When parents leave their children with their inheritance, they probably do not expect that ‘gift’ to complicate their lives so much, and they are usually not around to see it happen. They can only hope that what they leave behind will help their kids in the future, and that they will thank them for the help they gave, even after they are gone.
However, as we all know, parents’ inheritance often does a lot more harm than good, usually because it creates complicated family dynamics that are extremely hard to bridge over. It creates drama between the siblings, as soon as they feel one has more than the others, it creates tensions with the remaining parents, and it might even create resentment for the parent who left.
When it comes to the family in the story below, the mom’s inheritance actually made the relationship between those who were left behind crumble into tiny pieces…