Recently, while looking for some paperwork I needed at my dad's house I ran across an earlier version of his will. In the early version of his will (which was written up long before his mild stroke) he was going to leave the majority of his assets to his then-girlfriend. He'd only known this gal for a couple years! He was even going to leave her his house and EVERYTHING in it. It was stated that me and my sibling wouldn't even be allowed inside to get any contents out. Thankfully it wasn't signed or notarized. AND thankfully he is no longer with that girlfriend and hasn't been with her for roughly 10 years. I have the version of his will that IS signed and notarized which leaves everything to my sibling and myself to split equally.
When I found that version of his will, I was hurt. My sibling and I (mostly me) have done LOTS for our dad since our mom passed away in 2010. For him to even think of leaving everything to a woman he'd only known for a couple years was a slap in the face. It just makes me hate him even more. He doesn't know that I know this... and it wouldn't do any good to bring it up because his memory was affected by his stroke a couple years ago.
A hearty chuckle and the saying "there's no fool like an old fool" is your best response to it. And thank God he had time to learn from the experience. He escaped. Be relieved.
When I was a law student and young lawyer, my father wanted to change his will about once every couple of years, and I did it for him. I did try to do my best to stay on good terms, for years and years.
When he died, it turned out that he had left everything to the latest grifter – he was good at conning people, and they were good at conning him. I still had to sort out his local assets and get them transferred to the UK.
It did hurt, even though I didn’t need or want his money. It was a last slap in the face, from beyond the grave.
If people want to be nasty, they will find a way. Protect yourself by doing your best not to care. Yours, Margaret
My mom's will has a 'codicil' in it, wherein I am dunned $1500 to be paid to the estate before the estate is liquidated and disposed of.
I didn't just 'come upon' this codicil. She encouraged me to read it.
I called my son, who is an atty and he said this was NOT legal (just handwritten and not notarized or anything.) He referred to it as an posthumous 'FU'.
I was devastated. I don't KNOW what this is for--and my YB who has housed, fed and cared for mother for 26 years was 'dunned' $6000.
After I read this, I called my YB who has FPOA and he removed the offending 'documents'. YB doesn't even know.
Oh--BTW? My total 'piece of the pie' after it all settles down? Less than $10K.
Mom did this with full knowledge of what she was doing. It hurt when I read it and it hurts (to a degree) now. I won't ever know why she did it.
My choice was to give all I inherit from her, should she ever die, to the YB who turned his life inside out for her. All I ever did was annoy her.
(Yeah, I need to revisit my emotional hot button on this. I thought I was better, so to speak, but writing about this kind of reminds me of how badly I feel.)
My advice to you is just forget about what you saw and live in the here and now.
But, I would be hurt even if he even thought it. I get the impression your relationship with Dad is not all that good.
That was the end of my being her scapegoat. It is not about the money, it is about the fact that she has used me and that I do not matter to her, it was a real slap in the face that was just after she bought my brother a convertible because he didn't have one, he didn't ask for it or want it, he traded it in on a SUV.
It is not about being entitled it is about the fact that I do not matter to her.
Don't assume the worst of people. Get over it.
Do you, WhisperingPine, ever make a mistake then wise up and correct your mistake? Do you want people to continue hating you even though you correct your mistake?
In you dad's case, he only intended, he didn't carry out his intention. I bet if all your ugly thoughts about your dad were on paper, in black and white, for your dad to read, would you say he would leave you in the will or cut you off?
Nobody is ENTITLED to an inheritance. It's a GIFT.
GROW UP!!! MAKE YOUR OWN MONEY. BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT HE LEFT YOU.
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