Money and family don’t always mix well—especially in blended families. Harper knows this firsthand after her eldest son received a life-changing inheritance, and her current husband insisted on sharing it with their younger child.
Here’s what happened:
My ex-husband passed away and left our 15-year-old son $300,000. Since he’s still a minor, I’ll be managing the money until he turns 18. But my current husband thinks some of it should go toward our 12-year-old’s education.
I refused.
His response? “What kind of mother are you?” he yelled. “You’re choosing one son over the other!” I didn’t engage, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to change my mind.
That money was given to my son—not to me, not to our family. It was his father’s final gift. If I took even a portion of it for my younger child, I’d feel like I was betraying my eldest.
But now my husband is furious, and the guilt is eating at me.
So tell me—did I make the right call? Or am I failing as a mother?
