AITA for being the reason my grandparents refuse to help my dad anymore and laughing when he and his wife complained about it?
A 16-year-old boy discovered his father planned to take the inheritance left by his late mother to fund an expensive treatment for his half-sister, despite it being specifically allocated for the boy’s future. When the boy refused, his father insisted on using the money anyway, calling him selfish for prioritizing college.
The boy told his grandparents—his late mom’s parents—about the situation, leading them to cut off all support to the father. Now angry, the father confronted the boy, only to be met with laughter and the reminder that the boy warned him he would never forgive the betrayal. Read the original story below…
‘ AITA for being the reason my grandparents refuse to help my dad anymore and laughing when he and his wife complained about it?’
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This story highlights complex family dynamics, the importance of boundaries, and difficult choices involving money and relationships. Was the son justified in involving his grandparents, or should he have handled it differently?
Yhe father should find a way to pay for his other child medical expenses not take from a child who inherited from his mother that child is not responsible for Dad’s other kids medical bills so no you are not the AH
NTA. Personally, I would retain at attorney with the help of my grandparents. I’d litigate my father and step-mother in court for stealing what my deceased mother left for me. It’s not his or anyone else’s. It’s yours, and a legal document says so. He will have to pay your attorney’s fees as well. Make him give you back the gift your mom left for you.
NTA. That money was for the OP for his needs. That could be college, that could be any number of things. What if OP gets ill himself and NEEDS medical himself? The mom wanted to make sure he was taken care of, she just should have put less faith in her husband and had the trust connected to someone else. Father obviously cares about his new family more, especially when he so heartlessly throws his dead wife around with the defense for his actions.
Whether or not tis is F**e the inheritance was just taken. To me this shows that Dad has probably been funneling money from the “family” to the youngest daughter – to include borrowing from Grandparents. Nothing was said about repayment or replacing it . So Dad is taking advantage of his son and never planning on replacing what he stole. Sch a bad example. Take Dad to court- it is his son’s money and he has no intention of EVER replacing it.
There are right and wrong ways to go about things but I disagree with the boy if there is a potential cure for his sisters illness and there for her quality of life and he stands in the way of it it’s unforgivable in my eyes if I was the dad i would say we are using the money but we will repay you if you don’t agree you are disowned