Should I take the high road?

  • Want to keep track of this thread?
    Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
    Create account
SandyCat

SandyCat

Send strength XP
True & Honest Fan
kiwifarms.net
Joined
Apr 15, 2021
Help me out here Reddit I'm in a moral dilemma

Grandpa died, power of attorney fell to his wife to divvy out the inheritance. I was supposed to get 25%, my aunt 25%, and 50% goes to his wife. The wife wanted 95% of all the money to go to her family instead, meaning my aunt and I wouldn't be getting jack. The family is in cahoots with this plan. They also took a bunch of physical property that was supposed to go to us and instead sold it off. Some had sentimental value.

In short, they're trying to screw us out of money.

I got a call from my aunt saying "the witch is dead" (my grandpa's wife died) and now power of attorney falls to my aunt. With the way my grandpa set things up in the event his wife dies 100% of the money would go to me and my aunt, not to his wife's family.

Suddenly the side of the family tying to screw us out of money are cozying up to us and talking to us instead of ignoring our questions and are no longer just referring us to their overpriced lawyer when we had questions.

My aunt told me "We can honor the deal they were originally supposed to give us or we can take it all as is our legal right. I'll leave it up to you".

On one hand I'd feel bad for just running with the money. Doesn't sit right with me. On the other hand they tried to fuck us and I want to tell them to eat shit and enjoy my %50.
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Honest answer?

Take it all and don’t feel bad for one second, they tried everything in their power to take it all from you and leave you with nothing, so return the favor.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
Here’s what you do take all the money for yourself and then buy two of those sacks with dollar signs on them like from the old cartoons. Go to the bank and exchange like $50-$100 in exclusively pennies and fill the bags with them. Enjoy the look of greed that temporarily crosses your estranged relations faces as they see the sacks, then enjoy even more their look of betrayal and anger when they realize the sacks of full of pennies. Never talk to them again.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Take the money: You win a nice fat check

Give them a percentage: you win a smaller check but you will always have them be indebted to you and you won't have to feel guilty about anything, and who knows maybe they might feel guilty over their earlier actions

Either way you come out ahead
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
What do you think gramps would want, especially after being told about how they tried to screw you out of your portion? That's how I'd approach it.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
>Grandpa's wife
I'm assuming your actual grandmother died or they got divorced and now you have these people with little or no blood relation to you trying to get your money? Fuck them over completely, you owe them nothing. The high road is good when you have something in common and they can and will learn from you, but when they're people you're never going to see again or they're just taking advantage of you, the high road is a great way to get screwed.
That said, my own family had an inheritance situation similar to this one a few years ago. You may be in for a battle in court which will likely involve you paying them a settlement to avoid astronomical court and lawyer fees that will cost the estate. Fortunately, they couldn't totally drain the estate with their claims to it because we have laws saying you only get a shot or two (people used to kill over this kind of thing) but this will differ based on your country or province.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom