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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Girl… hopefully theyre not going to inherit that money until you guys are well into retirement. Also, it depends on her remaining married to her husband. Dh and I both come from well off families, but he will probably inherit significantly more- this feels like such a long way off and doesn’t have much impact on our day to life, apart the gifts our parents give us now- like help with down payment or telling us they will fund college for our kids, so we don’t need to contribute to 529s for them. Also tragically, something could happen to our marriage or dh or me in which case, we wouldn’t inherit anything from our spouse.

You need to get over such an eventual difference in lifestyle. And even if they inherited the money tomorrow, she’d still be your sister. My siblings are all more professionally successful than I am and comparison is the thief of joy. [/quote]

Also, for the reasons stated above, dh and I still fully save for retirement. We are “relaxed” in the sense that our parents are a safety net and we’d never be on the streets if we lost our jobs, but we hope our parents will be around for a long time and inheritance shouldn’t really be our plan. We’ve been given a head start with the gifts, which we are very grateful for, but it doesn’t change anything else about our day to day life. [/quote]

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