if he would share a portion of his inheritance– claiming that it would be the “fair thing to do” since they are family.
His stepmom even suggested that the money would help his step-siblings with their student loans as they begin to launch their careers.
He understands where his stepmom is coming from, too, and he does feel bad about the fact that his step-siblings weren’t left any money.
Viacheslav Yakobchuk – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“But, at the same time, I also feel like this inheritance was my grandfather’s way of looking out for me, specifically,” he admitted.
“Plus, I have plans for the money, like paying off my own debts and investing in a home.”
Ever since confiding in some of his friends, though, he’s received mixed responses about what he should do. On the one hand, some of his friends believe that he’s not obligated to share the funds since his grandfather chose to leave all of the money just to him.
But other friends of his think that he’s just being selfish. Moreover, they claim that, since he’s part of a family, he should want to help out his step-siblings.
So, he’s split on what to do now, too. One part of him wants to honor his grandfather’s last wishes and use the money to fund his future.
“On the other hand, I wonder if I’m being unfair to my step-siblings,” he vented.
And now, this has left him wondering if wanting to keep all the money to himself instead of sharing the inheritance with his step-siblings makes him a real jerk or not.
Can you understand why he doesn’t want to share the inheritance? Do you think he’s obligated to share after his grandfather intentionally left all of the money to him? What would you do if you were in his shoes?
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