Family ties can be strained, and tensions are raised when siblings and other family members argue over inheritance. It can be difficult for family members to move past their grief and ruin everyone’s memories of their previous connection when they cannot agree on how to share a loved one’s assets.
Families can act horribly against each other when it comes to inheritance. Individuals who are ordinarily perceptive and emotionally aware can become spoiled brats.
When it comes to inheritance difficulties, almost every family seems to have some friction bubbling beneath the surface, even in non-verbal conflicts. OP’s parents sadly passed a few months ago, and they recently did the Will reading.
They had always stated their intent for it to be 50/50 between the OP and his sibling, and that’s what the will stated. The OP and his sibling are very different from each other.
The OP has worked hard over the years to advance his career, including many sleepless nights, lots of money spent on advanced education, and lots of deferred gratification. OP’s sibling, on the other hand, lives for the day and has not put that much effort into building a career.
As a result, the OP makes three times as much as his sibling and has his own house. After the will reading, my sibling and their partner approached him, asking if they could have the house and split the investments 50/50, but the OP refused.
The OP kicks off his story and here it is…
We all have our own path to follow, but it’s relevant to the OP’s story
OP would put the rental income for the first year into investment sinking accounts
OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the AH:
I might be the asshole because I will not give my sibling a larger share of our inheritance even though I am significantly better off then them due to our separate life choices.
The Reddit post got hundreds of comments and here are a bunch of the most upvoted ones for you to check out them below
Do not go for the joint business idea
They are only giving the OP grief
Making sure they’re not being coerced into doing anything
Having second thoughts about their ability to maintain such a house
The OP is offering it to so long as HD gets an equivalent
The should maybe put the funds in a trust
These are not people the OP wants to do business with
The will said the inheritance was to be splited half way
OP’s parents would have made it clear in their will that they would have preferred for his sibling to inherit the house and for the liquid assets to be divided differently. Since it wasn’t said like that, all the OP is doing is following his parents’ instructions stated in the will.
Redditors sympathized with the OP for his loss while telling him that he most definitely doesn’t need any additional garbage as he mourns.
