Kimmagegirl
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I have 3 children all in their middle to late 30's. Chalk and cheese. One is very careful with his money. One is not very careful with his money. The third sits somewhere in between.
They will each inherit one third of my property. My will states that each grandchild will inherit €30k. There will be a pot of about c€2m made up of property c€1.5m and cash c€500k.
They get good cash birthday and Christmas presents. We are increasing this amount toward the €3k per annum as we get older. Larger sums will be given toward weddings.
Both myself and my husband live off very little. We are not interested in spending large amounts of money on cars/furnishings/designer anything. We enjoy helping our children out. My father helped me out but unfortunately both myself and my siblings began to "expect" these annual handouts. I am trying to avoid this with my children.
So each child will get a decent sum of money. The taxman will do absolutely nothing and will also get a large sum of money.
We are trying to increase spending on ourselves but have always enjoyed looking for a bargain over the years so it can be difficult to break the habits of a lifetime.
I know my children won't blow their inheritance. My father handed me an inheritance. He started with nothing. I haven't blown his inheritance.
I don't know what else I can do.
They will each inherit one third of my property. My will states that each grandchild will inherit €30k. There will be a pot of about c€2m made up of property c€1.5m and cash c€500k.
They get good cash birthday and Christmas presents. We are increasing this amount toward the €3k per annum as we get older. Larger sums will be given toward weddings.
Both myself and my husband live off very little. We are not interested in spending large amounts of money on cars/furnishings/designer anything. We enjoy helping our children out. My father helped me out but unfortunately both myself and my siblings began to "expect" these annual handouts. I am trying to avoid this with my children.
So each child will get a decent sum of money. The taxman will do absolutely nothing and will also get a large sum of money.
We are trying to increase spending on ourselves but have always enjoyed looking for a bargain over the years so it can be difficult to break the habits of a lifetime.
I know my children won't blow their inheritance. My father handed me an inheritance. He started with nothing. I haven't blown his inheritance.
I don't know what else I can do.