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[quote=Anonymous]They will be selling the business in the next couple of years because my mom is retiring and my stepdad actually hates it and looks forward to the next chapter of his life. He has another business that he'll be focusing on once they sell the first one. (I knew these things).

My mom explained to me that although she has long term care insurance, it's possible that she'll have to spend some of her money in her retirement and also that she might want to enjoy it recreationally, naturally, having worked hard her whole life.

She also explained what everyone (including the posters here) already knew which is that my stepdad has been instrumental in their business success.

She reassured me that my brother and I are directly in her will but the exact dollar amount is yet to be determined due to unforeseeable market changes and end of life circumstances.

This satisfies me because I really just wanted to know that she was thinking about us considering that he is not our real dad.

The last thing I'll add is that the fact that this was originally my father's business is relevant to an extent, but not very much. This would be on my mind even if she had started the business with my stepdad.

I actually care fo my stepdad and think he's a good person, but he has shown my brother and I over the years that he doesn't think of us as real progeny. We are not his legacy, and he doesn't have an attachment to us that way. This is why, in my view, he has cared more about his own gratification than making sacrifices to get my brother set up in the family business, as an example.

I don't blame him for that. But it's just a reality that I'd feel better knowing my mother was realistic about. 
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