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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is against human nature to share the money you earned over decades with someone who can’t pick up the phone when you are old and in poor health.

It is not about controlling your children. It is about having the self esteem to not engage in a one way relationship. [/quote]

So what about this situation: dad in the family earned all the money, passed away, and now mom has the money (it was done as a mutual will, dad didn't divorce because he wanted adult kids to get the money). She doesn't have a good relationship with the adult kids because she's always been selfish, manipulative and paid them as little attention as humanly possible (grandma had to come in and do the actual care since I was 2, dad's mom). It's all about controlling. In fact she says I'll pay you this much if you do that for me. Life is not as straightforward as you seem to imagine. In my experience the ones who inherit money (instead of earning it themselves) don't have very good relationships with their adult kids as the reason they didn't earn the money themselves is their lack of skills, both in relationships and professionally (which is why they start manipulating, the only thing they know). [/quote]

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