Mom Wants To Give Her Daughter A House In Her Inheritance, But Her Fiancé Wants His Kids To Get A Piece Too
by Matthew Gilligan

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Uh oh…this sounds like a sticky situation! But what else do you expect when your boyfriend insists that your daughter’s inheritance should go to his kids too?
Take a look at what this woman had to say about what’s going on in her life and ask yourself if you think she’s doing anything wrong.
Get started now!
AITA for saying that my daughter inherits my house “no matter what”?
“I’m a single mom in my 50s with one daughter. I got very lucky in that I bought a home in the Bay Area nearly 30 years ago for around $230K before the tech boom and now the house is worth about $1M.
I have a 23 year old daughter Camila who grew up in that house and she moved out last year to go live with her boyfriend.
It’s going to her!
I’ve never explicitly told my daughter “the house will be yours” nor has she asked anything about it, but just sort of common sense – that’s my daughter. Who else would I give it to?
One important note – there are 2 homes in the neighborhood that are owned by lower middle class people (me and a neighbor who’s been here as long as I have). Otherwise, our neighbors are engineers and software developers.
The Bay Area is simply unaffordable if you’re not in tech. My daughter is a hair stylist.
My fiancee Steven and I have been together for 2 years. He has 2 young children (elementary school) he has joint custody of who I adore and I’m excited to help raise them.
She thinks this is important.
Steven and I don’t have a ton in the bank so a prenuptial agreement seemed silly if it weren’t for the house.
I told him that I’m ready to combine finances and plan long term with him, but I wanted a pre-nup agreement just for the house.
It’s a non-negotiable for me that my daughter inherits the house.
He wasn’t happy with this. He said that $1M split 3 ways is enough for all 3 kids to get a head start in life.
Nope!
I disagree, I paid 80% of the mortgage by myself and Camila is my only child. She can have her dream life (working as a hair stylist, living in the Bay Area) with this house but will be unhappy (have to move out to a less desirable area) if it’s split.
I spoke to Camila about this and she agrees that she should get the house and said she always planned on inheriting it, just like I always planned on giving it to her.”
Let’s see what folks had to say on Reddit.
This reader said she’s NTA.

Another individual agreed.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

Another reader weighed in.

And this person spoke up.

These two have some serious financial issues to work out.
If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.
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