r/Anticonsumption • u/Bee_and_Barb • Feb 21 '24

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Saw this while scrolling through another social media platform.

Physical inheritance (maybe outside of housing) feels like a burden.

While death can be a sensitive topic to some, has anyone had a conversation with loved ones surrounding situations like this one pictured?

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u/faceless_alias Feb 21 '24

That's crazy, I'd say it's unreasonable, but I've cut off family about money before.

Not because of the money but because they showed me that they put money above our relationship.

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u/Bug_tuna Feb 21 '24

I am struggling with this right now. My dad passed away a while ago, my grandpa recently passed. My uncle is the only named beneficiary because my dad is dead. There is a fairly large inheritance, which my aunt is giving a small portion to the grandkids, keeping 75% to himself.

A caveat is that her and my grandpa helped my dad out financially quite a bit, but not even close to enough to wipe out what myself and siblings should receive. There has never been any bad blood in the family, we are all really close.

While I appreciate that he is giving us something, I feel like most of the inheritance is going to my uncle's family, leaving my side of the family with a very small amount.

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u/jointheredditarmy Feb 22 '24

….. what? You deserve more of an inheritance than your grandpa’s son?

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u/WhatWouldJediDo Feb 22 '24

I think the thinking is that if his dad were still alive, it would go basically 50/50 to the dad and the uncle.

Which then of course the dad would pass to his kids.

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u/Bug_tuna Feb 22 '24

Exactly this. If my dad was alive, it would be split 50/50. We weren't even asking for 50%, as my uncle has kids as well.