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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To wait for inheritance before divorce?

203 replies

Definitionhelmet · 20/11/2023 19:33

I have reached a difficult point in my marriage. DH has lied to me and there has been a break down of trust and communication. There has not been any abuse or infidelity but I am done.

DH knows how I feel but wants to stay married and to try and make it work.

The practicalities of separation are difficult. Kids are at a difficult stage and this would exacerbate their problems. Financially we can’t afford to maintain two households and stay in the same area. which would be essential for kids in f we did spilt.

In any case I can’t see a long term future with DH. but also I am not considering another relationship and I am scared about What the future would look like on my own.

But if I do delay the inevitable- for kids and practical reasons WIBU to at least hold on until DH inherits (likely a substantial amount in the next few years) as this would make separation an easier possibility. Or is this grabby, cynical and unfair on DH?

How can I navigate this?

OP posts:
wesurecouldstandgladioli · 27/11/2023 20:25

x2boys · 27/11/2023 20:07

I'm likely to get a sizeable inheritance in a few years I bet you wouldn't say the same if it wss a man holding out foe half of his wife,s inheritance ?

No, I totally think your husband should hold out for half of your inheritance.

Ilianor · 28/11/2023 09:57

FloweryName · 24/11/2023 16:27

She doesn’t say several years, no. See my previous post - you’re so obsessed with money that you’ve deleted the kids from the picture. Money is literally all you can see.

It’s an inheritance, of course it’s about money.

I haven’t ‘deleted’ the kids at all, they will have a parent who inherits without the OP stringing her husband along on false pretences. They don’t need OP to receive any of this money because they are already related to the person the she is wishing a timely death upon. They might get their own inheritance, but if they don’t, their Dad will and they can benefit through him.

Their eventual inheritance won't change the fact they'd be living in poor accommodation and have to change schools if their mum leaves their dad now, would it?
Lots of women don't leave unhappy marriages because of financial issues.

RosalindFranklin13 · 26/03/2024 01:25

Not only is it ghoulish to wait for an inheritance, it's probably useless if your husband doesn't mingle the money and keeps it as a non-matrimonial asset.

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