Inheritances have the potential to make or break a family unit. The dynamics in families, immediate and extended alike, are touchy things. One major life milestone might set something off that turns into a domino effect of chaos, and it usually has something to do with money. They do say it is the root of all evil… And I’m thinking that this is the correct statement to make. That green-green will make you go insane, and we’re all servants to the dollar at the end of the day… But it’s really easy not to let it ruin your familial relationships. Any decent person would accept reality for what it is, especially when it comes to an inheritance that they are not entitled to.

This next story features an entitled uncle who believes that his adopted nephew should split an inheritance worth $80k, left to the nephew by his grandfather. The nephew, fortunately, refuses to succumb to his uncle’s distasteful intimidation tactics.