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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad and mom had me and my little brother. They were an extremely happy couple from what I remember. My mother died of cancer when I was 8 and my brother was 6 . My dad was extremely depressed for several years but met "Susan" when I was 10. They fell in love and married when I was 12. They had a son when I was 14. Susan never worked outside the home again. That was 25 years ago. My father passed away four years ago.

I just learned this weekend that Susan has been gifting my half brother $11,000 annually since my dad's death as well as paying his cell phone bill and purchasing his car (a 30k 2017 Subaru). My brother and I haven't seen a dime.

I honestly have no complaints against my step mother or half brother and see them regularly, but this just.... pisses me off incredibly. It's my dad's money and she's not sharing it with me and my brother. My half brother is a full grown adult not needing any assistance at all and has a cushy job with the USDA.

That's wrong, right?

I feel like I'm being stolen from.[/quote]

Ummmm...I think you need to get over this.  This was the way your dad set this up.  I *might* be more sympathetic if this wasn't your dad's child.  All of his kids got $250k, which is nothing to sneeze at.  I am assuming he left her the house.  He did that because people in your position put the step-mom out of the house upon the death of the other parent.

You are dickering over HER money.  I would feel differently if he left her everything and she was doing this, but you got your equal share.  HIS mother is giving him the part of HER money SHE wants him to have.  Be upset at how your dad did this.  Be upset at how he agreed to her being a SAHM.  And then get over it.  Do you think he should have left you more money than his other son?  It sucks, but you aren't being stolen from.[/quote]

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