Father splits the assets in his will equally among his 2 daughters and son, wife says it's not fair because of wealth inequality: ‘They're all my kids’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Nov 22, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Nobody wants to think about where their things will go when they leave this world, but it's essential to settle and divvy up your assets when you're still of sound mind. You don't want to be far into old age still trying to figure out whether daughter #1 gets your china set and if son #2 is capable of settling the deed on the family home.

One thing you'll learn in this life is that it's difficult to please everyone. No matter which route you take in anything, whether it is altruistic or completely selfish, someone will object to your choices. It is up to you to tune out these objections; otherwise, you might be making decisions that are not in your best interests or in the interests of the ones you hold close to your heart.

This next story is a testament to standing your ground when faced with moral dilemmas. After a man's good friend has a health scare, he began thinking about his own life and how it could be cut short at any moment. So, he decides to get his will settled. His two daughters are financially comfortable, while his son his less so. Even still, he decides to divvy up his assets equally. Seems fair; the siblings can determine asset distribution amongst themselves after he is gone. His wife disagrees. What do you think? Scroll to read.

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    "AITAH for splitting my will equally between my kids?"

    Last month my best friend had a health scare while I was hanging out with him, I took him immediately to the
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    hospital of course but it was thankfully nothing that serious and he went home the same day, it woke me up tho and I
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    realised that anything could happen any time and I could probably drop dead right now. I've never really thought about my
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    will like that so I drew up one with my lawyer, I have 2 daughters and a son, both of my daughters are way better off financially
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    than their brother, they're both doctors and they both make a bit over 200k a year and they're
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    both married to good young men with good jobs that also both make 6 figures. My son however was never a
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    school kinda kid, he did things more with his hands, he's a car mechanic and he works with a good buddy of
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    mine, the pay isn't the best but he likes the work, I didn't really intervene with it but I was never really happy about the path he took.
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    I ended up dividing my estate into three equal parts, I think it's just fair and they're all my kids and I love them all the
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    same. My wife on the other hand thinks it's not fair, she says our daughters are doing great without our help and our
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    son would need the help much more especially our house since they both already have a house of their own while our son is
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    renting, I told her that'd be me punishing my daughters for working hard and doing good in life, to me he had the
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    same opportunity to have the same success as his sisters but he chose a different path which is fine but he knew this
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    wouldn't give him the same life style as them and that's on him. I also don't want my daughters
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    hating me after I'm gone for favouring him over them because I really love them all the same. Am I the asshole?
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    last will and testament printed on white paper
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    AlternativeWheel3302 NTA. Treat your kids equally and fairly regardless of their socioeconomic status.
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    Suspicious-Bar-4737 That's the plan
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    wacky_spa If you do what your wife wants, you will alienate your daughters from your son forever. If you do what you want they might argue but as time passes realise it's fair.
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    clearheaded01 NTA Even split is fair. Dont punish your daugters because they have good jobs...
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    Suspicious-Bar-4737 That's the plan, I'd hate for them to hate me after I'm gone
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