Posted on 03/17/2023 8:35:35 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
The idea of a kid suing their parents might seem kind of crazy and depending on which culture you come from, pretty darn ungrateful. After all, they were the people who brought you into this world and presumably fed you, clothed you, housed you, and raised you.
Of course, it could also be argued that if your kid grows up to want to sue you, it's probably a result of one of three things: you either did a crumby job raising them, they got influenced by some type of external groups of people/ideologies that turned them into scumbags, or, you deserved it.
And there are a lot of Redditors who believe the latter is the case for this one woman, who said that she ended up suing her family for college money that was left to her by her great-aunt. According to @Accomplish_Bar5656, she comes from a cultural background that doesn't really put a lot of emphasis on female education.
OP's Great Aunt thought that was a bunch of malarkey so she made sure to leave behind a ton of money for various female relatives so they could use it to go to school. OP's mother and father had access to these funds and decided it wasn't a big deal if they needed some of the cash to pay for other things, like her brother's wedding.
She only discovered this when it was time for her to go to school and saw that there was only about $13,000 left of her cash share to go to college. Livid, she took out loans and moved out of her parent's house. She says that as a result she's become the "shame" of her family as a result.
(Excerpt) Read more at distractify.com ...
Check out the link for more on the story. No I don't have any "interest" in Distractify. However, they put forth a more comprehensive article with imbedded comments.
Foreign cultures have some strange rules regarding kids and parents. I know several people that are supporting their parents financially because it is part of their culture.
She needs to go see FJB and his wife, Dr. Jill. They’ve got all kinds of money to send idiots to college.
“So the parents spent most of her college money on what they wanted (without asking her permission), plus they did the same with her sister’s fund. Seems like her parents lack morals.”
So, it is their money. Your morals suck since you think children should dictate what parents do with their own money.
Muslims?..................
“So, it is their money. Your morals suck since you think children should dictate what parents do with their own money.”
No it was not their money, it was inheritance from her deceased Great Aunt specifically for her to go to college which the parents pilfered.
It doesn't sound that way. Great Aunt made HER money available for college funding. What vehicle...it doesn't say other than inheritance in some account...which the parents "managed to get access to." It could be a case of theft. Also, asking permission should have been their first step if they intended non-college funding expenditures.
My opinion the girl's lawsuit may have merit.
Slightly off topic, but I think many woke American feminists think that America is ruled by a patriarchy which disrespects women and tries to keep them down.
The posted story is about a different culture. Which seems to disrespect women and tries to keep them down. The people who seem shocked by how the money was spent seem to have grown up in the American culture. Which is an indication that the American culture respects women and is happy to see them get ahead. But other cultures don’t. So maybe America isn’t such a patriarchy after all.
If you had read the article, you would know the funds were left for the nieces for college. The parents were, in effect, holding it “in trust”.
It was not their money to spend however they wished.
The Aunt left the money to the girls.
The parents were custodians of that money. It was not theirs.
Since my husband and I already planned to pay for the first two years of college for each child, we needed help with getting them cars.
My father left $5K for each of my kids. We bought them good, used cars when they graduated high school. The kids knew the car was from Grandpa and were okay with it.
I hope she gets the money back.
No, it was her money, willed to her.
It wasn’t spent for her benefit. It was spent for their benefit.
They were custodians of that inheritance. It was not theirs to spend.
I don't think you read the post completely. According to the post, the money was left to the child by a great aunt specifically to pay for her schooling. Apparently, the parents had access to the fund (presumably because she was a minor at the time she received the money), and the parents helped themselves to it to pay for other things.
I support the parents here. Brother’s wedding is more important than some useless women’s studies college degree that will turn her into a man-hating harridan. Long live the parents.
Normally, I would be with the parents. Not in this case.
The aunt left her niece HER money and specified what it was to be used for. That was not the parents’ money to use as they wished. That was the daughter’s money at that point.
The parents then stole from her by spending it on what they wanted to spend it on. That’s not OK. The daughter has every moral right to be pissed off about this and she’s got a good legal case too.
I thought the bride’s parents pay for the wedding?
So does your stupid attitude. It's not their money and never was. go read the article and get back with us......
In two of the cases, they married American women. That can be a bit hard to explain especially if the parents are capable of working.
The great aunt should have locked that money up legally for the niece. Shame on the parents for spending it but legally what can be done?
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