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Asking Eric: We Like to Treat Friends to Dinner, but This Latest Trend Is Annoying
Stepmother considers excluding estranged younger stepson from inherited land due to his long-term disruptive behavior, while husband favors equal division among all children.
- Stepmother inherited land from her father and must decide whether to include the younger stepson, while her husband urges splitting the land equally among their four children.
- As soon as the younger stepson reached adulthood, tensions started and have persisted for years with fights around holidays and refusals to attend family gatherings.
- At a birthday dinner that 'took the cake' the conflict escalated after an outing planned three weeks in advance, with the friend’s wife boxing much of her entrée to take home.
- The columnist advised that a contentious son need not inherit and recommended asking her husband and the younger stepson to explain their stances to avoid conflict.
- Inheritance decisions are rarely a remedy for fractured relationships, the columnist advised, noting it may be better to distribute the land according to relationships than by an automatic equal split.
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Asking Eric: Stepmother unsure about giving quarrelsome stepson inheritance
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right0Center19Last UpdatedBias Distribution79% Center
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