Are you getting/have you gotten Immediate Family Inheritance?

[Morgan.]

Are your immediate family leaving you inheritance (in this case money, but feel free to say if you're being left anything else) when they pass? Poll incoming.

[Morgan.]

50/50. My mum will most likely leave me everything as we are the only two on that side of the family that still talk regularly, and she doesn't no have any best best friends.

My dad has told me he probably won't leave me anything and will instead leave it to his wife because 'he paved his own way in life, so I should too'. I suppose I understand on that front, it's his choice afterall.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Oh I don't like to think about it too much :( but I have 3 brothers so I presume my mother will leave stuff to us 4

[Smithy]

No tea no shade but your dads really mean

[Wizard.]

No because my family have nothing

[Wizard.]

My family literally live hand to mouth hence why I’m at University trying to not live like that

[Morgan.]

No tea no shade but your dads really mean

We aren't the best of friends but I understand he had an upbringing where his parents were just that and not friends so he does nag and have a go a lot (whereas me and my mum are inseparable, yet he's jealous of it and doesn't get why). Idk I'll probably get a tiny bit but his wife, I imagine, will have most if not all the inheritance.

[Morgan.]

I suppose I'm just curious to see how different generations and upbringings affect how inheritance is viewed.

[Candy Annie Cane]

My brother and I are the benefactors of my nans will as she left everything to my mum but as she died first it has passed to us. However, she is in a home now with Alzheimer's and her care is eating into her money and we are having to sell her hoise to fund her care so will probably be nothing left(its not an issue though, she is getting great care so thats what matters).

My brother bought my dads house after my mum died so he didn't have to worry about money so he has savings but I have told him to spend his money whilst he can as life's too short

[Wizard.]

My brother and I are the benefactors of my nans will as she left everything to my mum but as she died first it has passed to us. However, she is in a home now with Alzheimer's and her care is eating into her money and we are having to sell her hoise to fund her care so will probably be nothing left(its not an issue though, she is getting great care so thats what matters).

My brother bought my dads house after my mum died so he didn't have to worry about money so he has savings but I have told him to spend his money whilst he can as life's too short

Thoughtful queen :love: some people are greedy when it comes to inheritance and would put someone in a cheap care home just so they would get more money.

[smudgie]

Hubby inherited a candlestick from his mum.
Trinkets and sentimental bits as well.
My mother left me her Royal Albert:hehe:
My dad left memories worth more than any money.


My daughter has only recently asked if her daddy and I have written our wills yet.
Her best friends mum is years older than us and is going through doing it now.
We have been putting it off for years, such a hard job really as we have a lovely son, but he would flutter it away on all the wrong stuff.:fist:

[Morgan.]

My brother and I are the benefactors of my nans will as she left everything to my mum but as she died first it has passed to us. However, she is in a home now with Alzheimer's and her care is eating into her money and we are having to sell her hoise to fund her care so will probably be nothing left(its not an issue though, she is getting great care so thats what matters).

My brother bought my dads house after my mum died so he didn't have to worry about money so he has savings but I have told him to spend his money whilst he can as life's too short

Thoughtful queen :love: some people are greedy when it comes to inheritance and would put someone in a cheap care home just so they would get more money.

Definitley agree that care would come way way way more important than any money I was left behind, as well as the memories I spend with them.

[Tinsel Toes]

There's no option for Were you robbed of an inheritance ! My brother did just that and then died.

Karma at work.

[Babayaro.]

No tea no shade but your dads really mean

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I'd be quite upset if my Dad told me this.

[Ant.]

what if yur dad doesn't have a future wife?

[Morgan.]

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I'd be quite upset if my Dad told me this.

I thought it was normal for people to not get inheritance :skull:

what if yur dad doesn't have a future wife?

I think they'll stay married tbh

If not it probably would go to me though as he's the youngest of his siblings (not saying that affects anything but by matter of assumption) and there's no nieces or nephews he sees enough of.

[RichardG]

my gran left me and my sister £4500 each which i thought was so kind of her

[Morgan.]

my gran left me and my sister £4500 each which i thought was so kind of her

Gosh that's sweet of her :love: I imagine it helped towards your university fees?

[Tinsel Toes]

my gran left me and my sister £4500 each which i thought was so kind of her

It was a friend of mine inherited £25,000 from her father in Feb 2017 she is now skint ! she wasted most of it , i thought it was so disrespectful to squander what was meant to last her years.

[Morgan.]

It was a friend of mine inherited £25,000 from her father in Feb 2017 she is now skint ! she wasted most of it , i thought it was so disrespectful to squander what was meant to last her years.

I think the only things I would use inheritance for are uni fees (I don't know if it's for me just yet, but that's largely due to the cost, so to have a helping hand would do me a great deal), buying/renting a place to live or getting a car. Any leftover from one of the purchases (if I was fortunate enough to get a large sum which I doubt anyway) would go straight to savings.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Can't say I've ever asked as it seems a bit awkward lol, I did once stumble across my parents will but I put it straight back before I'd read any of it. I'm also lucky to have not had any close relatives die

[Shaun]

*smiles and flutters eyelids whilst reading about this myth (to me) of having family that actually own money and property*

[LukeB]

My grandad left me some money and i get the house from mum and money off dad

[Matthew.]

it’s not something i ever want to ask tbh although i imagine that my sister probably has asked

[Matthew.]

