Comments on: Enjoy Retirement, but Don’t Spend My Inheritance

By: Natural

Natural — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:14:44 +0000

Well there are some that expect an inheritance as if it were their birth right…maybe a long time ago, birth rights were the norm, but hello….go make your own, as if raising you somehow weren’t enough.

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By: estate planning

estate planning — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:10:44 +0000

I find it repulsive that anyone would count on or expect an inheritance. My comment is that the lazy bast-ds go out and make their own fortune and stop sucking on the parental teet.

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By: Natural

Natural — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:29 +0000

Hi Jane, sorry about the delay in responding. Glad things turned around for you and you’re able to help mom. It’s a beautiful thing to do when you can.

By: Jane @ Kidzarama

Jane @ Kidzarama — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:22:33 +0000

My hubby & I have been looked after by my mother (in lots of ways) as we have gone through some really hard times.

Just recently, things have turned the corner with a vengeance, and it’s nice to know that we can return a little of her financial help by supporting her now.

I dread to think of the day when my mum won’t be here to hug us all. Money won’t bring her back then, and I feel really sorry for those who care more for that than their own parents.

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By: Natural

Natural — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:54:45 +0000

JD - $8,000! Ouch.

Sara, that’s nice of your mom to do. Better than fighting.

TOPolk enough IS enough, but not everyone sees it that way.

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By: TOPolk

TOPolk — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:11:41 +0000

Do I ever wonder if my parents are spending my inheritance? Not really. I think they’ve given me more than enough as is. Plus, I try not to think of them dying anytime soon.

However as my mom is a state employee, I am entitled to her retirement benefits when she passes away. I’m not in any hurry to get those benefits, but with the way my state does things sometimes, I wonder if they’ll hold true to their word.

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By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:15:33 +0000

Amen! The greatest gift my parents could leave me would be a legacy of life well lived. Mom’s smart, though–she keeps a list of the items that mean a lot to each of us, so that each of us will inherit the things that are most meaningful. Keeps money and fairness out of it.

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By: JD at I Do Things

JD at I Do Things — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:11:29 +0000

I agree: inheritance is a gift — you’re not “owed” anything from your parents. That said, I almost cried when my sort of wealthy-ish aunt told me she’d fallen for a scam artist and gave him $8,000.

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By: Natural

Natural — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:15:32 +0000

That’s true Barbara, loan and not give. There’s less stress when you give whatever away, you don’t worry about getting it back. At least I don’t, but loaning things, you wonder if you will ever see it again.

Jay, not with everyone, but some kids expect their parents to take care of them forever, even in death. I think they’ve done enough, time to fly.

Meleah, me neither….for whatever reasons people may have, some expect it (inheritance). Some lose sight of what, at least I think it is, a gift. Gifts are unexpected.

Lana, my sober father is probably pissing away everything he got from his mother or ever saved and I know he’s not leaving us anything - he’s selfish - My mother on the other hand has always given to her children, so I tell her not to leave ME anything, to go and enjoy her money, travel. She worked hard for it and she taught me well enough. She left me something that can’t be spent, lost, or stolen….a pretty darn good example and a hard act to follow. I’ll be just fine without her money. Of course, she is leaving me/us something, but that’s because she doesn’t listen, but if there were nothing materially, she left plenty in other ways.

Sandy, enjoy the book. My princess picks the winners and she picked entry two.

Corrina, lol. Hey what size are those shoes?

Let’sB - You’re alive! Thanks for letting me know.

Robin, It’s a little sad, when some forget all that their parents have done for them in the past….it’s still not enough. They do feel entitled just because they breath. I don’t get it either. Of course most parents will take care of their kid(s) and leave them something, but it does get to me when it’s expected and even fought over.

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By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:25:33 +0000

Hi Natural - you could get me going here - I think it’s pathetic when people see their parents’ money as their own. They don’t feel strong enough to make their own money, I suppose. I can’t relate at all to thinking like that. YUK! (I have a friend who is a bit like that, so I am pre-annoyed about it.)

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