'He wants you to leave money to his ADULT kids?': Stepmother leaves her entire inheritance to her bio children, gets questioned by her husband of two years because his 4 children aren't included

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 12, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

When it comes to inheritance, nobody's happy with their lot. Whether you're rich and distributing millions of dollars worth of assets or you're a regular ol' person with a few bonds to cash out, it seems like whoever is listed in your will is willing to throw hands over their 'measly' earnings–as if profiting from your demise was the goal all along. 

The woman in our next story realized some disheartening news when her husband of two years showed his true colors. After battling cancer for decades, the original poster of this story (a 51-year-old mother of two) decided to create a last will and testament that included only her bio children. Outraged that his herem of 4 adult children from a previous marriage wasn't included in his wife's will, the raging husband threw a tantrum that revealed a little too much about his money-grubbing character. 

Moral of the story? Blood is thicker than water…

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    Last Will and Testament Last will and Testament of Jane Doe ), a resident of Mignow (City), Slayou memory, do make, publish and decla all previous wills and codicils m
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    AITA for leaving everything to my bio children and none to my step? Not the 151f have been battling cancer since I was 28. It's came back 3 times, and now I am at a point in my life where I am "comfortably" living with cancer. I
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    have 2 daughters in theirs 20, with children one being widowed. I remarried 2 years ago to a man with 4 children, one still living at home with us(he's 19.) It's been weighing heavy on my Mind to make sure
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    everything's in order in case of the worst and I had told my husband I had planned to leave everything to my children and grandchildren. I wanted to make sure they were set He got upset and said that was
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    horrible bc I married a man knowing he had children. That what I was doing was horrible and would make them feel unloved. I love my stepchildren like my own, but one of my daughter are a 29 y.o widow with 3 young children. My
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    husband is an oral surgeon he makes great money, and what he chooses to do with it after he passes is up to him. He's been very upset by this and has not been talking to me and he even told his eldest daughter who's also had many tragedies in her life, and
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    she brought it up when she stopped by the house she was also upset by this. I don't have much to offer, not like my husband but I don't see the big deal, I don't want their feelings hurt. My husband says it's the principal I married a man with children. AITA?
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    Artistic_Thought7309. 20 hr. ago Pooperintendant [57] He may be a high earner as an oral surgeon, but i would not be surprised if he married you for money. Of your 51 years of life, this man has not been in 49 of
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    those. It sounds like with exception of the 19 yo, all his other three children are adults. Why on earth would they expect to be part of the will of a woman they only met 2 years ago when they were already grown ups?
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    I believe you need to revisit this relationship. As Maya Angelou said "when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time..." NTA and get well!
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    HeathFromHR. 19 hr. ago Major NTA. There's some entitlement here that would scare the heck out of me from a partner you've been married to for 2 years. How long had you been together prior to marriage? If it's not a long
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    time, I'd genuinely be concerned. If I were marrying late in life, with adult or almost adult children, I'd also have assumed we were each responsible for our own kids. I
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    think the general population would feel the same way. Especially when it sounds like your partner has more than you to leave behind - was he planning on splitting his estate among his bio & step kids like he expects of you?
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    Idk how else to say it, but take care of the inheritance plan/will writing soon. Also... do you have life insurance? Who is the beneficiary? If you didn't list one, depending on your state, it may automatically be your spouse. I'd probably be making sure that's going to your kids equally as well.
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    Alternative_One_2709 OP 19 hr. ago Thank you for some tips, I've already been researching recently. We were together a year and a half before marriage but we had been in the same support group for many years so we knew each other and would get coffee sometimes or lunch.
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    GhostParty21 · 20 hr. ago Enthusiast [7] You've been married for two years and he wants you to leave money to his kids? His adult kids? LOLOLOL.
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    Is he planning on leaving money to your kids? I'm willing to bet he's not. And I guarantee you if you pass before him your kids won't see a dime. He's an oral surgeon. He makes good coin. He can take care of his own adult kids if he wants to.
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    Travel8053 19 hr. ago Also why DF did he TELL his kid they were left nothing.. For one thing its none of their business what they get on your passing and it's going to cause drama I'm not telling a soul what they get from my inheritance beforehand
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    Birdsonme 18 hr. ago He's starting drama trying to guilt her into giving his kids money. Disgusting. This poor woman
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    dart1126 20 hr. ago. edited 17 hr. ago Supreme Court Just- [101] NTA he got upset and said you were horrible?!? He told one of his kids? Ask to see his will, beneficiary designations...right now. I doubt your kids are on there. Rightfully so. You've been married for two years and you both have adult children. Just... no.
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    Kris82868 20 hr. ago . edited 20 hr. ago Commander in Cheeks [219] NTA. You married a man who had a 17 year old and 3 grown children, didn't even raise them and your husband thinks your supposed to give them what you'd pass on to your daughters and grandkids???? That makes no sense to me.
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    Stunning-Campaign973 19 hr. ago Absolutely NTA! Please, please, do NOT change your mind about the will! You have been married ONLY 2 YEARS! You did not raise his children from little up! Additionally, while you say
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    that you love his kids like your own, that cannot possibly be true. If it is, there is something seriously wrong with you, and I don't mean the cancer. Having cancer, you most likely will die
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    before he does, and if you think that he is going to ensure that your children are taken care of in his will, let me sell you some property in Shangri-la. You will be gone. He will quickly find
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    your replacement, and then you kids will have nobody and nothing. If he is like this now, good luck in the future! CHOOSE YOUR CHILDREN, PLEASE! He is an enormous A.H.!
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