Does the family own this combination of numbers? We can never know how we would react to finding out someone close to us just won the lottery. It is a scenario that happens to so few people that there is probably no right or wrong way to go about this. There is no recipe or …
Seguir leyendo Lottery winner refuses to share the money with his family after they discover he used Grandma’s birthday for the winning numbers: ‘I don’t want to become the family ATM’
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Grandma leaves $70k to one great-grandchild and $20k to others, dad worries about uneven split: ‘This seems to be a recipe for resentment’
Finance and family can prove to be a dangerous mix. At the same time, the two topics can never be separated. Money is always an important thing to take into consideration when it comes to our relatives, not least as a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent who is thinking about who is going to inherit what …
Seguir leyendo Grandma leaves $70k to one great-grandchild and $20k to others, dad worries about uneven split: ‘This seems to be a recipe for resentment’
Mother-in-law insists her daughter-in-law use the gift cards she gave to her grandchildren to buy her dinner: ‘She insists that whenever we use the gift cards, we take her with us.’
She bought her grandchildren a rubber snake as a gift. In my family, we have this concept called a «rubber snake.» If you give someone a rubber snake, it means you’re giving them something you really want, but it doesn’t make much sense to them. For instance, if your little brother is really into trains, …
Seguir leyendo Mother-in-law insists her daughter-in-law use the gift cards she gave to her grandchildren to buy her dinner: ‘She insists that whenever we use the gift cards, we take her with us.’
Grandma spends 40+ hours a week babysitting her grandson for free, then her son defends her when his wife criticizes how she financially supports his troubled brother: ‘She can do whatever she wants with her money’
Free childcare is something every parent misses once it’s gone. If grandparents are willing to offer babysitting services for free, a tired parent doesn’t realize how valuable this sacrifice is until they are suddenly burdened by their offspring 24/7. They say it takes a village to raise a little one, but in this day and …
Seguir leyendo Grandma spends 40+ hours a week babysitting her grandson for free, then her son defends her when his wife criticizes how she financially supports his troubled brother: ‘She can do whatever she wants with her money’
Father stands up for 8-year-old stepson after grandmother excludes him from family gatherings for years, under the guise of being germ-conscious: ‘[She wants] him to feel unwanted’
Going over to Grandma’s house as a child is a special feeling. She’s probably already whipped up some chocolate chip pancakes and tea sandwiches (with no crust, of course), and she’s happily awaiting your arrival to shower you with hugs and kisses that only a grandmother could provide. This feeling is unmatched and pales in …
Seguir leyendo Father stands up for 8-year-old stepson after grandmother excludes him from family gatherings for years, under the guise of being germ-conscious: ‘[She wants] him to feel unwanted’
Sister demands college student pay for mom’s vacation with car insurance payout, gets upset when she refuses: ‘Just give her the money’
Family helps family, but you can’t forget to help yourself as well. One of the benefits of being close to relatives is that they might help us out when we find ourselves in a difficult spot, financially or otherwise. Most of the time, though, that comes with conditions attached. Nobody wants to give and give …
Seguir leyendo Sister demands college student pay for mom’s vacation with car insurance payout, gets upset when she refuses: ‘Just give her the money’
‘I’m actually extremely proud of her’: 24-year-old mom teaches her 4-year-old about budgeting, let’s her use her piggy bank money to go shopping, grandma throws a fit
Being a single mother is not easy and when this 24-year-old single mother saw the chance to teach her toddler about budgeting, she took it. As a young mother herself, budgeting is still vaguely a new concept for most. So, she decided to take baby steps, her daughter, after all, is only 4 years old. …
Seguir leyendo ‘I’m actually extremely proud of her’: 24-year-old mom teaches her 4-year-old about budgeting, let’s her use her piggy bank money to go shopping, grandma throws a fit
Cruel dad scolds grandma for buying his 2 kids too many Christmas presents, making her cry: ‘My husband grew up in a culture that didn’t celebrate Christmas.’
He can’t control how Grandma spends her money, and he shouldn’t try to. It is a truth universally acknowledged that grandparents are supposed to spoil their grandkids in ways their parents aren’t allowed to. I believe grandparents do this because they know they won’t have as much time with their grandchildren as they’d like, and …
Seguir leyendo Cruel dad scolds grandma for buying his 2 kids too many Christmas presents, making her cry: ‘My husband grew up in a culture that didn’t celebrate Christmas.’
24-year-old refuses to share $50K inheritance from her grandmother with her entitled 19 and 21-year-old stepsiblings: ‘They only met my grandmother a handful of times and she never really bonded with them.’
In what world would they be entitled to that money? Inheritance is one of those things that is not frequently discussed in polite society, and for good reasons. It’s kind of a morbid reality that fortunate young people can come into a great sum of money after the passing of their grandparents or parents. No …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old refuses to share $50K inheritance from her grandmother with her entitled 19 and 21-year-old stepsiblings: ‘They only met my grandmother a handful of times and she never really bonded with them.’
6-year-old granddaughter opens Christmas presents from her grandma a week before Christmas, grandma refuses to buy her more presents despite her mother’s insistence: ‘The mother wants me to let her take the original presents home.’
Why would she reward such bad behavior? One of the primary goals of Christmas is to inspire young children to behave well over the last couple of months of the year. The existence of a Naughty List and a Nice List always struck fear into my heart when I was a kid, and I tried …
Seguir leyendo 6-year-old granddaughter opens Christmas presents from her grandma a week before Christmas, grandma refuses to buy her more presents despite her mother’s insistence: ‘The mother wants me to let her take the original presents home.’