Posted: Jul 15, 2014 4:31 pm
I keep telling my parents to not worry about leaving any sort of inheritance. They can't take it with them, so spend it to enjoy their lives as much as possible, especially once retirement happens.I'm not a fan of the mentality that surrounds inheritance, partially from past work and partially from personal experience. I do not perceive myself as being entitled to anything that my parents have and disuade them from making a big deal of saying "such and such a thing will be yours" etc etc. It just doesn't sit right with me and frankly if they had something valuable which, if flogged, would get them a nice holiday or otherwise help keep them comfortable over the coming years, I'd rather they didn't hold it to it for my sake.