In the beginning we lived right next to the city in a 3 story walk up.
Every Sunday we visited my grandfather that lived alone in the suburbs. One day he said to my dad if we moved in and my father paid the mortgage payment, when he died he would get the house.
My aunt and her family lived in the next town. We were forever over there and them over our house. Often took vacations together. We were not rich but not poor. My poor aunt was quietly struggling.
My grandfather had died and left everything to my father including a new car.
Afterwards my aunt came over and asked for the car. She really needed it seeing hers used to bread down all the time and ours was new and dependable. My father refused. He actually sold it for a lot less then it was worth.
My aunt took this to her grave and refused to have any contact with us.
So my father threw away 40 years of being with his sister.
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That’s horrible. I don’t blame your aunt. She got cut out of the house proceeds and should have had the car at least!
This happened in my husband’s family as well. His mother got shafted when his dad died, and nobody speaks to that side of the family any longer. They had all been close prior to that. Money does weird things to people.
On the other hand, I know someone whose father cut one son out of the will, and after he died my friend insisted his disinherited brother take half.
Your dad was wrong, and I’m sure that brings up all sorts of feelings for you, especially if he was generally a good guy in other ways.
u never know what things happened that made him change his mind.
That’s tough but maybe your dad found out that she was taking advantage of your grandfather financially or something. None of the answers are good ones.
Your father seemed greedy.
My MIL inherited some rural property from her dad. Her eldest sibling got nearly everything. Still, he convinced her the land was near worthless and talked her into selling to him. He turned around and resold it for multiple times what he paid her. What kind of person does that?
When someone dies and there’s value in the estate, you find out who the asshole in the family is. Sorry to hear that it was your father.