Entitled sister wishes she had the money her sister's orphan husband inherited after his parents passed when he was 17, sister kicks her out of her house for her insensitivity: 'She said he had no idea how lucky he was to be rich'

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Mar 22, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

Anyone who has lost someone close to them knows that inheritance is no compensation for the loss. If you've never lost a parent, sibling, or close grandparent, it might be difficult to conceptualize how money cannot fill the hole in your heart. It's much easier to be secretly cavalier about inheritance money, secretly dreaming of a significant sum of cash getting transferred directly to your direct deposit if you've never had a loss that rocked your world and affected you for years or even the rest of your life. It is insulting to think that any amount of money will heal an unimaginable loss to most. 

Even if you have thoughts like, "Wouldn't it be nice to get a lot of money from Grandpa after he passes? " You are hopefully socially couth enough not to share those thoughts in front of Grandpa during Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, not everybody has such instincts. 

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  • The sister in this story is beyond insensitive. Her sister's husband lost both of his parents in a horrible accident when he was 17, and got a lot of money from that. This young woman had the bright idea to tell him that he had no idea how lucky he was to have that money. 

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    AITA for kicking my sister out of my house for telling my husband he's so lucky to be rich?

    My husband lost both of his parents when he was 17. Their deaths were preventable and others di d alongside them and because of this a lawsuit followed and at a young age my husband
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    found himself orphaned but wealthy. But I think we can all understand that this money wasn't some great thing that he celebrated because it came at a huge loss for him; his parents.
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    We met a few years after he was awarded the money and we got married after dating for four years. We're now the proud parents to our three kids and we have a stable life. We're very comfortable and few know exactly how much my husband actually has. He's very smart with
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    his money and not only invests but looks to our future and the future of each of our children. We both still work very hard but the money means we are also very fortunate.
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    My family (parents and sister) is aware that my husband's parents are de d. They also know about the lawsuit and that money was paid to the family members. They have no idea how much my husband has. Not my parents and definitely not my sister. But they know and were told how he'd give it all away to have his parents back.
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    Which is why I reacted strongly when my sister made the comment she did.
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    We had my family over for dinner. My sister mentioned wanting to bring her boyfriend for any future dinners and everyone was talking about that. Then my sister mentioned wanting to go away with her boyfriend for the weekend and how they were saving up to go. She said it was a
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    big step because they were also talking about moving in with each other. My husband mentioned we had gone to the place they were talking about going to and they'd have a great time. She said she hoped so but she wouldn't have the same kind of money he does.
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    He told her we did nothing fancy there (which is 100% true). My parents wanted to know when they were thinking of moving in together. Things were going fine. Then my sister out of nowhere. said to my husband the least he could do was offer them the money for the weekend away since he could afford it. I shut her
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    down and said she wasn't entitled to other people paying for her trips with her boyfriend. My sister responded that he could afford to send them for a month if he wanted to. My husband told her that was a big ask and she snapped at him and said he had no idea how lucky he was to be rich because she'd give anything to have that kind of money.
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    The insensitivity of the comment enraged me and I told my sister she needed to leave. I made sure to get her a out that door too because I wasn't tolerating that BS. My sister has told me almost every day since that I overreacted and throwing her out was OTT. I told her I don't want to hear anything but a sincere apology from her to my husband and until that point she can stay out of my house.
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    My husband said I didn't need to stand by that and he didn't want to come between us. I told him he wasn't coming between us. She was. AITA for my actions and am I being too harsh here? I just thinking that comment is downright cruel and vicious when you consider my husband had to be orphaned to get that money.
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    No-Plantain9719 Absolutely not the a_h_le your sister is basically having a death wish for your parents for "that kind of money" descipicable.
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    EllieAnastacia Agree. She is only thinking abt money the moment she said "give anything" for that money
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    perpetuallyxhausted Right? I'd have responded "you're actually saying you'd trade your parents lives just for that money?" And then never invite her to any family gathering ever again because it clearly doesn't mean anything to her if she's willing to sell them out for a quick buck.
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    unotruejen Yeah yo say that to him is horrible to say it with your own parents sitting there makes it even more so and I would have had to tell mom and dad that she would trade their lives for money. Insane.
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    Dry_Calligrapher_313 This is exactly what I was thinking! Like "hey parents, I'd prefer if you did in a way that resulted in a successful lawsuit so I could go away with my boyfriend without saving for it".
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    The level of privilege in it is shocking, doesn't seem that she's considered for a second the impact of losing both his parents has had that money can't compensate for.
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    SockMaster9273 NTA "Must be nice being rich" Must be nice having loving parents that care about you and are there for you.
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    Loud-Engineer-4348 Clearly NTA. Your sister has delusions of entitlement. AND, your husband is great!
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    Minimum Marzipan_459 Agree with all you've said and would just like to add that OP is also awesome for standing on business for her husband and also letting him know that he has no fault in the fall out either!
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    One-Recipe-7423 Absolutely not the ah le OP. My boyfriend unfortunately lost his mother 2 years ago. Its been hard. He's inherited part of the house and we'll be buying the other half at a very discounted price. In this market, we're very thankful. But lucky? Man, if his mom could come back to life and throw us and all our sh out of her house, I would give it all away with great joy. Very sorry for you're husband's loss. Outside of that comment, it was weird of her to ask that he pays for her tr
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