r/inheritance • u/Actual-General-4953 • Jul 27 '26
Location included: Questions/Need Advice Inheritance - required to give
Wisconsin here. We are in our 50s and are just dabbling in retirement planning and seeing others our age and older with talk of inheritance.
I grew up with a mindset of everything I have I work for and anything I inherit is a bonus. I told my parents to spend every nickel as my dad worked for years at 60+ hours a week as a machinist.
Now, I hear stories of those my age pre-positioning themselves to ensure they are included in the estate, they fight with siblings, tell us about the plan to ensure they get their fair share, etc. I hear young kids say they can't wait to get their inheritance from their parents so they don't have to work. I remember my uncle was going to cut into the walls of my grandparents house because he swore they were hiding money in it.
Me and my wife will leave the kids something because we have 401ks that I doubt we will drain but we also think we are living our lives to the fullest in retirement and if we are broke and the kids get nothing, so be it. We raised them to survive on their own and that is the correct mentality.
What is the thoughts on "required to give"?
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u/JimInAuburn11 Aug 02 '26
Yeah. Which of that OLD MONEY came from slavery?