This 64-year-old man is currently battling stage four lung cancer, and he might not even have a year left.
That's why he's begun making arrangements and thinking about how to divvy up his will between his two children.
For context, he has a 30-year-old daughter and a 26-year-old son. And both of his kids reportedly wound up taking extremely different paths in life.
His daughter actually followed in the footsteps of the rest of the women in his family and dreamt of going to medical school to become a dermatologist.
Apparently, his daughter always wanted to have a successful career, and she was very passionate when it came to learning about skin conditions.
In turn, his daughter was willing to do whatever it took to make her dream come true. And that meant going for scholarships and working various jobs in order to reach her goals.
Since then, his daughter has succeeded and is now working as a dermatologist. She also makes a very generous living, garnering about $250,000 per year, and is now debt-free.
"Which is something that I am very proud of her for," he said.
His son, on the other hand, decided to give up his goal of pursuing higher education to stay home and help care for his wife- who was sick at the time.
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Apparently, his wife's health significantly declined due to leukemia around the time his son was 14 years old and his daughter was 18 years old.
So, his son has only ever worked minimum wage jobs in order to first focus on caring for his wife. Then, to focus on caring for him after he got lung cancer.
Now, he knew that his son wanted to head off to college and told his son not to worry about him and his wife. But his son still decided to focus on them for two reasons.
First, his son obviously loved him and his wife. Second, his son wanted to make sure his sister was not burdened while trying to get her education.
So, he feels extremely grateful for his son's sacrifices. But he also feels responsible for his son's life being put on hold.
That's why he ultimately decided that, after he passes away, his son will get to keep his house, all of the possessions within the house, and their car.
Additionally, his son would get 80% of whatever money is left over to use toward attending college if his son wanted to.
Then, his daughter would receive the other remaining 20% of his money, as well as his late wife's possessions and anything else his son did not inherit.
"Because I wanted to leave something but didn't think that my daughter needed the money that much since she has a well-paying job," he reasoned.
He did expect his daughter to be upset about this arrangement, too, and thought she might believe he was favoring his son. However, he really is just trying to "pay back" his son for all of the help and assistance over the years.
Still, what he did not expect was the rest of his family- especially his female family members- to call him up and accuse him of "acting misogynistic."
In fact, the rest of his family claimed that he was punishing his daughter for being successful.
So, while that really is not how he views the whole situation, he's still been left wondering whether leaving more money to his son than his daughter really makes him a jerk or not.
Does it seem like his daughter needs more than or even equal financial assistance to his son? Can you understand why he wants to make sure his son is financially stable following his death, given everything his son has sacrificed? How can he navigate this situation?
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