Entitled cousin with five kids gets a reality check upon demanding an equal portion of inheritance

It is common to see people fighting over inheritances, especially if it is divided unequally between the descendants. It can create serious disputes among family members and give rise to other familial issues. One Reddit user took to the online community to share how they decided not to give a portion of their inheritance to a cousin with five kids and they had a perfectly good reason for doing so.

The person detailed what happened after their grandparents passed away. They have 4 cousins and one of them is called Eve, who has five kids with four different men. Their grandmother was not on good terms with Eve since her first child was born when she was just 15. After the grandparents' demise, the estate lawyers who were in charge of executing the grandparents' will summoned the entire family to read it.

"We all read it out and find out that my grandparents left their grandchildren, not great-grandchildren, equal parts of their estate. In total, each grandchild got about 1.2 million in inheritance after taxes through stocks, land, etc. Except for Eve. My grandparents had made it so that her share of the will was to be divided up between Eve and her children," the Reddit post mentioned. "Once the lawyers left, Eve stood up and demanded that the grandchildren pool their inheritances and split it evenly between both them and Eves's kids. I'm the only one who stood up to her and I plainly stated that I won't be giving her anything and that this was her problem, not ours."

But Eve wasn't ready to quit and continued to bother her cousins and siblings afterward. Eve's parents and siblings asked the Reddit user not to "deprive Eve of her rightful share of the inheritance just because she wanted to become a mother." They were also upset that the will left by the grandparents wasn't fair. "I've blocked them all, but Eve must be hounding my other cousins as well because they're beginning to give in. This has left me wondering, am I in the wrong for not willing to give up my inheritance for kids that aren't even mine, nor do I like?" the post concluded. The Reddit community had some diverse thoughts to share on the issue of splitting inheritance evenly.

u/eppydeservedbetter noted, "You're entitled to your inheritance. It's your grandparent's wishes. Eve and her parents can't rightfully demand more money from any of you. It's terrible how often families fall out over money. Your grandparents could have solely left Eve's share of the inheritance to her. I assume the rest of you don't have kids? That way, she could have decided herself how to divide up money for her kids. But your grandparents were just looking out for their great-grandchildren and wanted to make sure they got a share from their mother. Eve isn't being deprived of money. She's receiving an equal amount and she's just sharing it with her children."

u/rmric0 remarked, "I find it very hard to be sympathetic to someone throwing a temper tantrum that they only got $200,000 for each of their children. Her family got their share." u/NightNurse14 added, "If I read it right, she gets about 1/6 of 1.2million? It sounds like Eve is mad that she will only get to squander 1/6 of the amount the rest of the family gets. Honestly, I think Grandma and Grandpa did her kids a solid by giving them a nice little nest egg, considering it doesn't sound like they approved of her choices and could have easily written her out of the will altogether."