Anonymous wrote:Where did Thelma get $1200 to give her daughter? That is a chunk of change when you are retired and living on a budget. I'm starting to forget details, but if she had $200k (what she left Mary and her brother), and it was invested and returning about 8%, that would be ~$16k/year pre-tax, right? Plus social security payments. Weren't they self employed? So no pension. House was owned outright, but you still have taxes, insurance and utilities on the house. That's living on a budget. How could she afford to give Mary $1200? I also agree this has been a most entertaining and riveting thread. Despite the inconsistencies and incongruencies, I definitely bit, so OP, thank you for weaving such an interesting tale. Now I wait for the flamer who yells at anyone who dares question this thread.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this is a real story or not and I'm somewhat inclined to think that if it's true, many of the details have been embellished or changed and that has caused people to be skeptical.

Regardless of circumstances, there's a surprising amount of bitter anger, particularly from Larla's "supporters." I find that more intriguing than anything told to us by Larla.

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, wasn't Mary working as a waitress? And you now tell us she was getting an allowance of $1200 on top of whatever she made at her job? And free rent?

Why did you not mention Mary getting the $1200 allowance from her mother back in the beginning of the thread? In the first, oh, you know, 20 pages when we were arguing over Mary's entitlement?

Honey, you're making this up as you're going along. Everything we've been told about the family dynamics, the peculiarities of the house itself, Thelma's background, the will, is remarkably complicated and when so many variables are that complicated the coincidence of it all being true is rarely plausible.

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Anonymous wrote:Sell the house and split the proceeds with Mary and her brother. You take half and they can split the other half.

A young woman your age does not want to be saddled with a house and all that entails: maintenance, taxes, more maintenance- because stuff is always going wrong with houses. If you sell the house, you can use the money for your education and a nice apartment or condo.

It is so odd that Thelma left her family home to a great niece rather than her own children. Maybe she had some mental health difficulties herself. This is your chance to right that wrong so that the whole extended family can move forward. If you give Thelma's children part of the money now, you can know as you grow older that you did the right thing and can feel good about your actions.

Again with the taking care of Mary & Roy?

No just NO.

Mary & Roy were both included in the inheretence & Roy has not asked for a single dime... in fact, he backs LARLA not to give anything to Mary!

These were Thelma's dying wishes & Mary is NOT entitled to any more than Thelma left to her.

What is with you people that keep lumping Mary & Roy together & acting like they need eternal care?

NEWSFLASH: THEY ARE ADULTS!

Why does mental illness have to be involved if a mother doesn't want to enable her spoiled, lazy & entitled daughter anymore??

Mary is NOT a depressed invalid, she's an over entitled, over educated waitress... sheesh!

It is not caretaking to give them what rightfully belongs to their family. The circumstances of Thelma's "will" are such that there are questions as to whether it truly reflects her "dying wishes" - especially since she was not dying at the time she supposedly wrote the will and, according to Larla, was in perfect health on the day she died.

Mary and Roy should inherit the property that both their parents worked hard to earn and take care of over many years.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, so today things changed. Part of me is thinking that I should just give up and let her have it. She said that she will leave, but she wants to request that I give her a monthly stipend like my godmother used to give her. $1200/month for her personal expenses. I want to tell her no, but my gran is thinking that if this gets rid of her, I should agree.

For the first time in this thread, I'm thinking this is not real. There is no way an adult would request you give away such a large amount of money. I find it hard to believe that a real story would unfold this way.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this is a real story or not and I'm somewhat inclined to think that if it's true, many of the details have been embellished or changed and that has caused people to be skeptical.

Regardless of circumstances, there's a surprising amount of bitter anger, particularly from Larla's "supporters." I find that more intriguing than anything told to us by Larla.

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Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, wasn't Mary working as a waitress? And you now tell us she was getting an allowance of $1200 on top of whatever she made at her job? And free rent?

Why did you not mention Mary getting the $1200 allowance from her mother back in the beginning of the thread? In the first, oh, you know, 20 pages when we were arguing over Mary's entitlement?

Honey, you're making this up as you're going along. Everything we've been told about the family dynamics, the peculiarities of the house itself, Thelma's background, the will, is remarkably complicated and when so many variables are that complicated the coincidence of it all being true is rarely plausible.

"No, Thelma was not incapacitated at her death. She drew up the will 5 yrs ago and did not have any medical conditions limiting her capacity. She died at 82 and was able to drive and maintain an active lifestyle (physically and socially) until her death. Thelma has always supported both of her children monetarily when they needed it and she always seems happy to be float Mary for as long as she did. She made sure that Mary got an allowance monthly for living expenses like car, clothing, and social expenses. Mary won't get the allowance anymore but now Thelma has left money to her."

-pg 2 halfway down the page. Keep up.

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, wasn't Mary working as a waitress? And you now tell us she was getting an allowance of $1200 on top of whatever she made at her job? And free rent?

Why did you not mention Mary getting the $1200 allowance from her mother back in the beginning of the thread? In the first, oh, you know, 20 pages when we were arguing over Mary's entitlement?

Honey, you're making this up as you're going along. Everything we've been told about the family dynamics, the peculiarities of the house itself, Thelma's background, the will, is remarkably complicated and when so many variables are that complicated the coincidence of it all being true is rarely plausible.

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, wasn't Mary working as a waitress? And you now tell us she was getting an allowance of $1200 on top of whatever she made at her job? And free rent?

Why did you not mention Mary getting the $1200 allowance from her mother back in the beginning of the thread? In the first, oh, you know, 20 pages when we were arguing over Mary's entitlement?

Honey, you're making this up as you're going along. Everything we've been told about the family dynamics, the peculiarities of the house itself, Thelma's background, the will, is remarkably complicated and when so many variables are that complicated the coincidence of it all being true is rarely plausible.