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[quote=Anonymous]I will be on the short end of an unequal inheritance, and the reason has nothing to do with the relative merits of my sibling and me.  It's old fashioned sexism, pure and simple.  He's male and I'm not. Their outdated thinking is that I have a husband to support me.  My father used to say he would keep working until my brother was "set for life" and to some degree felt responsible for his grandsons as well (there are also granddaughters on my side and my brother's, but there wasn't the same sense of obligation to them or to me).  I heard this my entire life, but it still came as a shock that they would reflect this attitude in their wills.  It was hurtful to me in a way that has nothing to do with money and everything to do with the relative value my parents placed on their children's sexes.  But one has to move on.  For my husband and I, it motivated us to get our estate planning in place so that it is all equal (and transparent) with regard to our four children. [/quote]

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