RULE 5a
Once they’ve gone, you can’t ask questions
If you can master Rule 4, it might make this one a little bit easier. It’s very common for parents to die and not split their money equally between their children and/or grandchildren. And when it happens, they’re not there to give you an explanation. So you probably assume that they never loved you as much as your brother or sister, the other side of the family or something of the kind.
Look, there are lots of reasons why parents might love their children equally, but not split the money equally. Probably the most common of these are that, in their eyes:
- one of the children needs the money much more
- one of the children has been given much more already
- one of the children has done far more ...
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