'You clearly don't trust us': Businesswoman Buys Her Parents a House but Refuses to Pass Them the Ownership, Leading to a Family Dispute

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Apr 1, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

It is incredibly heartwarming to read stories of kids who decide to pay back their parents for their hard work. I would like to imagine that the day that I make enough money (hopefully sooner than later), I will help my parents out the same way they helped me all these years, and I admire kids who do that.

Just like the woman in this Reddit story. As a successful businesswoman, she saw the opportunity to use the money she made and buy her parents a house, so that they could live comfortably without worrying. The only problem is, that her step-siblings (her stepdad's kids) aren't happy with the fact that the ownership of the house is still under her name. They claim that the ownership of the house should be under their dad's name, I wonder why…

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    AITA for refusing to change the ownership of the house I bought for my parents?
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    Hello. This is my first account. I'm not familiar with reddit and its formatting. I only read AITA posts on facebook and youtube. This will be my first post. I apologise in advance for the long post and my mediocre english.
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    I(33F) owned multiple businesses. I'm not really rich, but since I'm single and childless, I have a lot of spare money. I also saved a lot for my retirement, since I don't plan to marry and have children.
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    I'm the youngest of my siblings, and the one that made most money. My elder siblings sacrificed a lot for me to get education since my father passed away when I was 17. I'm forever grateful for them.
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    My step father, Dan(68M, fake name) has 10 children with his previous wife. His previous wife passed away from c◆er years ago. Dan and my mother, Susan(58F, fake name) was introduced when I was 20. I
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    don't like his family. His children are all greedy and selfish. In my country, it's our culture to give money to our parents after we started working. Poor Dan was a school principle, but he loaned a
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    lot of money for all his children, making sure they won't be trapped with student debt. In the end, his monthly pension money will be deducted from the bank to pay debts with little
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    left for their expenses. Luckily, my parents have a farm and that helped them to earn money. My step siblings always ignored him when he asked for money, and my siblings were always the one that send
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    money. My step siblings will ask for vegetables and chickens from the farm for free. They didn't even come inside Dan's house which is considered rude. They just took the things they
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    needed and left. They rarely came back to visit them, and when they did, they rarely buy groceries. I worked hard to earn money for my family. I figured if I have money, I can solve all their
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    problems and make their worries and sadness from poverty go away. Three years ago, I bought a house for them and renovated it to their liking. The house is even
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    bigger than my house and Dan's previous house. They can keep their dogs, fishes, chickens and ducks. Dan is a good person, he helped me and my siblings when we were very poor. I paid for the house maintenance,
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    hired housekeepers, and bought groceries every month. I gave them pocket money every month too. I made sure they would never lack of anything or need to work hard again, and all they need to do is relax in their old age.
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    My step siblings started to come frequently, stayed there at weekends and ate the groceries that I bought. All the groceries are high quality, I only buy the best for my parents.", they don't even cook, they expect my
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    mother to cook for them. If not for the two housekeepers, my mother will be tired keeping the house clean because all of them are lazy a es. Their children throw snacks on the floor. Me
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    and my siblings appeared amicable with my step siblings, but we expressed our disapproval behind their backs. We know they do the same. They're two faces after all. They even asked for some money
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    from my step father sometimes, the pocket money that I gave to him every month. My step father will always give some of his money every time, much to my frustration. They're are literally chef, accountants, manager and teachers.
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    A week ago, I came back alone to my hometown and stayed in my parents house. I came to see if my parents lack anything in the house, and to see the dogs and two cats. Three of my step siblings were there, with their
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    family. We all talked for a bit in the living room, and then the topic of the house ownership came up. Apparently, my step brother thought the house is on Dan's name. I told them the house is still on my name. They
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    got upset and passive aggressively said I don't trust or care about Dan or my mother. I asked why does it matter since Dan and my mother live a comfortable life and I would never kick them out. Dan, being
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    a passive aggressive individual himself, shut them out and praised me, saying that I'm not his daughter but still do more. They were offended and went home that night. They have been making passive aggressive
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    posts about being controlling on Facebook ever since. My siblings made passive aggressive posts as well, most of it are mocking quotes about greedy and shameless people.
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    AITA for refusing to change the ownership of the house? Does it matter when I managed everything in the house?
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    MagicalTrevor42021. 3 hr. ago NTA. The step-beasts want to get a loan on the house, and you messed up their plan.
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    Spiritual_Cup6769 OP. 3 hr. ago Thank you. They accused me of being controlling which is ridiculous in the first place.
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    Trailsya 2 hr. ago ΝΤΑ Don't ever EVER change ownership of that house. They probably hope to inherit it.
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    Tell them to buy a house for their father next time they dare say anything about this. They are greedy c❤er. If they really start pestering you, tell Dan and your mother, you can no longer give them money as they are hossing you and using the money.
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    zippdupp 2 hr. ago Nta and this is super by but I'd be 'renovating' the guests bedrooms so the step siblings can't stay or at the very least, not so many can stay. A dropsheet covering the furniture, a can of paint
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    and a ladder. These can easily be moved for welcome guests, but a great excuse why the leeches can't stay. The inside joke is You can just go round in circles blaming you,step dad and mum as to why these
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    renovations are taking so long. Ps, open the can of paint just before they arrive and the whole room will stink.
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    Spiritual_Cup6769 OP. 1 hr. ago There are 6 guestrooms that I renovated. Three for them, and three for us. I renovated their guest rooms less better than ours. I made sure to
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    lock our guestrooms. They complained once that since they have many siblings, they should get more room. My mother told me Dan snapped at them and told them to stop complaining.
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