Backstory: brother, who lives with our mother most of the time, recently told sisters he should inherit family house as is 'male, more intelligent, more experienced'. I asked my mother if she agreed with this and explained what he had said. This is the reply:
Thank you dearest XXX for your conversation.
XXX [brother] has decided to make the most of his time here in this house while he is waiting for a date for XXX. His intention in the party call with you all was not to display superiority in terms of intelligence, experience and rights as a male. He thought he could talk with you about difficult subjects, and this was a first step.
He wanted to talk about my getting older and how to manage the house. I am not sure he talked about installing railings down the rest of the front steps, for safety of visitors and for myself too, going through books and papers which I have stored and diminishing the accumulation, and so on.
When he talked about the house, this is what he meant, not, as you interpreted this, that he wanted to inherit the house, rather, in the capacity of a son who is looking out for his mother, like XXX [other family member who was sole inheritor of his family house] has done for his mother.
I hope that in time we will become as before, good and faithful friends, and full of love for each other.
Much love, XXXX