Arguing about money
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We went to some friends house for lunch yesterday, helluva atmosphere as soon as we stepped through the door.
They have a daughter, his step daughter, who is 29, about to be 30 and the wife wants to give her £10,000 from their joint account as a birthday present. He says she earns £100,000+. has had 4 very extravagant holidays in the past 12 months, uses weed and coke and is generally one of the most objectionable people you could meet. He says, she doesnt deserve anything and appreciates nothing.
This argument was in full flow when we got there and we were asked the inevitable question 'what do you think'.
The bad conversation turned worse when we heard that a mutual friend, a man, has developed alzheimers and the doctor has warned her that very soon he will not know her and could turn violent. His wife has told the two women in the group that if this happens she will ensure that all the money and investments, including the house, will be turned into her name and then sold. She will then take the husband to a hospital and leave him there and then do her best to disappear, abroad if neccessary, with every penny of the cash.
The two women thought that this was perfectly reasonable, us two blokes thought WTF, we took some beers and went into the garden.
We went back in after an hour and all we got was - 'are you back in the real world yet?'
Who is being unreasonable here?
They have a daughter, his step daughter, who is 29, about to be 30 and the wife wants to give her £10,000 from their joint account as a birthday present. He says she earns £100,000+. has had 4 very extravagant holidays in the past 12 months, uses weed and coke and is generally one of the most objectionable people you could meet. He says, she doesnt deserve anything and appreciates nothing.
This argument was in full flow when we got there and we were asked the inevitable question 'what do you think'.
The bad conversation turned worse when we heard that a mutual friend, a man, has developed alzheimers and the doctor has warned her that very soon he will not know her and could turn violent. His wife has told the two women in the group that if this happens she will ensure that all the money and investments, including the house, will be turned into her name and then sold. She will then take the husband to a hospital and leave him there and then do her best to disappear, abroad if neccessary, with every penny of the cash.
The two women thought that this was perfectly reasonable, us two blokes thought WTF, we took some beers and went into the garden.
We went back in after an hour and all we got was - 'are you back in the real world yet?'
Who is being unreasonable here?
The daughter is a partner of a PR company, part of the reason for the birthday gift may be guilt money and to do with the daughter not egtting along with her step father.
We didnt give a response to the 'what would you do' question, none of our business. The daughter lives 100+ miles away, hasn't been home for 6 years.
Personally, I would be more alarmed at the thought that one partner could dump a mentally ill partner that the issue of the daughter and her money.
We didnt give a response to the 'what would you do' question, none of our business. The daughter lives 100+ miles away, hasn't been home for 6 years.
Personally, I would be more alarmed at the thought that one partner could dump a mentally ill partner that the issue of the daughter and her money.
Edited by Robbo 27 on Monday 20th May 19:35
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