I'm losing my father unexpectedly and quickly to terminal illness. It's awful. He took me to meet with his finance person last week and I found out that there's a lot more coming to me than I ever anticipated. It's already in the hands of a respected financial advisor firm that are going to help me out whenever I lose him. I'm very overwhelmed because I've never had to worry about more than mid 5 figures per year and a very modest savings and 401k. This is a lot more than I've ever had to keep up with.
I'm shutting up and not saying anything to anybody. But there are some family members that definitely know I'll be inheriting some things. I'm nervous on how to handle it and my father told me outright that he doesn't want me to cave to anyone that would ever ask me for any money after he's gone. he specifically named my mom and his brother. I feel the added pressure of his request, and I want to honor it.
It also feels like a huge secret to hold onto and I hate having to keep secrets. My family also has bad spending habits and I live pretty modestly. I'd like to just keep the money invested and have it to help my own retirement down the road, and maybe give some of it to my own kids one day.
Submitted July 07, 2022 at 11:29PM by burnerrrr4233 https://ift.tt/XNVmAkO
