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Money can sometimes create a lot of tension within families, especially when someone dies and there’s talk of inheritance or life insurance money.
One woman whose husband passed away aged 26 in December was left a “substantial” amount in life insurance – but now her parents feel they have a claim to it.
The anonymous woman explained the situation on a popular Reddit forum, and asked whether she was being unreasonable about not wanting them to have all the money.
She is facing a dilemma because they helped her when her husband was sick, but thinks they are asking for disproportionate” amount to pay off their mortgage.
She explained: “My husband was sick for a very long time and toward the end I needed help and my parents offered to help me and allowed us to move into their home.
“Now that my husband has died and I have money my parents are expecting me to use all the funds I received to pay off their mortgage. I know that if I do pay off their mortgage I’m never going to see that money again.”
The woman has a “bad feeling about it” and despite her being “extremely thankful for their help,” she feels it’s “disproportionate”. She added: “My husband and I moved in less than a year ago and the whole time I’ve been living here I have paid rent and I have helped with utilities and groceries (in short I haven’t been a freeloader or a burden).
