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One of my Aunts is very wealthy and in her nineties. Her only close relatives are her six nieces and nephews. (She had no children, and her parents, husband, and brothers and sisters have all died.)
I hate to admit it but I am one of those nephews who spend lots of time with her. Myself and the other five nieces and nephews are all fighting for her attention and approval and we spend lots of time helping her out. Yes, we love her because she is family but I wonder if she was not wealthy and working on her will, if anyone of us would spend so much time with her and try to be so nice and helpful.
Do you know anyone who is in this situation? It would be easy to be politically correct and say all six of us should be ashamed of ourselves but......
" Anyone get an inheritance from someone outside of their immediate family?"
Nope.
I never even got an inheritance from someone INSIDE my immediate family.
And yeah... fighting for attention and approval because she is wealthy is wrong.
She just might see through that, you know. The joke COULD be on you when she leaves all her money to an animal rescue group... (or something similar!).
My great-aunt (father's aunt) had no children and when she died her money was split between her 4 nieces & nephews and 9 great-nieces & great-nephews. Nobody fought to get more inheritance as it was known that the largest part would go to my cousin (a great-nephew) who was born with a birth-defect and had a family to support and that was acceptable to all.
You mean to tell me, if I convince my nieces and nephews that I am wealthy, they'll all be fighting to take care of me?
Well, my nephew became extremely attentive after my sister (his mother) and my mother (his grandmother) passed away.
After years of not agreeing with each other about almost everything.
I've specifically excluded him from my will and trust. If anything is left, it's going to my niece (his sister). I've told her that I realize she can do whatever she wishes after I'm gone, but if she gives one cent to him I'm coming back to haunt her.
My father and his 3 siblings all inherited a fair amount of money from his gay uncle when he passed away, being his closest blood relatives. He lived in a different city, so none of them even helped him. And they sure were happy to get his money, but none of it trickled to me. They have issues with me because I'm gay, but I guess they don't see the irony.
My mom also just inherited a lot of money (well, about $100K) from my step-grandmother when she recently died, but my mom refuses to set up any will or trust. I think she purposely just doesn't want me to inherit a dime from her, plus she has psychological problems. I doubt I'll ever inherit a penny from any relative in my lifetime, my mother being the roadblock. Or if I do, it'll be after a huge probate court mess. If my mother could have all her money and crap buried with her, I think she would
I got an idea...you know what would put you in the lead? Sleep with your Aunt and give her foot massages...you will be rich in no time! Then you can be living on top of the world...
My father and his 3 siblings all inherited a fair amount of money from his gay uncle when he passed away, being his closest blood relatives. He lived in a different city, so none of them even helped him. And they sure were happy to get his money, but none of it trickled to me. They have issues with me because I'm gay, but I guess they don't see the irony.
My mom also just inherited a lot of money (well, about $100K) from my step-grandmother when she recently died, but my mom refuses to set up any will or trust. I think she purposely just doesn't want me to inherit a dime from her, plus she has psychological problems. I doubt I'll ever inherit a penny from any relative in my lifetime, my mother being the roadblock. Or if I do, it'll be after a huge probate court mess. If my mother could have all her money and crap buried with her, I think she would
Are you my long lost brother??
My mother and her siblings made a verbal contract with me to take care of her parents and they would not only pay me but agree to put my name in the place of a dead uncle.
But....... Not only did they reneg on all of that after using me for 24/7 caretaking, they actually said, "get out of MY house" where I had been living to do the caretaking.
Since I'm probation the estate for at the very least the cost of caretaking, i don't believe I'll be in anyone's will after that. But I'd rather get 20k now because I was promised it rather than a potential 200k in 30 yrs just because we unfortunately share the same blood.
Yucky.
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