A man’s family life has been turned upside down after he laid down the law over what he believed she should inherit – triggering a huge storm of comments online
A father and his family are at loggerheads after they accused him of stealing and hiding a precious heirloom.
Inheritance and wills are a point of contention among many families. But one 35-year-old certainly hasn’t shied away from laying down what’s rightfully his daughter’s, even if it means ruining relations forever.
The unnamed man who lives with his wife, Tammy, and their four-year-old daughter, Leana, explained his child was named after his grandmother, who passed way when he was seven – but not before expressing one last wish, he claims. Taking to Reddit, he explained: “My Nana was very sick for awhile and towards the end of her life she expressed that one of her regrets in life was never having a daughter to pass down the family pendant to that was given to her by her mother.
“I told my nana that I would have a daughter for her so that the pendant could be passed on and she seemed really happy about that. When she passed, my grandfather got the pendant and told me that it will go to whatever daughter I had. And it was kind of our half joke/half serious understanding that we openly talked about for years.”
The story became more complicated when the man was 12 years old, when his dad cheated on his mum and got another woman pregnant. Family events have been strained ever since, and things only became trickier when the grandfather passed away – leaving him some money and the pendant.
“A couple of days ago and I showed Leana my Nana’s pendant and she loved it,” he said. “Tammy took a picture of Leana with it and posted it on social media. It got back to Jessica [my dad’s daughter], and I guess my dad filled in the info gaps and is upset that she didn’t get the pendant.
“My dad’s other woman is calling me a thief, that I knew I was wrong which is why I ‘hid’ it and is demanding that I give Jessica the pendant as it’s rightfully hers and I’m refusing. She never even met my Nana, never expressed interest in learning about her, never once asked about the pendant, and as far as I know has no legal claim as it was technically willed to me. Am I the a******?”
The post was quick rack up hundreds of comments, with many users jumping to the man’s defence. One wrote: “I would engage as little as possible over this. The item is, quite simply, yours.”
Another added: “The pendant is just one more thing that the other woman wants to take that is yours. First of all she took your father away from your family and now she wants the pendant that also belongs to you.”
A third chimed in: “You didn’t steal it. The pendant is rightfully yours to do with what you please. Amazing how some people always want to take everything that is not theirs.”
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