My dad has told me he probably won't leave me anything and will instead leave it to his wife because 'he paved his own way in life, so I should too'.

that actually sounds really harsh, no offence to your dad though

if you don’t mind me asking, do you have any brothers or sisters? because i’d assume that they would have gotten the same response as well.

[Morgan.]

it’s not something i ever want to ask tbh although i imagine that my sister probably has asked

I'd never have asked but my dad just told me last week over dinner and I was just kinda like 'oh' and never thought much of it again until these past few days :joker:

[montblanc]

i'm definitely getting an inheritance from both :joker:

i'd be surprise if i didn't

[Matthew.]

I'd never have asked but my dad just told me last week over dinner and I was just kinda like 'oh' and never thought much of it again until these past few days :joker:

you mean he was just like “morgan, you’re not getting any inheritance - i want you to pave your own waynin life”

[Amy Jade]

My aunt left me quite a lot when she died as she was unmarried and had no children and we were close.

It was put into a savings account that I can't touch until I am 21 but my mum can withdraw on my behalf. I bought my car with some of it but my mum has never told me how much I have in it.

[Amy Jade]

Oh my mum let me pay for my holidays to New York and California from that account too. She's not shady about what is in the account she just tells me enough whenever I ask

[montblanc]

My aunt left me quite a lot when she died as she was unmarried and had no children and we were close.

It was put into a savings account that I can't touch until I am 21 but my mum can withdraw on my behalf. I bought my car with some of it but my mum has never told me how much I have in it.

not you being secretly a millionaire

[user104658]

Me and my sister inherited around £25,000 each when my mum died... I'm sad to say it didn't actually last very long.

It was a friend of mine inherited £25,000 from her father in Feb 2017 she is now skint ! she wasted most of it, I thought it was so disrespectful to squander what was meant to last her years.

I do regret how quickly we went through the money we were left... but it's a strange situation really if parents die while you're (relatively) young (I was 28). It seemed to just evaporate. Though being fair, a large chunk of it went on learning to drive and buying a car, which was a huge stepping stone and has COMPLETELY changed our lives in almost every way including financially and is still doing so, so not all to waste.

My real great shame / regret is that £9k of it was spent on paying off debts and we were "debt free" other than student loans... which felt absolutely amazing... but 2 years down the line I was back to nearly -£7500. Really, really stupid and regrettable.

[user104658]

As for my dad, he's getting married this summer to a younger lady so I doubt I'll inherit anything from him :joker:.

[Morgan.]

you mean he was just like “morgan, you’re not getting any inheritance - i want you to pave your own waynin life”

Yeah it had come up in conversation (I'd mentioned a new story about it or something) and he replied with basically just what you said.

[Marsh.]

I'm the gold digger stealing Morgan's inheritance as well as his Dad's heart.

[Ant.]

I got £50 from my great granddad when he died

I think he heard me say "oh my god could he walk down those stairs any slower :oh:" and held it against me ever since

[LukeB]

Nicky to marry the one with the most Inheritance?

[RileyH]

I think he heard me say "oh my god could he walk down those stairs any slower :oh:" and held it against me ever since

:laugh2:

[montblanc]

Nicky to marry the one with the most Inheritance?

:joker::joker:

[Ant.]

Nicky to marry the one with the most Inheritance?

A ton of "How rich really is X?" posts incoming?

[Eddie.]

Nope. I don’t really want to think about it tbh...

[thesheriff443]

Some one I know her grandad left her his house she got married had two kids with a total loser and lost the house. He left after that.

Also some one else's granddad left him 375 grand him and his misses blew the lot and was selling the crap the bough at one point for peanuts.

[Cherry Christmas]

Unless your parents are very elderly or very well off, for most you won't get any inheritance until you hit your 60s/70s when they pass away, the only other way you will get an inheritance early is if they meet an untimely death :worry: you also have to take into account that unless you plan to look after your elderly parents yourself if they go into a care home, the state will make you sell their assets to pay for their care :worry: so sorry to be the bearer of gloom though I say I would like to leave my kids something the sad fact is I may not be able to do it it all depends on whether we snuff it early, if they look after us themselves or if we win the lottery.

I agree with others on here that a lot of people who get easy money this way tend to blow it on stupid stuff

[Cal.]

My mam and dad don’t have anything yet really to leave me

If they had money I’d rather they spend it themselves and lived their lives than saved it for me. I’ll be fine without it knowing they lived a full and great life.

[Cherry Christmas]

My mam and dad don’t have anything yet really to leave me

If they had money I’d rather they spend it themselves and lived their lives than saved it for me. I’ll be fine without it knowing they lived a full and great life.

