Posted on 03/19/2009 8:26:57 PM PDT by rawhide
They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
But few would go as far as Megan Swanston, who waited until after her death to get back at her three daughters for trying to throw her out of her home...
Instead of sharing her £20,000 estate between them it emerged yesterday that she changed her will to give all the money to the hospice where she spent her last months.
In the document, made public yesterday following her death at 84, she states: 'I have not made any provision in my will for my daughters because of the way they have treated me during my lifetime.'...
...Mrs Nixon told her mother that she was having a 'terrific struggle' to meet her own £500-a-month rent, adding: 'I know I have always said it is your house until you die, and at the time I meant it. But circumstances have changed, mum.
'For weeks I have been trying to think of an alternative solution, but, short of winning the pools, there isn't one.'...
After receiving no reply, Mrs Nixon sent a more formal warning, saying the dispute could be settled ' amicably' or 'you can be awkward, which it appears you will'.
'Whilst we do not wish for any unpleasantness, please be in no doubt that we will do whatever is legally necessary to obtain what is rightfully ours, with or without your approval. EC Nixon.'
The pensioner, a former Wren, was told to leave within eight weeks or face eviction.
She said at the time: 'Willie and I gave them everything they wanted and they repay me by seeking to turn me into a bag lady on a bench, with just my dog for company.'...
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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Dispicable! These 3 daughters are lower than scum. Read the complete article and you will see what I mean.
Okay Mom, Way to Go
Actions have consequences. These daughters failed to honor (respect) their mother... they deserve what they got.
And if anyone want’s to argue with me about it, I’ll tell them the story of the little red hen. (The story of the prodigal son is NOT applicable, because though he DID disrespect his father, he realized that he was wrong.)
Honor your father and your mother so that it may go well with you!
Good on the mom. I know I would never do this to mine.
All this for what $150,000 for three people?
Funny how everything comes home some day. Mom got the final say.
Hmm, sounds familiar.
Anyway, I had to rib you on another thread about fishing.
for later reading
But you did not excerpt the part telling about how Mrs. Swanston’s daughters legally owned the house before all of that happened. She was only squatting in the house. She should have made other arrangements when her father-in-law died, leaving the house to her daughters.
And she reared them.
For instance, this mother's father in law, very purposely, because of a fallout, left the house to the mother's children instead of to his son, her husband, and her. So there was already a good bit of domestic friction in play well before this.
Granted trying to evict your mother is pretty low, but it was their house, they claim they needed the money and it may have been behavior learned over a lifetime of growing up under this mothers tutelage.
... Zipping up flame retardant suit.
IMO, after reading the whole piece, I find it probable, that the apathy was taught from one generation to the next.
My old job required that I would occasionally have to read wills. They were all pretty unremarkable, except for one- A father left his son one dollar, and his other son got everything else (except for the aforementioned $1...). I was curious about the specifics, but the will only stated something along the lines that the son had never shown him any affection.
There's a missing story here.
Why did this son (in the father's eyes) never show the father any affection?
In a related vein, I wonder if fathers who die intestate really "put their money where their mouth is" when they said repeatedly (while living) that they were sorry they ever had children.
I have no idea. I never knew any of the people involved in the wills. It was my job to determine how the wills effected an anonymous client’s tax liability.
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