Sole Heir Is Unsure If He Should Share His Inheritance With His Half-Siblings Whom His Late Father Purposefully Left Out Of His Will

They never had a close relationship, but he knows they are struggling financially. What should he do?

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• May 3, 2023

Being technically correct doesn't necessarily mean that you are morally in the clear. The aftermath of your choice can gnaw at you despite the knowledge that you did the right thing.

A young man is about to make a tough decision about his late father's estate but needs other people's perspectives before delivering the news. OP has two half-siblings from his dad's previous marriage who are demanding a cut of his inheritance.

OP shared that his dad left him a significant amount of money and assets while purposefully excluding his two other children. OP says that he and his half-siblings have never had a close relationship.

They were never present at the important moments in OP's life. They just reconnected with him once they learned of his inheritance.

OP feels they are acting like they are entitled to his money which is starting to annoy him. He knows his half-siblings are struggling financially, and while he sympathizes with their situation, he is not obligated to save them.

They have never shown him the generosity they are demanding from him. They wouldn't even share their lunch with him when they were younger, so OP wonders why he should give them a portion of what is rightfully his.

However, he also knows that he will come across as a selfish person if he keeps everything his father left him

He intends to continue his father's legacy and fulfill his wishes which is why OP plans on keeping his inheritance

OP doesn't know how to proceed and if he should just share the assets with his half-siblings

But he strongly feels that he should keep all of it because he worked hard for the estate left to him

A lot of redditors picked-up on OP's way of phrasing his inheritance as "hard-earned" and questioned how that came to be

There could be cases where the only way to describe your inheritance as hard-earned and this is an example of it

OP's dad could have been a terrible person which OP had to put up with for years while his step-siblings stayed away from them

Could it be that OP was the sole heir because of misogyny? The lack of information and OP's unwillingness to respond forced Redditors to fill in the gaps.

They still couldn't understand why OP called it his hard-earned inheritance and OP didn't respond to any questions

Redditors waited for hours but none of them got a satisfactory response

OP could be grasping at straws to make himself better about keeping the inheritance to himself. He should own up to it if that's what he really wants to do instead of hiding behind a legacy he needs to continue.

OP's query is more of a moral dilemma and no one can give him a good enough answer other than himself

Since OP didn't answer the questions, the final verdict was there was not enough information to judge if he acted like an a**hole. His choice to go on Reddit to ask for advice could have been propelled by an unsettling feeling that keeping the money to himself is wrong.

The guilt could also just be from OP not being used to putting himself first. The only thing we know for sure is that there is not enough information to go on, so OP has to judge what is right from wrong by himself.

Chelsi