:love:

[mizzy25]

Me and my sister inherited our parents house, so got the money from that and all the stuff too. Some stuff still in boxes in one of my cupboards and its been 6 years now. I bought a car and paid for a garage conversion on my house, I still have some cash left. My sister and brother in law had a year off work, bought a caravan and now have nowt left.

[Nicky91]

Nicky to marry the one with the most Inheritance?

no one on here can top my queen Georgina Leigh Cantwell i think :flutter:

[user104658]

Unless your parents are very elderly or very well off, for most you won't get any inheritance until you hit your 60s/70s when they pass away, the only other way you will get an inheritance early is if they meet an untimely death :worry: you also have to take into account that unless you plan to look after your elderly parents yourself if they go into a care home, the state will make you sell their assets to pay for their care :worry: so sorry to be the bearer of gloom though I say I would like to leave my kids something the sad fact is I may not be able to do it it all depends on whether we snuff it early, if they look after us themselves or if we win the lottery.



Yeah, my in-laws were young parents, they're still only 48 and 50 and while her dad is not in amazing health for his age... I'm pretty sure her mother will outlive us just out of sheer spite. She's only 16 years older than me (was 18 when my wife was born) so it's fairly realistic that I'll be dead before her :joker:.

My dad is in his mid 60's but like I said above... his new wife-to-be is only 6 years older than me. Plus he's been retired since he was 55 and I'm relatively sure he got half as a lump sum and spent the lot in the first 2 years, and they live on her salary. So there'll be nothing to inherit anyway!


I agree with others on here that a lot of people who get easy money this way tend to blow it on stupid stuff

It's true, that just happens with unexpected money I think. I went through the money from my mum like water. More than half went on "big spends" (holiday, car, debts) but the rest was just pissed away by not paying attention to spending. Same thing happened when I got a £1600 "PPI" claim payment. That money vanished in about a month :joker:. But I wouldn't spend our actual month-to-month income like that... I think it just feels different when it's "excess" cash.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Yeah, my in-laws were young parents, they're still only 48 and 50 and while her dad is not in amazing health for his age... I'm pretty sure her mother will outlive us just out of sheer spite. She's only 16 years older than me (was 18 when my wife was born) so it's fairly realistic that I'll be dead before her :joker:.

My dad is in his mid 60's but like I said above... his new wife-to-be is only 6 years older than me. Plus he's been retired since he was 55 and I'm relatively sure he got half as a lump sum and spent the lot in the first 2 years, and they live on her salary. So there'll be nothing to inherit anyway!




It's true, that just happens with unexpected money I think. I went through the money from my mum like water. More than half went on "big spends" (holiday, car, debts) but the rest was just pissed away by not paying attention to spending. Same thing happened when I got a £1600 "PPI" claim payment. That money vanished in about a month :joker:. But I wouldn't spend our actual month-to-month income like that... I think it just feels different when it's "excess" cash.

I could see my own mother out living me :laugh: She's 64 now but she's healthier than me probably

[Cherry Christmas]

Yeah, my in-laws were young parents, they're still only 48 and 50 and while her dad is not in amazing health for his age... I'm pretty sure her mother will outlive us just out of sheer spite. She's only 16 years older than me (was 18 when my wife was born) so it's fairly realistic that I'll be dead before her :joker:.

My dad is in his mid 60's but like I said above... his new wife-to-be is only 6 years older than me. Plus he's been retired since he was 55 and I'm relatively sure he got half as a lump sum and spent the lot in the first 2 years, and they live on her salary. So there'll be nothing to inherit anyway!




It's true, that just happens with unexpected money I think. I went through the money from my mum like water. More than half went on "big spends" (holiday, car, debts) but the rest was just pissed away by not paying attention to spending. Same thing happened when I got a £1600 "PPI" claim payment. That money vanished in about a month :joker:. But I wouldn't spend our actual month-to-month income like that... I think it just feels different when it's "excess" cash.

I think it is human nature to blow easy money, it takes a level of discipline not to splash out and most of us would I think, which is why I think inheritances like big lottery wins can send some people off the rails rather than helping :laugh:

The one plus the younger generation has going for this is that in the main their parents will own a property or have some money in the bank, whether they get their hands on it is another issue

[Josy]

I've been using mine the past few years to pay my dads care and any hospital fees.

[Ant.]

My mam and dad don’t have anything yet really to leave me

If they had money I’d rather they spend it themselves and lived their lives than saved it for me. I’ll be fine without it knowing they lived a full and great life.

tbh this is my approach going forward

I completely understand why people's parents leave inheritance and it's up to them on how the spend it, and while me receiving a big cheque from my mum would be what she wants and what she's thought about, I'd feel a bit sad that she could've used that money to enjoy her last years of life and rewarded herself for her hard work rather than giving it to me

That's not for me to sound grateful. I would be overwhelmed and really thankful if I did receive inheritance, but personally I'd rather my mum spends her money on herself for once in her life

[Gstar]

My grandma in Trinidad left us property and some land, which is pretty cool but I would much rather have her alive :(