His wife’s jewellery amounted to more than $100,000 (£81,000) (Picture: Getty Images)
The discussion surrounding inheritance is always tricky.
When a loved one passes, all that’s physically left is their belongings – and inheriting something of theirs can be a warming reminder of their memory, even if it’s as simple as an item of their clothing or a framed photograph.
But when there’s disagreement, family talks can get heated. And that’s certainly been the case for one father who has refused to give his daughter her late mother’s jewellery until she’s better with her finances.
‘My wife passed three years ago and she owned really expensive jewellery’, the concerned father’s Reddit post reads. ‘In total I would think it cost more than $100,000 (around £81,000). A lot is passed down and she would save for years to buy an expensive piece.
‘My daughter, 27, is bad with money. She works with commission so her cash flow is different each month. One month she makes a ton and the next she is broke and sells what she bought last month.
‘She will spend all her money and then have to sell to make ends meet next month. I have tried to get her to be responsible with money but she is an adult and there isn’t much I can do.’
After the dad watching ‘this dance for years’, the daughter has now asked when she’ll be able to ‘take’ her mum’s jewellery – and it hasn’t gone down well.
‘I told her I would prefer to keep it at my home. This started an argument about how I am not using it. I told her she will never get her jewellery unless she changes’, the post continued.
‘That I would prefer to keep it in a box then let her sell it when she f*cks up her money again. She called me a jerk and my wife’s family is getting involved.’
Adding that when his wife passed, everything was left to him, he reassured users that his daughter has ‘no claim on them’ and that he ‘would hand them over if she wouldn’t sell them.’
Many were sympathetic to his cause, arguing that he has ‘every right’ to withhold the expensive goods.
‘It’s all in your name. You have every right to have your say’, one user wrote.
‘I’m sure there is a lot of sentiment attached to your wife’s jewellery and your daughter doesn’t appear to be (at least presently) the type to appreciate it for what it is.’
‘That jewellery will be gone in a month. The fact that she said “you’re not using it” implies she intends to make use of it’, another warned.
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Others had more practical suggestions, including giving her ‘one single piece of jewellery’ as a test or trial run.
‘One that is not too sentimental or hugely valuable and see how she does with it. If she still has it a year later, maybe she gets another piece’, the user advised.
‘Maybe I’m crazy but I would get a fake replica made of ONE and give it to her’, another slightly more chaotic suggestion read. ‘See how long she lasts before she starts calling about how she tried to sell it and it’s fake.’
‘You know that she wants it to sell it’, someone else chimed. ‘I would just bypass her completely and gift it to a grandchild.’
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One father is in a sticky discussion surrounding inheritance.