She Wants to Leave Her Inheritance to Her Struggling Family—but Her Husband Demands It Go to His Wealthy Relatives
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Wow, this is a tough one…
Because, as we tend to see over and over again, money changes some people.
And it also changes some marriages…not always for the better.
In today’s story, a woman opened up about how the inheritance she’s promised is causing her and her husband to fight like cats and dogs.
Read on and see what you think.
AITA for not wanting to share my money with my rich in-laws?
“I come from a family with little money growing up.
We got by, but weren’t well off by any accounts. Parents drilled it into my head that I needed to make money to be happy, so I did.
My parents of course never figured it out and siblings did not follow suit. I made a few hundred thousand in real estate and and some in the stock market. Husband’s family consists of millionaires (not crazy rich but extremely comfortable). His parents and his 2 siblings.
Funny enough, he is the only one who hasn’t made a significant amount of money, he has been working modest jobs since he was in his 20s, never much of a saver.
She’s a real go-getter!
So when we decided to get married I paid for the wedding, paid the down payment on our house and pretty much everything we have accumulated up to this point has been because of my financial decisions (not elaborating for brevity’s sake).
Cut to this evening, my husband and I are attempting to finalize our trust.
He wants to split the money between all of our nieces and nephews in the event our children are deceased. I want to leave most of it to my sister and my family.
Uh oh…
Argument ensues, he makes some bad comments about my family making poor financial decisions, I make some about the money we have being because of me and my financial decisions.
It gets ugly, we are on separate floors of the house now.
I understand him wanting to leave money to his family because he loves them.
But I want to leave money to my family because they NEED it.”
Reddit users shared their thoughts.
This person said they’re NTA.
Another individual agreed.
This Reddit user asked a question.
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This person spoke up.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a girl who thinks her family is doing too much in criticizing the tidiness in her small space.
And another individual shared their thoughts.
Well, they both have valid points…
But this is ultimately up to her.
And it sounds like she already has her mind made up.
She needs to stand firm on this decision!
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