Grandmother bequeaths wedding ring to granddaughter, only for grandson’s entitled fiancee to try to steal it, she refuses to give it up: “You’re being selfish”

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    My (29F) grandmother had a beautiful heirloom wedding ring that she always said would stay in the family. Before she passed away, she told me she wanted me to have it because I was the only granddaughter and we were extremely close. I've had it for years and planned to wear it when I got married one day.
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    Enter my brother (31M) and his fiancée (26F). They recently got engaged, and my brother just assumed that the ring would go to him to propose with. I was blindsided when he asked me to hand it over, saying it was "tradition" for the oldest sibling to have it first. Apparently, our mom
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    had told his fiancée years ago that she would get the ring, even though no one ever asked me.
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    I told them no and that Grandma gave it to me, and I wasn't willing to part with it. My brother's fiancée started crying, saying she'd been dreaming of that ring for years and that I was being selfish for holding onto something I wasn't even using yet. My brother accused me of ruining a special moment for him
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    and his future wife, and now my family is pressuring me to "do the right thing."
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    MAAA
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    AITA for refusing to give up my grandmother's wedding ring, even though my brother's fiancée thought it would be hers?
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    Icy_Position_7555 • 9h ago Ntah. Your grandmother gave it to you. Thats all there is to it. "No, grandma gave it to me" is answer enough!
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    Summer TimeRedSea • 9h ago First, If you keep it, it will stay in your family forever, if you give her, she will sell the ring after the divorce.
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    You don't mess with someone last wishes, if your grand mother wanted your brother to have the ring, she would have gave it to him not you.
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    NTA at all. And tell you SIL that the only selfish person is the one trying to disrespect your grand-ma last wishes.
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    need 10Hsleep • 9h ago NTA. Honor your grandma's wish for you to keep it. Don't allow yourself to be pressured by your family into giving it up.
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    NotShockedFruitWe... • 9h ago NTA.Get a safety deposit box and put it in there. Otherwise it will go "missing" and end up on brother's fianceé's finger
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    Lazy-Instruction-600 • 9h ago NTA. She gave possession of the ring to you. She didn't give it to the eldest child. No. She gave it to the only female in the family line to keep the ring in HER bloodline. Your mom is an AH for getting up
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    your brother and his fiancee's hopes when she should have asked you first.
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    Abby_Rain_87 •9h ago If it was meant to go to your brother then your mom would have had it your grandmother gave it to you NTA
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    Mlady_gemstone • 9h ago our mom had told his fiancée years ago that she would get the ring its not your mothers to give. NTA, it was your grandmother's ring, SHE gave
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    it to you, as was her right since it was her property. your mother, brother, & stbSIL have no say on the matter at all. keep your ring but for now, i would be getting a safe box at the bank to put it in for it to stay safe, because i wouldn't be shocked if they broken in to steal it.
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    Fernfrosted 5h ago nah u're not the a hole, it was literally given to u. ur brother n his fiancée don't get to just claim it bc they thought it would be theirs.
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    HoshiJones 9h ago What nonsense. What kind of family sticks their collective nose into something like this?
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    If this is real, you're obviously NTA. It's your ring, your grandmother gave it to you. How could you be the ah le for keeping what she gave you?
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    killamanjaro786 • 9h ago Does that Heffer not have a grandma of her own. Let her own grandma give her a ring.
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    Your brother and you are equally your grandma's relatives and guess what, gramma gave it to YOU. SHE HAD all the opportunity to give it to your brother if that's what she wanted to do. But she didn't. She gave it to YOU
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    Your mom is dumb to want to give a ring to someone who could divorce the fam and the ring for rice-a-roni

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