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‘I’d be tempted to give her a slap – but let’s put my childishness to one side’
Q We have two grown-up children and have supported them both financially in different ways – contributions to house deposits, ad hoc cash injections in tough times, etc. We haven’t kept count, though our youngest, who struggles with life (depression, she’s single and isn’t always in work), has had more over the years. We’ve always viewed our help as based on need – we pay her rent when she can’t work, for example. Both daughters are now in their thirties and it’s clearly rankled for a long time with our eldest, who says it’s only fair we address the disparity in our will, with interest. If she needed help, we’d give it. But she and her husband have plenty of money and live a lifestyle way beyond ours. What do you think? My husband is livid with her (especially about the interest).