Topic: old parents and old age enjoyment !!!
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Slim gym

Wed 09/09/26 10:46 AM

My parents want to sell everything they own, so that they can enjoy their old age and leave us with no inheritance. Do you think this is Fair???
thoughts please!!!
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TxsGal3333

Wed 09/09/26 10:55 AM

It is their money why should they not do what they want to and enjoy what time they have left..

Myself never counted on an inheritance. We did good getting what we did when growing up..

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Don

Wed 09/09/26 11:29 AM

The first part of the Rosamund Pike film "I Care A Lot":

"A doctor selects an elderly patient who looks like a good candidate for guardianship: a person of solid financial means who’s not too old and infirm just yet, but possibly on the brink of dementia. A judge signs a court order asserting that this woman can no longer care for herself and needs someone else to step in and help. A legal guardian shows up at the woman’s house with the document, saying she’s in charge now and insisting she’ll take good care of her property and finances. A driver whisks her away to a nursing home where the manager escorts her to a private room, promising she’ll be treated like a queen.

"And once all the pieces are in place, the guardian is free to drain this unsuspecting woman of every penny she’s got."
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Zee

Wed 09/09/26 11:40 AM


My parents want to sell everything they own, so that they can enjoy their old age and leave us with no inheritance. Do you think this is Fair???
thoughts please!!!



absolutely.. they earned it.. why not enjoy spending it.. that's what I plan ta do.. my kids were financial drains growing up.. yes, it was my choice to want kids, but no one prepares you for just how much it'll cost to clothe, feed, educate, keep a roof over their heads, not to forget hydro, cable, car loans, school trips... and the list goes on.. so why SHUD we leave our money to'em.. haven't we spent enough on them already?? I say.. I earned it.. plus I'm renovating my home withOUT their help?? why shud they get all that cash?? I shud be allowed to spend it without worrying about hurting their feelings AFTER I'm gone..
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motowndowntown

Wed 09/09/26 01:02 PM

A little digging in the North forty. A shovel to the back of the head. And you get all their stuff.

Seriously though, it's their stuff. You seem to be living a comfortable life. If they're reasonably of sound mind and body, and haven't joined a cult, they should be able to do what they want with it all.
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Duttoneer

Mon 09/14/26 01:16 AM

They have earned a good retirement, and to live it the way they choose, I am sure when the sad day comes you may well receive something.

My father remarried and leaving no will when he passed everything went to his second wife, a few years later when she passed away she left everything in her will to the children from her first marriage, seems she forgot all about me, my dad would have turned in his grave to have seen that.