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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did not read all the responses (and I suspect OP is long gone since this thread is about 9 months old).

I would not be upset about the money.  I'd be upset about the loss of my parents.  I would rather have my parents than their money and frankly, when I inherit my portion, it will likely just go to my kids anyways for college, for a car when they are old enough, or whatever else might make things easier for them.

And for inequity, I already expect that.  My sister has had a hard life and now works in a very low paying job.  My brother and I are both professionals who are pretty self-sufficient.  My parents have already told us that she will be getting about 40-50% of the inheritence to care for her as she gets older (also no retirement savings).  My brother and I will split the balance.  First, my parents have a pretty large estate so that's plenty of money for all of us.  Second, if they had divided it evenly (like it was when we were younger and our situations were different), then my brother and I would have been looking out for my sister anyways and taking care of making sure she had what she needed.  This saves us some concern as she will have the money she needs to retire comfortably when she's of age to retire.  We're all pretty easy going about that.  We love each other and want what's best for each other.[/quote]

You're situation is not even close to OP's. But keep patting yourself on the back for handling it better than OP anyway.[/quote]

No one's situation is close to OP's because she's greedy and passive aggressive.  Anyone would handle it better. This is not a high bar.[/quote]

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