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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't feel entitled, but I would be upset. [/quote]

Why would this upset you if you didn't feel entitled to it? Seems to me the appropriate response would be to take pride that your parents were going to help others.[/quote]
It doesn't seem that complicated to me. I acknowledge my parents' right to do as they please; I'd never contest it. [b]Yet, I have every right to feel however I feel about whatever. 
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It does not seem normal to me that my parents' charity would start that far from home. I might feel different if we were wealthy. Unfortunately, no trust funds here. So whatever few bucks we manage to save should go to family. I'm fine with the idea of leaving money to grandkids. But not strangers, no.[/quote]

Of course you have a right to feel any way you want about it, but if you come here expecting sympathy, I doubt you're going to get it.

Most people don't have any expected inheritance.  In fact, many people end up having to spend a lot of money when a parent or parents die because there isn't even enough money in their parents' "estate" to pay for a funeral, grave plot, et cetera.

Feel however you want.  But if you expect people to feel sympathy or share in your outrage, you're going to be disappointed.  And if you express to your parents that you are outraged and upset, it probably will only make them less inclined to leave you anything.

It also can fester and damage the relationship you have with your parents while they are still alive.  If you love them and want to enjoy their company while they're still with you, the best thing you can do is let it go and put it out of your mind -- in fact, pretend they have no estate or money or inheritance to leave anyone and just appreciate the relationship you have with them.  It was never your money to begin with, so it's not as if you are losing something you had.  You are losing something you perceived as yours.  What people are telling you is that your parents aren't taking anything away from you because it was never yours to begin with.[/quote]

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